Cricket News

The back injury that prevented Brad Hodge from playing in the Twenty20 international has kept him out of Victoria's FR Cup match against Tasmania

Back problem continues to hurt Hodge

A preview of Australia's Chappell-Hadlee Series opener against New Zealand in Adelaide

Ponting desperate to regain Chappell-Hadlee Trophy

13-Dec-2007•Jenny Thompson

Vincent wary of Lee and Tait

Lou Vincent feels a safety-first approach will work better than outright aggression in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy

Ricky Ponting has warned administrators to remember the failed experiment of day-night first-class matches before trying the same thing in Tests

Captains sceptical about day-night Tests

Shane Warne wants Michael Clarke to succeed Adam Gilchrist as Ricky Ponting's deputy in all forms of the game

Clarke must wait for vice-captaincy

The Twenty20 internationals Ashley Noffke and Luke Pomersbach return to their state teams on Friday

Noffke and Pomersbach come down from Twenty20 high

New South Wales broke an 11-match streak without a one-day win as they scraped to a rain-interrupted victory over Queensland

Blues end drought in wet victory

Peter Siddle earned five wickets as Victoria secured an easy victory over Tasmania that extended their Pura Cup lead to six points

Siddle slides Victoria to three-day success

Shaun Tait has shown no signs of discomfort in his troublesome right elbow despite claiming he bowled at his fastest in Australia's dominant Twenty20 victory

Tait fine after firing in Perth

Andrew Symonds is expected to play the first match of the Chappell-Hadlee Series in Adelaide on Friday despite injuring his right ankle

Symonds hopeful for New Zealand re-match

Luke Pomersbach made one of cricket's more unusual international debuts when summoned to stand in for Brad Hodge

Car park call-up

Australia's fast bowlers breathed fire after Andrew Symonds flexed his muscle on the way to an eventful 54-run victory over New Zealand

New Zealand demolished by brutal Australia

11-Dec-2007•Peter English

McGrath happy with four fast men on Boxing Day

Glenn McGrath believes the MCG Test is the ideal time for Australia to relax the tradition of playing a spinner and pick a pace quartet instead

David Hussey's second Pura Cup century of the season gave Victoria a chance of an innings victory against Tasmania

Hussey inflicts more pain on struggling Tasmania

Australia are looking to the future by giving Michael Clarke the captaincy for today's Twenty20 match against New Zealand, but the future is the furthest thing from Clarke's mind in the lead-up to the game

Clarke's eyes on Twenty20 prize