Cricket News

ADELAIDE, Jan 7 AAP - The lights were hours from being turned on and those planning to head to the cricket after work were still at their desks when Australia A defeated Sri Lanka at Adelaide Oval today.

The Western Australian Cricket Association selectors today announced a Western Warriors ACB Cup Second XI to play against New South Wales in Perth next week.

ADELAIDE, Jan 7 AAP - The inability of Sri Lanka's batsmen to handle bouncy Australian pitches was exposed in farcical fashion when the team was skittled for 65 in just 25 overs by Australia A at Adelaide Oval here today

ADELAIDE, Jan 7 AAP - The lights were hours from being turned on and those planning a night at the cricket after work were still at their desks when Australia A won its day-night match against Sri Lanka at Adelaide Oval today

After the first day of the first Test of this Series, Australia were 2/364

Claims in the Australian media that the team's defeat in the final Test was down to fatigue have been strongly rebutted by the England coach.

THE Western Australian Cricket Association today announced a Western Warriors squad to play Victorian Bushrangers in an ING Cup match at the MCG on Friday, January 10, 2003.

SYDNEY, Jan 6 AAP - Veteran England paceman Andy Caddick sent Australia crashing to a 225-run defeat in the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

December 7th saw the second away game for Lancaster Park, this time at Burwood Park, one of the smaller women's grounds in Christchurch

There were Australian hopes that this outstanding team might break all known records and come back to complete a whitewash in Sydney

SYDNEY, Jan 5 AAP - Matthew Hayden was tonight fined and severely reprimanded after an ugly incident in which a glass panel in his team's dressing room door was smashed.

SYDNEY, Jan 5 AAP - Injury-prone paceman Jason Gillespie sent a scare through the Australian camp today when he left the field hurt on day four of the fifth Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Veteran Western Warriors paceman Jo Angel has became only the second player in Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup history to take 400 wickets.

SYDNEY, Jan 5 AAP - Six hours of rehabilitation work every day for the last 21 days have paid off for Shane Warne.

PERTH, Jan 5 AAP - Evergreen West Australian seamer Jo Angel's career-best figures and a Marcus North half century were not enough to stop Queensland snatching control of their Pura Cup cricket match today.

DEVONPORT, Dec 5 AAP - In a tumultuous finish, Nathan Bracken was run out off the last ball of the day as New South Wales and Tasmania tied their ING Cup cricket here today.

SYDNEY, Jan 5 AAP - Australia needs to break a record that has stood for more than a century if it is to beat England in the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

If Australia are to achieve their coveted five-nil Ashes whitewash by winning the fifth Test in Sydney, they need to score 363 runs on the final day with seven wickets in hand

SYDNEY, Jan 4 AAP - Australian paceman Brett Lee claimed his 100th Test wicket to dent England's second innings at the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

Michael Vaughan scored his third hundred of the Ashes series to put the tourists into a commanding position on the third day of the final Test