Cricket News

Michael Buchanan is in line to play his first final with Queensland after being called into the squad for the FR Cup decider

Buchanan replaces injured Hayden for FR Cup final

Martin Crowe, the former New Zealand captain, believes Adam Gilchrist's comments that Australia did not want to tour for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy were "disrespectful"

Gilchrist tour snub upsets Crowe

Craig McMillan said New Zealand could go to the World Cup without fearing any target

McMillan rides high to World Cup

A demoralised Michael Hussey has admitted it will take him a while to recover from his Chappell-Hadlee Trophy experience

Hussey 'demoralised' by series defeat

Cricinfo looks at some of the highlights of the cracker between New Zealand and Australia at Hamilton

A flurry of sixes, and a rare clean sweep

20-Feb-2007•S Rajesh

Hayden's toe has time to heal

Matthew Hayden is hopeful the broken big toe he suffered while scoring an Australian-record 181 will heal in time for the World Cup

20-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

A four-way contest

Jenny Thompson previews the second women's quadrangular

20-Feb-2007•Preview by Jenny Thompson

Cooley plans to put bowlers back on track

Australia's bowling coach Troy Cooley hopes the attack has received the "wake-up call we needed" before the team defends the World Cup

20-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Stunning McMillan seals whitewash

Craig McMillan and Brendon McCullum blasted New Zealand to another massive run-chase as they negated Matthew Hayden's 181 and inflicted a cleansweep on Australia at Hamilton. The home team flew to 350 on the back of McMillan's 117 and his 165-run partners

20-Feb-2007•Brydon Coverdale

'We didn't want New Zealand tour' - Gilchrist

Most of Australia's players did not want to tour New Zealand for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, according to the vice-captain Adam Gilchrist

Australia's decision to rest two of their star players had made winning in New Zealand a huge task, according to Brad Hodge

'We're struggling without our stars' - Hodge

New Zealand have rested Shane Bond and Daniel Vettori for the final match of the Chappell-Hadlee series

New Zealand rest Bond and Vettori

Queensland's chances of winning their first limited-overs title in nearly a decade improved with the news Matthew Hayden, Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson and James Hopes would all play in the final against Victoria at Melbourne on Sunday

Queensland regain stars for one-day final

Australia's one-day crown will be in danger of slipping even further if their bowlers fail to contain the batsmen in the middle overs

Bowlers create headaches for Australia

19-Feb-2007•Brydon Coverdale

'We can't afford to panic' - Hussey

Michael Hussey, the stand-in captain, says Australia can't afford to panic despite their horror loss to New Zealand at Eden Park

Australia's poor run of form should not be taken as proof they will struggle to defend their World Cup title in the West Indies, according to Glenn McGrath

McGrath confident form will return for World Cup

Two thumping wins over the best team in the world and a neighbour with whom you share a spicy rivalry is reason enough for joy

Fleming hails 'amazing day'

South Africa have replaced Australia at the head of the ICC ODI rankings following Australia's five-wicket loss to New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland. It is the first time Australia has slipped from the top spot since the rankings began, in October 2002.

South Africa take over top spot

John Buchanan has rejected Shane Warne's claims that the Australia team was "trained into the ground", leading to them losing the CB Series to England

Buchanan defends heavy training workload