Cricket News

Australia's captain Ricky Ponting had warm praise for the Netherlands after his side clinched a comfortable 75-run win in their rain-affected World Cup Pool A clash in Potchefstroom.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Feb 19 AAP - Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist believes the best sides will progress at the World Cup despite the contentious decision not to provide reserve days for washed out matches

A sterling effort by the groundsmen, administrators and a willing Netherlands team saw Australia run out winners in a rain-affected match at the North West Stadium in Potchefstroom.

Former Australian cricket captain and Nine Network cricket commentatorMark Taylor today vigorously denied quotes attributed to him in a Sydneynewspaper calling on Steve Waugh to retire from international cricket.

MELBOURNE, Feb 19 AAP - Shane Warne's drugs case hearing is set to go ahead by the end of the week after his B sample result was given to the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) today

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa - Australia's players were so tense duringthe early stages of the 1999 World Cup they couldn't breathe ..

The Australian Sports Drug Agency has dismissed a newspaper report todaythat Shane Warne's positive drug test indicated he had taken more thanone banned diuretic tablet.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Feb 17 AAP - Jimmy Maher is expected to be Australia's wicket-keeper in the World Cup match against Holland, meaning a break for the bowlers from his hand-written messages

XXXX Queensland Bulls spinner Nathan Hauritz has been given theall-clear to resume training this week after recovering from aquadriceps injury suffered in the ING Cup loss to Tasmania on Saturday.

SYDNEY, Feb 16 AAP - NSW earned a crack at a third straight ING Cup cricket title today, snatching a final berth with a comfortable win over South Australia in the last regular season match at Telstra Stadium.

SYDNEY - NSW will wait until the morning of the ING Cup cricket final onSunday to make a call on the fitness of Brad Haddin and spearhead SteveWaugh.

Australia has won the first women's Ashes Test match by 5 wickets at The Gabba today to take a one-nil lead into the second and final Test of the Series in Sydney, starting on Saturday 22nd February

CENTURION, South Africa - Australia will be allowed to replace ShaneWarne at the World Cup.

Sachin Tendulkar - sledger

MELBOURNE, Feb 17 AAP - The Australian Cricket Board today announced its three-person anti-doping committee for Shane Warne's hearing.

MELBOURNE, Feb 16 AAP - Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath believes team-mate Shane Warne brought his potential cricketing downfall upon himself and should have known the risks of taking a pill containing unknown substances

SYDNEY, Feb 16 AAP - It's played host to one of Australia's proudest sporting triumphs, so why not the nation's favourite sport?

England will take a lead of 133 runs into the third day of the Ashes Test match at The Gabba having bowled Australia out for just 78 runs

The nature of Indian cricket makes it inevitable that much optimism - however unwarranted - is attendant upon each of the team's fixtures

Any game against the current world champions Australia is bound to be a difficult one