Cricket News

A Test-match trial of Muttiah Muralitharan's action, as suggested by Shane Warne, seems unlikely with the news the ICC will not have the technology for such tests for at least two years

Murali's action unlikely to be tested in a match

Greg Chappell, the former India coach, has clarified that his recently publicised comments were made at an 'emotional time'

Chappell downplays racism comments

The world's top three global news agencies are set to continue their boycott of Australian cricket coverage through the Hobart Test, which begins on Friday

News agencies to extend boycott

Adam Gilchrist has been given a special 36th birthday present, being voted by his peers as Australia's greatest one-day international player of all time

Gilchrist named Australia's best ODI player

John Buchanan believes the ICC should consider turning Test cricket into a franchise-based system where players could choose which country to represent, in an effort to make the game more competitive

Buchanan calls for world cricket revamp

Cricket Australia has denied charges of complacency after the first Test of the summer attracted disappointing crowds and TV viewing figures

Sri Lanka Test proves to be a turn off

Dale Steyn and Brett Lee have broken into the top ten in the ICC player rankings for Test bowlers

Lee and Steyn move up ICC rankings

Greg Chappell believes he was the victim of a racist attack during his difficult two-year tenure as India's coach

Greg Chappell accuses Indian board of cover-up

Cricket Australia has said it is too early to consider the status of the tour of Pakistan which is due to take place next February and March

Australia to send security experts to Pakistan

The Indian board has said they may go the same way as Cricket Australia with regard to match pictures taken by agency photographers

BCCI backs Australian board stand on photographs

Chris Simpson will captain Queensland in their FR Cup match against Western Australia at the WACA on Wednesday

Simpson to lead Bulls in one-day game

South Australia have signed Daniel Christian in a bid to shore up their batting and he will be available immediately

Redbacks call on Christian to boost batting

13-Nov-2007•Jenny Thompson

Sri Lanka fear Murali milestone blackout

Sri Lanka's media fear that Muttiah Muralitharan may break the world record for Test wickets without any coverage because of an ongoing media dispute

13-Nov-2007•AFP

Johnson asks Hobart locals for advice

The local knowledge of the Australia squad's two Tasmanians will be tapped by Mitchell Johnson as he looks to build on his impressive debut

13-Nov-2007•Peter English in Brisbane

Check Murali's action in a Test - Warne

Shane Warne believes Muttiah Muralitharan's action should be assessed in a Test match to end any lingering speculation over its legality

12-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

No underestimating Murali

Australia have not downgraded the threat of Muttiah Muralitharan despite delivering a significant obstacle to his hopes of breaking Shane Warne's Test wicket-taking record in Hobart

Sri Lanka's tactics in the first Test were conservative and they were beaten easily despite the public mutterings of self-belief, writes Peter English

Failing to walk the talk

Australia's evolving Test team has flowered in only one match but Ricky Ponting is already demanding it becomes a better outfit than the one that dismantled in January

Ponting demands even better at Hobart

Plays of the day from the fifth day of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

Another Stuart, another milestone