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Beau Casson says he is ready to become Australia's latest Test debutant if the opportunity arises when the third Test against West Indies begins in Barbados next week

Casson 'comfortable' if call-up comes

John Dyson, the West Indies coach, is optimistic of Chris Gayle's chances of playing the third and final Test against Australia at the Kensington Oval

Dyson optimistic of Gayle's chances

Allan Wise, the left-arm fast bowler, has left Victoria to join South Australia for 2008-09. The recruitment of Wise in the second round of contract offers completes a long list of changes to the Redbacks' squad for next season

Allan Wise signs with South Australia

Luke Ronchi, the Western Australia wicketkeeper, will fly to the West Indies as a shadow player for Brad Haddin, who is recuperating from a broken finger

Ronchi joins Australia in West Indies

Tasmania have retained the fast bowler Adam Griffith, who did not sign in the first round of contract offers, and as expected they have regained Gerard Denton from Victoria

Tasmania confirm Griffith and Denton signings

05-Jun-2008•Cricinfo staff

Australia have 'come back to the pack'

Ricky Ponting has admitted Australia's bowling attack has "come back to the pack a little bit in Test cricket"

Ricky Ponting has given the strongest hint yet that Beau Casson, the left-arm wrist spinner, will make his Test debut in the final Test against West Indies in Barbados

Ponting talks up Casson debut

Shivnarine Chanderpaul's outstanding performance in the second Test against Australia, in Antigua, which helped secure West Indies a draw, has lifted him to a career-best position of No. 5 in the world rankings

Chanderpaul rises to career high

The departing Stuart MacGill has been fined an undisclosed amount for arriving at the ground after play had begun on the second day in Antigua

Team-mates fine late MacGill

In case anyone is in any doubt: Shane Warne is not about to return to Test action

Warne rules out Test comeback ... again

Chris Rogers succeeded for the second week running in the County Championship, his second-innings 77 helped Derbyshire to a surprise win against Essex

Langer dominates Surrey with century

Shane Watson was named as Matthew Hayden's replacement for the one-day leg of the West Indies tour

Watson called to fill Hayden's one-day shoes

Ramnaresh Sarwan described his first Test century as the West Indies captain as "very special" after the effort helped his team secure a draw that could easily have been a loss

No win, but a special day for Sarwan

Ricky Ponting will leave Antigua with no regrets despite failing to win a match his team controlled for most of the game

Ponting proud of team performance in stalemate

A fighting century from Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul's trademark resistance saved the match for West Indies but not the Frank Worrell Trophy, which Ricky Ponting's men secured with a tense draw in Antigua

Chanderpaul and Sarwan seal draw

03-Jun-2008•The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale

'My best spell with the old ball' - Lee

Brett Lee could not stop him glowing about the destructive spell that earned a five-wicket haul

Rod Tucker has become the first umpire to be promoted from Cricket Australia's project group to the international panel

Tucker elevated to Australia's international panel

Shivnarine Chanderpaul prefers to do his talking with the bat

Tiny Chanderpaul keeps standing tall