Cricket News

With its best efforts at emulating Lazarus receiving another emphatic expression in the process, Tasmania has today swept to an innings and 76 run crushing of Western Australia here at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart.

New South Wales captain Stuart MacGill has signalled that more changes to his team's line-up are nigh after the Blues tumbled to a morale-sapping ten wicket loss at the hands of Victoria in the teams' Pura Cup clash in Sydney today.

A defiant Martin Love returned from hospital and crawled back into the Gabba trenches today as Queensland tried to hold off a weary South Australia in the Pura Cup cricket clash at the Gabba.

The VB Series now stands intriguingly poised after South Africa roared back into contention with a 93-run victory over New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday

Jon Moss and Darren Berry's calculated assault on New South Wales captain Stuart MacGill paid dividends today when both cracked centuries to push Victoria to the brink of outright victory in the Pura Cup cricket match at the SCG.

Frontrunner Queensland was in disarray tonight after courageous South Australian Chris Davies stirred the Redbacks for another Pura Cup cricket mauling at the Gabba.

Tasmania's cricket renaissance continued today as Western Australia's powerful batting line-up was destroyed twice in their Pura Cup clash in Hobart.

Though this may have been Australia's national day, New Zealanders' cricketers were again the ones with cause for celebration as another enchanting victory came their way in the VB Series today

Led by centuries from Darren Berry (148) and Jon Moss (109), bottom-placed Victoria has continued to torment New South Wales on the second day of the teams' Pura Cup clash here in Sydney today

In the sort of arm-wrestle that befitted a battle between finals aspirants, Tasmania and Western Australia played out a fluctuating opening day of their Pura Cup clash in Hobart today

Australia's captain Cameron White produced a mighty performance to maintain his team's position as favourites for the ICC Under-19 World Cup

Former Test batsmen Darren Lehmann and Greg Blewett tormented Queensland's fast bowlers in their own playground today as South Australia took control of the Pura Cup cricket match at the Gabba.

Though some of their biggest names were absent, New South Wales and Victoria still managed to produce enough drama in the space of a day to fuel their often fiery relationship on the cricket field here in Sydney today

It was at about this time last season that Australian cricket lost another of its most dedicated servants in Tom Moody

Ryan Campbell has been declared fit to play for the Western Warriors in the Pura Cup game against Tasmania starting in Hobart tomorrow.

Despite the presence of an opposition fast bowler called Ambrose, New Zealand continued on its merry one-day way today with a 249-run flogging of an Australian Country XI at Bradman Oval.

Paul Reiffel's distinguished first-class career has come to an end today with the news that the Victorian captain has decided to retire with immediate effect.

Bushrangers captain and greatest ever wicket-taker Paul Reiffel, today drew the curtain on his decorated career by retiring from first-class cricket

Australia must have been concerned when scoring only 200 against the West Indies in their crunch Group D game in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Dunedin today

A change in attitude - not the end of selection rotation - was the key factor in Australia's form reversal in the cricket tri series, batsman Mark Waugh said today.