Cricket News

England enjoyed the better of the first day of their warm-up match with Western Australia at the WACA with much their best performance of the tour so far

BRISBANE, Oct 27 AAP - Queensland all-rounder James Hopes continued his impressive one-day record as the Bulls reined in Tasmania's batsmen in the ING Cup cricket clash at the Gabba today.

ADELAIDE, Oct 27 AAP - NSW captured five wickets in today's opening session to force South Australia to follow on and then left the Redbacks at 3-60 in their second innings at lunch on day three of the Pura Cup cricket match at Adelaide Oval.

ADELAIDE, Oct 27 AAP - If this was a Test audition, Darren Lehmann did himself no favours as his South Australian team was blown away inside three days by an impressive New South Wales.

PERTH, Oct 27 AAP - Already humbled by fringe state cricketers, England faces tougher opposition and the promise of more morale-sapping pressure from tomorrow.

BRISBANE, Oct 27 AAP - Queensland spent a few confusing minutes at the Gabba tonight before learning it had beaten Tasmania by 12 runs in a lopsided and rain-marred ING Cup cricket clash.

ADELAIDE, Oct 26 AAP - New South Wales declared its first innings at 6-474 after Michael Slater was dismissed for 177 at lunch on the second day of its Pura Cup cricket match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval today.

SYDNEY - For years, Australian cricket lived by the adage that if allhelp seemed lost, there was always Steve Waugh.

ADELAIDE, Oct 26 AAP - New South Wales leg-spinner Stuart MacGill picked up a crucial wicket before tea today to leave South Australia struggling at 3-81 in its first innings.

ADELAIDE, Oct 26 AAP - South Australian skipper Darren Lehmann missed a chance to impress Test selectors as New South Wales took a firm grasp on its Pura Cup match at Adelaide Oval at stumps on day two today.

BRISBANE, Oct 25 AAP - Young off-spinner Nathan Hauritz will shake off jetlag to play for Queensland in Sunday's ING Cup one-day clash with Tasmania at the Gabba.

ADELAIDE, Oct 25 AAP - New South Wales batsmen Matthew Phelps, Corey Richards and Michael Bevan all fell cheaply to leave their side at 3-85 at lunch on the opening day of its Pura Cup match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval.

PERTH, Oct 25 AAP - West Australian opener Chris Rogers was leading the charge against England after the first session of the final day of a two-day cricket tour match at the WACA.

Marcus Trescothick missed the start of the second day of their warm-up match in Perth to visit a a local doctor and receive a pain-killing injection on his right shoulder, which has troubled him since the tour to Sri Lanka two years ago.

ADELAIDE, Oct 25 AAP - The man widely regarded as Australian cricket's brightest young batting prospect would have stamped himself in the minds of Test selectors with an aggressive century for NSW on the opening day of the Pura Cup match against

PERTH, Oct 25 AAP - Clear the hospital beds in Brisbane - the England cricket team is arriving next week.

ADELAIDE, Oct 25 AAP - Highly rated New South Wales youngster Michael Clarke was unbeaten on 79 at tea, helping the Blues to 4-203 in their first innings on day one of their Pura Cup cricket match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval today.

Nasser Hussain played down concerns over Marcus Trescothick's shoulder injury after England drew their two-day warm-up match against Western Australia in Perth.

PERTH, Oct 25 AAP - Western Australia was closing in on England's total at tea on the final day of a two-day cricket tour match at the WACA ground.

PERTH, Oct 24 AAP - Fringe West Australian quick Callum Thorp continued England's poor start to its Ashes tour on day one of a two-day match at the WACA ground.