Cricket News

New Zealand Academy batsman Shanan Stewart's unbeaten 74 shone like a beacon at Lincoln Green today, as the home side ended the first day of their match with the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy side from Australia in a strong position

South Australia's injury woes have taken another turn for the worse today with confirmation that left arm pace bowler Brett Swain will be out of action for at least the next month.

Spare a thought for Shane Lee and Ricky Ponting

Warriors skipper Adam Gilchrist led his side to victory in its opening one-day cricket match against South Australia with a man-of-the-match performance at the WACA today.

Test cricket's newly-introduced world championship system may soon be matched by an equivalent model for one-day internationals.

Queensland Cricket and Castlemaine Perkins today announced a new five-year major sponsorship at the XXXX Queensland Bulls and Konica Queensland Fire season launch.

The Australian Cricket Board announced today that champion leg-spinner Shane Warne and wife Simone are celebrating the arrival of their third child, Summer Warne, who entered the world at 8.20am this morning weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces.

Tasmania has maintained its unbeaten pre-season record by defeating a New South Wales composite side in today's practice match between the teams at the Shore School in Sydney.

Michael Veletta still loves a challenge

The Victorian Bushrangers today named a full strength side to take on the Southern Redbacks next week in their opening match of the 2001/02 Pura Cup season

The following twelve players have been selected to represent the Western Warriors, in the opening Pura Cup game v reigning champions Queensland, at the Gabba on Wednesday October 17.

Paceman Jason Gillespie wants to make up for lost time by playing in all six Test matches of the Australian summer.

The Board of the Victorian Cricket Association today named Michael O'Sullivan as the new Coach of the Bushrangers for season 2001/02

The following players have been selected in a squad of 13, for the Warriors' opening game in the ING Cup for season 2001-2002.

Tasmania's selectors have kept faith in the two line-ups that delivered the state late success in 2000-01 in the naming of the ING Cup and Pura Cup squads that will travel to Sydney this week to tackle New South Wales.

From very early in his career, Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist has appeared to be fast-tracking toward success

South Australia's hopes of ING Cup and Pura Cup success in 2001-02 have suffered a massive blow today with the news that leading fast bowler Paul Wilson is injured and will be missing from its side for at least six weeks.

This was last season's Australian domestic one-day champion against last season's wooden spooner

For a moment it looked like Shane Warne was about to make the easiest $1 million of his life.

Now replete with a new name to accompany the brace of new rules unveiled in the competition last summer, the 2001-02 domestic one-day program in Australia looks poised to be as compelling as ever.