Cricket News

Victoria's constantly changing bowling stocks have been altered again with Peter Siddle and Grant Lindsay recalled to the one-day squad for Saturday's match against Tasmania at Hobart

Victoria recall Siddle and Lindsay

Australian cricket fans will need pay TV to see Australia's first three World Cup matches after Channel 9 confirmed it would not telecast any games until the Super Eight stage

Australia's World Cup opens on pay TV

Steve Waugh has jumped to the defence of John Buchanan after Shane Warne said the Australia coach should take responsibility for having trained his team 'into the ground'

Waugh defends Buchanan over heavy training

Shane Bond's love of hurting Australia pushed New Zealand to their third win in five years of Trans-Tasman contests and added to the visitors' severe woes

Australia slump to 10-wicket defeat

16-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Peter English

Fleming defends his captaincy

Stephen Fleming said he was still the best option to captain New Zealand despite their disappointing CB Series in Australia, where they missed the finals after a resurgent England overshadowed them in the later stages of the tournament

Shane Warne launched another attack on his former coach John Buchanan, who he said was responsible for Australia's CB Series loss to England on Sunday

Warne slams Buchanan for CB Series loss

Stuart Clark, the most high profile omission from Australia's World Cup squad, could return to county cricket during the off season if a deal with Hampshire can be arranged

Clark hints at Hampshire move

Tasmania moved to second on the Pura Cup table after a tense chase ended in a three-wicket victory over Victoria

Harwood no-ball gives Tasmania tight victory

Brett Lee believes he is only a 50-50 chance of playing at the World Cup despite the news that he does not require surgery on his injured left ankle

Lee in doubt for World Cup

New Zealand will field their first choices during the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy

Australia test new-look squad

15-Feb-2007•Peter English

Warne backs Tait at World Cup

Shane Warne believes Shaun Tait will be a useful addition to Australia's World Cup defence

Andrew Symonds could lose strength in his throwing arm if he hurts it again

Doctor warns Symonds about early return

Matthew Elliott ensured South Australia cruised to a bonus-point victory that lifted them from the bottom of the FR Cup table at the Gabba

Unbeaten Elliott steers South Australia home

Robert Quiney and David Hussey put Victoria in a position to set Tasmania a testing final-day target as they built a 286-run lead at Hobart

Quiney and Hussey give Victoria the edge

Michael Hussey says Australia will look to regain confidence for the World Cup in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy

Hussey wants improvement in New Zealand

14-Feb-2007•AFP

Bone spurs give Ponting sleepless nights

The pain caused by bone spurs in Ricky Ponting's back has got worse after each match since the Perth Test

A disappointed Stuart Clark will use the off-season to work on his one-day bowling after failing to make the 15-man World Cup squad

Clark vows to lift his game