Cricket News

Martin Love will lead Queensland for the first time tomorrow with regular Bulls captain Stuart Law ruled out by a hand injury which could cost him a Pura Cup final start.

All things considered, Australia could hardly have picked a better way to finish the match, clinch the series and retain the World Test Championship title

One of the worst kept secrets of recent weeks has been confirmed this morning with Michael Slater's appointment to the New South Wales captaincy for the state's closing game of the Pura Cup season.

The XXXX Queensland Bulls have named rookie right-hand opener DanielPayne to replace Australian One Day player Jimmy Maher for this week'scritical Pura Cup clash against Victoria at the Gabba.

Former Test opener Michael Slater today vowed to return to the highest level of cricket after his recall to captain New South Wales.

Former Zimbabwean Test batsman Murray Goodwin has been recalled to boost the West Australian top order for its vital Pura Cup match against South Australia starting Wednesday.

Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden battered open the door to a series-clinching Australian victory in the second Castle Lager/MTN Test against South Africa at Newlands, crunching a 102-run opening stand to leave the tourists requiring exactly 200 to

Adam Gilchrist wants to remain Australia's No.7 batsman even though he has moved into territory surpassed only by Don Bradman.

Three days into a pivotal second Test match and South Africa appear to have rediscovered the fighting spirit so sadly absent from their cricket for much of this summer

As the Australian domestic season heads towards a spectacular conclusion, here's our guide - which, by necessity, still contains a wide range of possible outcomes - as to who might finish where.

The following players have been named by the WA Selectors to represent the Western Warriors v the Southern Redbacks in a Pura Cup game at the WACA ground: Wednesday 13 March - Saturday 16 March 2002.

The overnight announcement of Worcestershire's recruitment of New South Wales paceman Stuart Clark now ensures that at least 12 Australians will play as overseas professionals in the forthcoming English county season.

Worcestershire have signed the Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark as theirreplacement overseas player for the early weeks of the season

With South Africa as competitive as at any stage this summer, the second day of the second Test match at Newlands contained just about everything: aggressive Australian batting, a collapse and a 100th wicket for South Africa's Paul Adams

Brett Lee bowled the fastest delivery ever recorded by speed gun, clocking 157.4 kilometres per hour (kph) with a ball to South Africa's Jacques Kallis on the first morning of the Second Test in Cape Town.

Australia's Brett Lee has emerged from Shoaib Akhtar's shadow as the undisputed fastest bowler in the world and the fastest recorded bowler in modern times

The Melville Storm and the Willetton Dragons will clash this Sunday (March 10) in the grand final of this season's BankWest Cup, in a day-night game at the WACA ground.

During the past four years Andrew Hall has been shot in the hand at point-blank range by a mugger and, just two months ago, been driven around in his own car with a gun pointed at his head by two hijackers

Fast bowler Gerard Denton has been recalled to the Tasmania's Pura Cup line-up today, replacing left arm spinner Xavier Doherty in the Tigers' 12-man squad

The Prime Minister's XI has assumed an early edge over the ATSIC Chairman's XI in today's match between the teams in Canberra