Cricket News

Jason Arnberger will have bone scans today in the hope he can recover from a long-standing but undiagnosed back injury that threatens his nine-year career with the state

Arnberger's state career could be over

Australian fans who missed out on Ashes tickets will be able to watch the Tests on big screens in the capital cities hosting the matches

Public screenings add to Ashes atmosphere

Cricket Australia already has three former Test players to consider for Allan Border's spot on the national selection panel when the board meets on Friday

Candidates line up to replace Border

Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, has given Andrew Flintoff instructions on how to deal with Australian crowds during the Ashes

Smith briefs Flintoff on ugly Australian crowds

Matthew Hayden and Jimmy Maher flayed the Tasmanian bowlers as Queensland launched the domestic season in style with a commanding nine-wicket victory in the new Ford Ranger Cup

Hayden and Maher brush aside Tasmania

Shane Warne is lining up for a pre-Ashes refresher with his spin bowling mentor Terry Jenner ahead of November's first Test in Brisbane

Warne makes appointment with 'spin doctor'

11-Oct-2006•AFP

Katich ready to increase batting pace

Simon Katich is prepared to lift his strike-rate as he attempts to shake off a string of contenders for his opening batting place

Allan Border reportedly had the choice between two beer companies as he stepped down suddenly from the position of national selector

Border denies beer company conflict

The Queensland Bulls are familiar with targets hanging from their rumps. For the past decade they have been the stampeding team of the domestic competitions

Beautiful one day, finalists the next

10-Oct-2006•Peter English

Border resigns as selector for second time

Allan Border has stepped down as a Test selector for the second time in less than two years and only four months after re-accepting the position

10-Oct-2006•Cricinfo staff

Gilchrist waits for full-time partner

Australia's opening batting experiments will continue during the Champions Trophy as the selectors decide who will partner Adam Gilchrist at the World Cup

Sean Ervine is eyeing a long-awaited debut for Western Australia after he was picked in the Ford Ranger Cup squad for the one-day game against Victoria

Ervine closes on first match for Western Australia

As if they needed any further incentive to defeat England, Australia's sporting public will get a rare glimpse of what all the fuss is about this winter, as the original Ashes urn prepares for a unique voyage Down Under

The urn prepares to leave home

John Howard, Australia's Prime Minister, says that authorities are investigating claims that terrorists planned to attack the Australian and England teams during last year's Ashes

Australia PM calls for vigilance at all times

Michael Kasprowicz faces an uncertain entry into the Australian season as a lingering back injury threatens to derail his hopes of an international recall

Back injury floors Kasprowicz

09-Oct-2006•Peter English

Buchanan thrills father with Bulls selection

John Buchanan's son Michael is on the verge of a Queensland one-day debut after being named in the Ford Ranger Cup squad for the season-starting game against Tasmania

Graham Manou has been ruled out of South Australia's Pura Cup season opener against New South Wales as he attempts to make a full recovery from a stress fracture in his right foot

Cautious Manou sits out Pura Cup opener

Australia's cricket team is "totally confident" in security measures taken in response to reports of a terror threat against the squad during last year's Ashes series, according to the captain Ricky Ponting

Ponting happy with team security arrangements