Cricket News

Glenn McGrath is expecting a pay cut after taking time off to support his wife during her battle with cancer in Cricket Australia's list of its 25 contracted players for the 2006-07 international season.

Matthew Phelps, the New South Wales batsman, has announced his retirement from first-class cricket

Malcolm Gray, the former president of the ICC, has said that Asia's ambition to hold one in three World Cups is not in the best interests of the game

Shane Warne has firmly rubbished rumours of an impending return to Australia's limited overs squad

Stuart Clark, Phil Jacques and Mitchell Johnson are the three new faces in the list of contracted national cricketers, a 25-member group that Cricket Australia announced today

The Australian and New Zealand cricket boards both expressed disappointment after losing out on the right to stage the 2011 World Cup

Asia have won the bid to host the 2011 World Cup by beating a joint bid by Australia and New Zealand by ten votes to three

The identity of the squad of players that will carry Australia's attempts to win the Champions Trophy, regain the Ashes and retain the World Cup will be revealed on Monday when Cricket Australia announces its central contracts

Ricky Ponting believes that Dan Cullen, the offspinner who impressed in his debut series against Bangladesh, will have a long and successful career for Australia

Ricky Ponting has expressed his satisfaction with the way Australia's Test and one-day teams were performing ahead of an important 12 months, that include the Ashes and the World Cup

John Buchanan has said that Shane Warne spoke with him, Ricky Ponting and the selectors about the possibility of returning to one-day cricket ahead of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies

Shane Warne believes that England are more comfortable with the underdog tag and has questioned if they can cope with being favourites to win

Michael Hussey has said that it would be detrimental for England if they over-analysed their game and became too intense in preparation for this year's Ashes

Gary Kirsten slammed 134 off 63 balls to guide South Africa into Saturday's final against Bermuda, while Australia beat Sri Lanka in the Plate competition

Powered by a disciplined bowling performance which shot out Bangladesh for a disappointing 124, Australia chased down the meager target in style to complete a whitewash

Michael Hussey, the latest Australian run-machine, has suggested that he prefers batting lower down the order and isn't particularly keen to open the innings in one-day internationals

Paul Marsh, the chief executive of the Australian Cricketers' Association, has joined in the chorus asking for fewer one-day internationals

The Australians took another step in their preparation to regain the Ashes later this year when they appointed Mike Young, a former baseball coach from America, as a fielding consultant for the next year

The ICC used the launch of the 2006 Champions Trophy to try to quell suggestions that the event is not a priority for some teams