Cricket News

New South Wales and Victoria will play in the Pura Cup final after they each earned a point by finishing their first innings level on 394

Khawaja stands tall in dramatic first-innings tie

Lisa Sthalekar played the Test innings of her life, and she's not done yet, to hold off a strong England threat in Bowral and leave Australia with a 105-run lead heading into a prospectively thrilling final day

Solid Sthalekar gives Australia hope

A valuable half-century from Michael Clarke kept Australia afloat before a tigerish bunch of fielders backed up accurate bowlers to pull off a memorable 50-run win in Adelaide

Australia clinch low-scoring scrap

17-Feb-2008•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Loyalty or dollars? Symonds enters IPL debate

Andrew Symonds says the loyalty of Australia's best players will be tested over the next couple of years

A quirky Cricket Australia regulation has provided a last-minute hitch in negotiations to allow its contract holders to take part in the Indian Premier League

IPL faces another Australian stumbling block

16-Feb-2008•Peter English

Lee's absence gives India the edge

Brett Lee has been rested for Sunday's clash against India, who are likely to play an unchanged line-up and give Yuvraj Singh another opportunity to regain form

16-Feb-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi at the Adelaide Oval

Brutal Doropoulos helps break Western Australia drought

Western Australia ended a six-game losing streak as they benefited from Queensland's kamikaze batting in a failed bid to remain in FR Cup contention

Victoria completed another strong day as they battle for the two points that will seal a spot in the Pura Cup final

Fight for Pura Cup final entry heats up

Charlotte Edwards fell six short of a deserved century, but her innings kept England on track for an Ashes-retaining victory in Bowral

Edwards leads England with outstanding 94

The outpouring of emotion at the WACA on Friday made Adam Gilchrist realise the end of his record-breaking career was near

Gilchrist relieved after emotional day

One of the most frustrating aspects of Sri Lanka's entertaining all-round play is that there is no support for their main men

Stranded Sangakkara deserves help

15-Feb-2008•Peter English

Contracts issue with CA resolved - IPL

THE contracts tussle between Cricket Australia and the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been resolved, ending weeks of uncertainty over the availability of top Australian players for the Twenty20 tournament

15-Feb-2008•Ajay S Shankar

Hodge hundred puts Victoria in control

Brad Hodge's 119 gave Victoria a useful advantage in their top-of-the-table clash with New South Wales as the teams prepare for a likely reunion in next month's final

England's defence of the women's Ashes started spectacularly and they had Isa Guha to thank as Australia were dismissed for 154

Guha's five-wicket haul floors Australia for 154

Although on Tuesday Shane Warne implied that he would be missing the Twenty20 Cup to play poker, it now seems he will be away from Hampshire for more than that

Hampshire facing a part-time Warne

Ricky Ponting has spoken of Australia's fears over touring Pakistan next month as the country prepares for its elections on Monday

Ponting reveals Pakistan tour concerns