Cricket News

Bradman believed Murali's action to be clean and his ordeal unfair

Bradman was an admirer of Murali

07-Dec-2004•Charlie Austin

Lillee offered job by another Test nation

Dennis Lillee has been offered a job by another Test playing nation

A superb unbeaten 115 off 135 balls from Salman Butt guided the Pakistanis to a 43-run win in their opening tour match against the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI at Lilac Hill in Perth

Salman Butt powers Pakistan to victory

A possible dispute is looming between Cricket Australia and the country's top players, with the players demanding to retain a percentage of the game's revenue, rather than a flat rate

Players prepare to take on board

The classic C'mon Aussie C'mon jingle will be released by Shannon Noll to give a new generation of fans something to hum over Christmas

Noll updates C'mon Aussie C'mon

Cricket Australia has lodged a complaint to the ICC over the Mumbai pitch for the fourth Test against India last month to prevent the production of similar surfaces

Mumbai pitch complaint reaches ICC

Matthew Nicholson and Greg Mail have been recalled to the New South Wales side for the ING Cup match against South Australia at Canberra on Saturday

Mail and Nicholson return for Blues

06-Dec-2004

Australia Women to play seven one-dayers in India

Australia's women's cricket team, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, will play seven one-dayers and a one-day practice game in a three-week tour of India

06-Dec-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Workloads are killing fast bowlers - Shoaib

Shoaib Akhtar believes international workloads, modern regulations and batsmen-friendly pitches are forcing fast bowlers out of the game

Michael Kasprowicz will be rested from the second Chappell-Hadlee Series match at Sydney on Wednesday, but the move is not related to his awful 22-run over in game one

Kasprowicz rested for Sydney

New Zealand beat Australia in the last over in the first ODI at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne after Hamish Marshall hit a cool-headed fifty

Astle helps NZ win thriller

05-Dec-2004•Bulletin by Peter English

Warne hopes for three more years at the top

Shane Warne insists his retirement from one-day internationals is permanent and he hopes that this decision will allow him to play Test cricket for three more years

Matthew Elliott and David Hussey scored centuries and led a spirited run-chase by Victoria, but in the end they fell short of their target, as Western Australia won by 46 runs at the Junction Oval in Melbourne

Victoria fall short despite spirited run-chase

A maiden century to Clinton Perren set up a 94-run victory for Queensland against Tasmania at the Gabba

Perren's century leads Queensland clear

After being thrashed in the two Tests, New Zealand have an opportunity to salvage something from the tour when the three-match Chappell-Hadlee one-day series gets underway at the Colonial Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday

New Zealand's opportunity for redemption