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As murder on a cricket field goes, this was as grisly and macabre as it gets

Queensland openers Jimmy Maher and Jerry Cassell confirmed what Western Australia's tail had already suggested with an unbeaten 157 stand before stumps on day two of their Pura Cup clash.

Australia demonstrated what everyone knew when turning back New Zealand's first day-last session challenge in the first Test on a rain interrupted second day at the Gabba in Brisbane

As balls hit hands, helmets and the tiers of grandstands all around him, Sean Clingeleffer hit all the right notes to lead Tasmania out of trouble on the second day of its Pura Cup match against South Australia here in Hobart today.

New South Wales will hope the weekend forecast of rain, hail and thunder allows at least an over of cricket at Punt Rd in its Pura Cup cricket match against Victoria.

What was shaping as a nightmare day for New Zealand cricket in the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane turned around on the control of Chris Cairns, and the belligerence of bullocky part-timer Craig McMillan

New South Wales tied everyone but Ian Harvey down here today as Victoria finished about 50 runs short of its goal on day one of its Pura Cup cricket match at Punt Rd.

Marcus North made his breakthrough first class century when he protected Western Australia against Queensland quick Ashley Noffke's wrath on day one of the Pura Cup cricket clash at the WACA.

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) has confirmed that Michael Slater will retain the Test cap number 356.

New Zealand might have been struggling in Brisbane against Australia today, but the New Zealand Academy were untroubled in beating the Queensland Academy

Craig McMillan has been bouncing his way around New Zealand cricket grounds for the last few seasons, infuriating crowds with his short-pitched antics, but no-one will be complaining after his superb innings-breaking spell at the Gabba in the first

The following players have been named by the WA State Selectors to, represent the WA Second XI v the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy, from Monday 12 November to Thursday 15 November at, Richardson Park in South Perth.

The New Zealand Herald: "As well as they played (Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer), their deeds were significantly unravelled by some of the most brainless batting seen in these parts, as Australia's middle-order disintegrated against the part-time

Tasmania and South Australia are the two states with the smallest populations in Australia and they're also often depicted as possessing two of the more unfancied teams among the six that are drawn together in Pura Cup competition.

New Zealand's Academy side has given itself every chance of wrapping up a victory over the Queensland Academy of Sport just after lunch tomorrow in their game at Bert Sutcliffe Oval

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming admitted it was time he scored a century against Australia to ensure the Black Caps were not trampled in tomorrow's First Test at the Gabba.

A wiser Brett Lee will begin his summer of reckoning tomorrow with an instruction to blast out New Zealand's shaky top order in the First Test at the Gabba.

To the outsider, it may seem incomprehensible that the biggest stories surrounding Australian team selection at the outset of this Test series against New Zealand centre on a man out of the team, rather than the twelve in it.

It's not often that choosing New Zealand teams has been as predictable as that for tomorrow's first Test with Australia at Brisbane

Daryll Cullinan has been given an unexpected opportunity to reclaim his Test match place with a late inclusion in the South African A team which meets India over four days starting in East London on Saturday