Cricket News

The shambolic organisation surrounding the issuing of visas for many of those traveling from Australia and New Zealand to the World Cup shows no sign of improving

World Cup visas could be 'total debacle'

09-Jan-2007•Martin Williamson

Borgas out for season

South Australia's season has continued to go downhill with the news that Cameron Borgas will miss the rest of 2006-07 with a shoulder injury

Australia showed no mercy as they crushed England by 77 runs in the Twenty20 at Sydney after piling up the largest total at international level

Australia crush woeful England

09-Jan-2007•Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Tait back from hamstring injury

Shaun Tait will return from injury for Wednesday's Twenty20 match against Queensland at Adelaide, nearly a month after he was diagnosed with tendinosis of his left hamstring

Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson have been ruled out of the Twenty20 International against England tonight due to illness and injury

Lee and Johnson out of Twenty20

If anyone thought England's tour of Australia couldn't get any worse they'll need to think again - the coloured clothing is coming out

England hope for light relief

Tony Dodemaide will return home to Melbourne to accept the role of Cricket Victoria's chief executive after taking a globetrotting path to the job

Dodemaide lands back home for new role

Stephen Fleming, New Zealand's captain, believes Michael Vaughan's return to the helm will make England a stronger team as they prepare for the tri-series in Australia

Vaughan's return will boost England - Fleming

Ricky Ponting doesn't like playing Twenty20 matches and believes Australia should contest only one game of the popular format each season

Twenty20 not Ponting's game

Shane Warne has spoken of his desire to help England and hinted at the possibility of starting a Shane Warne Cricket Academy for British children

Warne hints at starting England academy

Australia will attempt to exploit Michael Vaughan's lack of match fitness during the triangular series, according to the coach John Buchanan

We'll target Vaughan - Buchanan

08-Jan-2007•AFP

Australia have quick plans for World Cup

Australia are set to take five fast bowlers to the World Cup in the West Indies as they plan to use four speedster in most games

Jimmy Maher, the Australia batsman and Tino Best, the West Indies fast bowler, are top of Glamorgan's wish list for the new season

Glamorgan target Best and Maher

Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, has given Stuart MacGill's chances of replacing Shane Warne in the Test team an enormous boost, indicating MacGill is still the stand-out spinner in Australia

Selectors give MacGill hope

07-Jan-2007•AFP

Redbacks win after Johns gamble fails

New South Wales' decision to play Andrew Johns, the rugby league star, put them out of contention for the final as Simon Katich refused to put Johns on strike in the last over, handing South Australia victory

Cameron White is set to make his one-day international return this month but after a disappointing 2006, the nature of his place in the side does not worry him

White looks forward to second chance