Cricket News

Cricket Australia has ordered Shaun Tait to rest from South Australia's Pura Cup match starting on Friday as he continues to recover from an elbow injury

Australia tell Tait to rest

Ricky Ponting is confident Andrew Symonds will be fit for Australia's push to regain the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, which begins on December 14

Symonds likely for New Zealand ODIs

Queensland have been forced to recall Lee Carseldine, who has not played a state game since January 2004, for their one-day match against Victoria on Saturday as their injury crisis worsens

Injuries cut down nearly half the Queensland squad

Stuart MacGill does not have time to significantly improve his fitness ahead of the Boxing Day Test and playing Pura Cup matches in the lead-up could make his knee injury worse, according to Australia's physio

MacGill running out of time - physio

Doug Bollinger's five wickets set Tasmania a major challenge to avoid the follow-on after Brad Haddin's century helped New South Wales post a threatening 7 for 512 declared

Bollinger breaks Tasmania's spirits

Darren Lehmann brought the champagne to his own one-day send-off with a fizzing century which drove South Australia to a record-breaking chase in Adelaide as they hunted down 306 against Western Australia

Audacious Lehmann shines in last hurrah

21-Nov-2007•Jenny Thompson in Adelaide

Victoria put wounded Bulls out of their misery

Victoria rode on Brad Hodge's unbeaten 286 to secure their first Pura Cup win against Queensland since December 2004, crushing the Bulls by 276 runs

Stuart MacGill has been given a month to prove he is fit enough to cope with the heavy demands of Australia's upcoming Test schedule

Nielsen tells MacGill to get fit

21-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Ponting steps down as Tasmania captain

Ricky Ponting has quit the Tasmania captaincy and will play in the state's FR Cup match agaisnt New South Wales on Sunday under the leadership of Daniel Marsh

Western Australia have dealt heavy blows to two of their star batsmen, and to their own Pura Cup chances, by suspending Luke Pomersbach and Shaun Marsh until next month

Warriors ban Pomersbach for a month

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

Lee and Steyn among top five Test bowlers

Ricky Ponting believes India will provide a stronger contest than Sri Lanka and has warned the new captain Anil Kumble to expect extra heat during the four-Test series that starts on Boxing Day

India may be tougher - Ponting

20-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Dangerous Forrest lures timid Tigers

Peter Forrest made his first Pura Cup century as New South Wales batted themselves into a strong position on the first day against Tasmania

Brad Hodge and Nick Jewell turned the match around in the most emphatic style, batting throughout the day in a 353-run partnership that capitalised on Queensland's severely injury-depleted attack

Hodge and Jewell slaughter ailing Bulls