Cricket News

Darrell Hair received an excellent review from the ICC immediately before its executive board voted to ban him from standing again in an international match

Hair praised by ICC immediately before being sacked

Graham Manou, the South Australia vice-captain, has been dumped for the Redbacks' three-day tour match against England starting on Friday

Manou dropped for England tour game

Tasmania has the chance to leap further ahead of the field in its Pura Cup match against Victoria starting on Tuesday with Ricky Ponting to make a rare four-day appearance for his state

Ponting to lead young Tasmania side

Three half-centuries to key batsmen provided England with their first good day of the tour, but there were concerns over Marcus Trescothick after he failed against New South Wales at the SCG

Pietersen stirs England on day of improvement

Ian Botham has joined his old friend Dennis Lillee in questioning the durability of Australia's ageing side during the Ashes

Botham lines up 'creaking Aussies'

Ricky Ponting has conceded he is struggling for form less than a fortnight from the start of the Ashes

Ponting admits to form slump

Mitchell Johnson pressed his claims for a place in the opening Ashes Test with 4 for 56 as a Western Australia team crammed with international batting fell for 208 on the opening day of their Pura Cup meeting against Queensland at the WACA

Johnson pushes case for Test spot

Victoria engineered a massive turnaround to transform from what appeared to be a certain defeat into a bonus-point win over Tasmania at the MCG

Victoria's remarkable recovery earns bonus point

Phil Jaques collected back-to-back centuries as New South Wales dominated the opening day of the tour game against England and added to their problems ahead of the first Test

Jaques gives England more lead-up misery

Graeme Smith, South Africa's captain, feels that left-arm spinner Monty Panesar will face an "unbelievable amount of abuse"

Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

10-Nov-2006•Cricinfo staff

We know we have to improve - Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff has said that the heavy 166-run loss in Friday's opening Ashes tour match did not suddenly turn England into a bad side.

10-Nov-2006•Cricinfo staff

England XI suffer heavy defeat

Shaun Tait stormed into the first Test calculations with a withering fast bowling performance as England XI succumbed to a 166-run defeat in their opening Ashes tour match at the Manuka Oval in Canberra

10-Nov-2006

Ponting makes peace with Pawar

After trying more than a dozen times on Wednesday Australian captain Ricky Ponting finally got the opportuntiy to apologise to BCCI chief Sharad Pawar on the phone on Thursday over the incident during the presentation of the Champions Trophy last Sunday

10-Nov-2006•Cricinfo staff

Giles picked for Ashes tour opener

Ashley Giles will play for the first time in a year as England kick-off their Ashes tour against a Prime Minster's XI.

Even as Andrew Flintoff and Duncan Fletcher work out various combinations for the Ashes, Michael Vaughan has said he would be back to playing cricket in three weeks' time

Vaughan eyes third Test comeback

Cricket Australia warned fans that "idiots" would not be tolerated at the upcoming Ashes series

Australian board tells 'idiot' fans to stay away

Damien Martyn, at the centre of the controversy where he pushed aside BCCI chief Sharad Pawar off the podium after Australia beat West Indies to win their first Champions Trophy title, has apologised for his actions

Martyn meant no offence

BCCI president Sharad Pawar has termed the actions of Australian captain Ricky Ponting and batsman Damien Martyn during their Champions Trophy victory celebrations as "totally uncivilised"

Pawar yet to get any apology