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Pretty much a week to the minute after Australia demolished South Africa by an innings n the first Test at the Wanderers, Steve Waugh's apparently unstoppable team repeated the dose against the South African A team, crushing the home side's second

As they prepared to return to the field for Victoria's second innings here today at the MCG, captain Simon Katich and his West Australian team-mates sensed they were more than a lazy chance.

CLEAR White Ferns, captain Emily Drumm was "hugely relieved" to beat Australia at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in the fourth game of the Rosebowl series today

Victorian-born Marcus North led a grinding West Australian fightback here today on day three of the Pura Cup cricket match against the Bushrangers at the MCG, ensuring the match would go into its last day.

More punishment from Jimmy Maher and Martin Love was followed by a long-awaited fightback as New South Wales finally produced some answers for Queensland in an otherwise one-sided Pura Cup match between the teams here in Sydney today.

With the notable exception of Steve Waugh, Australia's batsmen ripped into what some consider South Africa's second-best attack, rushing to 452 for five on the second day of their four-day match against the South African `A' team at St George's Park

Tasmanian captain Jamie Cox shrugged off a batting form slump in heroic style today - scoring a marathon unbeaten century to put his side in a commanding position after day two of its crucial Pura Cup game against South Australia at Adelaide Oval.

Victoria, nicknamed the Bushrangers, would be as guilty as Ned Kelly of daylight robbery if it makes this month's Pura Cup cricket final

Tasmanian captain Jamie Cox was pleasantly surprised to see the South Australian middle order crumble on what he rated as a good batting pitch on day one of their Pura Cup match at Adelaide Oval today.

Daryll Cullinan served notice that he is ready for a Test match recall with a measured 86 on the opening day of the South African `A' team's four-day match against Australia at St George's Park on Friday

Bushrangers star Damien Fleming is recovering well after undergoing a shoulder arthroscopy yesterday

Jimmy Maher has laid his name before Australia's selectors again and hit Queensland closer to another first-class final to boot with a dominant display of batting on the opening day of the Pura Cup match against New South Wales here in Sydney today.

New South Wales cricketer Graeme Rummans' hearing before an Australian Cricket Board (ACB) committee is under way in Melbourne

Shane Watson declares openly that he's aiming to be the one who ends Australia's 45-year search for a genuine Test all-rounder

Victorian No.3 Brad Hodge scored his second century in as many Pura Cup innings as Victoria finally hit batting form here today at the start of the match against Western Australia at the MCG.

NSW batsman Michael Bevan is no stranger to achieving the impossible on the cricket field, but even his claims that the Blues can still make the Pura Cup final sound hollow.

New South Wales cricketer Graeme Rummans has tonight been handed a one-month ban from representative matches and hit with a fine of $A2000 after being found guilty of a drug offence

Tasmanian cricket captain Jamie Cox says his team will effectively be involved in a Pura Cup semi final when it takes on South Australia at Adelaide Oval starting tomorrow.

Stuart MacGill will have what might well be his only bowl on South African soil this weekend when Steve Waugh's Australians meet a South Africa `A' team in a four-day match at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth starting on Friday