Cricket News

Victoria put in an impressive display in the field at Melbourne, dismissing South Australia for just 191 in their Pura Cup match

Redbacks bundled out for 191

Phil Jaques batted throughout day one to guide New South Wales to a hard-won advantage in the top-of-the-table clash against Queensland

Jaques rolls above the sand with century

New Zealand Cricket has decided that Hamilton will not host a one-day international during Australia's tour which starts next month

Hamilton loses Australia ODI

Justin Langer has been affected by a back injury but is expected to return in time for the tour to New Zealand

Back injury rules Langer out of Tasmania match

Brian Lara marked his 250th one-day international with a magical century that included a whirlwind 106 runs from his last 57 balls and kept West Indies' finals hopes alive

Lara's cracking 156 seals emphatic win

28-Jan-2005•The Bulletin by Peter English

NZC hold inquiry into Hamilton pitch

Following the criticism of the recently relaid Westpac Park pitch at Hamilton for the third match between New Zealand and the World XI yesterday, New Zealand Cricket is undertaking an intensive evaluation of the square there

Shane Warne believes Australia's one-day match against New Zealand at Hamilton in March should be moved after he played on the 'terrible' pitch there for the FICA World XI

Warne turns on New Zealand's pitches

Matthew Hayden's poor patch is a concern for the output of Australia's faltering top-order, but the run is not worrying John Buchanan or Ricky Ponting

Hayden's form not a worry - Buchanan

Simon Katich expects to celebrate his career-best performance with another stint in the dressing-room for Sunday's VB Series match against Pakistan

Katich ready for the axe

Pedro Collins gave Australia a huge scare before they replied with a frightening performance to secure an impressive come-from-behind victory

Australia stage impressive recovery

26-Jan-2005•The Bulletin by Peter English

Lee turns down counties to be fresh for the Ashes

Brett Lee will knock back "four or five" English county offers after Cricket Australia advised him to stay fresh for the Ashes

The Pakistanis breezed to an easy victory over the Prime Minister's XI with more than seven overs to spare at Manuka Oval

Youhana and Younis seal tour victory

Andrew Symonds's horror batting run concerns Ricky Ponting, but he has insisted that his struggling allrounder stick to his previously successful routine

Symonds's duck season worries Ponting

Shoaib Akhtar flew out of Australia yesterday to end an eventful, occasionally destructive and often disruptive tour expecting more nightmares about bowling to Justin Langer

Shoaib signs off with a sigh

David Hussey, the Australia A batsman, was a stunning omission from Victoria's Pura Cup side for the match against South Australia at the MCG

Victoria drop Australia A batsman Hussey

A punch-up forced play in the Pakistanis' tour match against the Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra to be suspended for 10 minutes

Fight delays play for 10 minutes