Cricket News

Stuart Clark continued his demolition of Western Australia with 8 for 58 before the New South Wales batsmen extended their lead to 343 at stumps

Clark's eight wickets put Blues on top

Jimmy Maher emphatically bounced back from his form slump and Ryan Broad made his first substantial Pura Cup contribution as Queensland closed in on first-innings points at Brisbane

Maher stars as Queensland close in

Stuart Clark, who claimed a hat-trick as he decimated Western Australia's top order on Friday, believes he is going to the World Cup despite his axing from the Australia ODI team

Clark sends World Cup message

Paul Collingwood's match-winning century at Melbourne was not your typical one-day starring role

Flintoff praises England's hero

09-Feb-2007•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Clark hat-trick has Warriors in tatters

A hat-trick to Stuart Clark left Western Australia stunned at 4 for 17 after they kept a battling New South Wales to 270 on a low-scoring day at Perth

09-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Noffke rattles Redbacks after Cosgrove century

Mark Cosgrove's first Pura Cup century of the season ensured a competitive score for South Australia but Ashley Noffke's five-wicket haul kept the honours even on day one at Brisbane

09-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Hussey to lead Australia for New Zealand tour

Michael Hussey will captain Australia for their three-match Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series in New Zealand after the selectors decided to rest Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist

09-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Superb Collingwood seals amazing success

England recovered from two near-death experiences and Paul Collingwood produced back-to-back centuries to steal the first CB Series final at the MCG

09-Feb-2007•Peter English

Friends Provident to sponsor England's one-day knockout

Friends Provident, the FTSE100 life and pensions company, has been unveiled as the new sponsor of England's main domestic one-day competition

Australia will discuss bringing Brad Hogg and Shane Watson into a revamped team for the first CB Series final against England at the MCG

Ponting considers changes for first final

Andrew Symonds is happy with the way his arm injury is progressing

Symonds realistic about World Cup chances

Duncan Fletcher believes England can put "a lot of pressure on Australia" in the CB Series finals

Fletcher says Australia under pressure

Luke Ronchi entered the record-books with Australia's fastest domestic one-day century as Western Australia humiliated New South Wales at Perth

Ronchi rockets to fastest domestic hundred

Shane Watson said helping Australia in their World Cup defence would make up for missing the Ashes, but he conceded he had little chance of opening the batting after Matthew Hayden's return to form in the CB Series

Recalled Watson confident of fitness

Tasmania and Victoria have both made forced changes ahead of their Pura Cup match starting at Hobart on Monday

Quiney in line for Pura Cup debut

Chris Simpson has been called into the Queensland squad for their Pura Cup match against South Australia at Brisbane starting on Friday

Bulls call on Simpson for Pura Cup match

Australia's Test and ODI program for next summer is set for a major overhaul, with little cricket scheduled for December and the triangular one-day series unlikely to start until February

Australia's summer schedule faces shake-up

Shaun Tait believes he can break the world record for the fastest delivery after hitting the 160kph mark against England on Sunday

'I can bowl quicker than 160kph' - Tait

Andrew Symonds can be named in Australia's World Cup squad and be replaced if he fails to recover from a serious arm injury, the ICC has ruled

ICC says Australia can pick Symonds