Cricket News

Mike Young, an American baseball coach who has worked on a part-time basis with the Australian team over the past six years, has been appointed as part-time fielding consultant the national team for the next 12 months

Brett Lee, the Australian fast bowler, has snubbed suggestions that he and his team-mates weren't tough enough in last summer's Ashes contest

The recent one-day batting collapses have left both Habibul Bashar and Ricky Ponting searching for answers.

Andrew Symonds produced a confidence-coated hundred as Australia recovered from a three-wicket burst from Mashrafe Mortaza to get to 250

Dav Whatmore, the Bangladesh coach, reckons Australia will regain the Ashes in the 2006-07 season

Brad Hogg says he has no intention of giving up his mantle as Australia's leading one-day spinner to Dan Cullen, the rookie offspinner, before next year's World Cup

Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh's middle-order batsman, has been dropped from the squad for the second one-day international against Australia at Fatullah tomorrow

Adam Gilchrist has recommended that Australia rest some of its key players from the Champions Trophy one-day tournament so that they are fresh and ready to take on England in a bid to retain the Ashes later this year

Terry Jenner will visit Nairobi next month to hold a four-day coaching clinic

Habibul Bashar has admitted that losing quick wickets at the top, which deprived Bangladesh of some valuable runs, made the difference between victory and defeat in the end in the first one-dayer at Chittagong

Stuart Clark has revealed his disappointment at being dropped from the Australian Test side, after he played a vital role in their emphatic whitewash in South Africa.

Batsmen from both teams struggled - Bangladesh against subtle change of pace and Australia against left-arm spin - but Adam Gilchrist's brutal brilliance made the difference and spurred Australia to victory

A preview of the first one-day international between Bangladesh and Australia at Chittagong on April 23

Ricky Ponting says that Australia have addressed the problems that led to their Ashes loss last summer and are now headed in the right direction towards reclaiming the urn

A Cricket Australia opinion poll has confirmed what has been evident Down Under since last September - that the Ashes loss to England hurt Australians more than any other sporting defeat

According to Ricky Ponting, Australia's unforgettable one-day loss to South Africa last month is not a consideration as his side prepares to play Bangladesh in three matches beginning on Sunday

Ricky Ponting has renewed his demand that cricket's administrators give their players a break

Cardiff will play host to an Ashes Test when Australia next visit England in 2009, after being elevated to Category A status by an ECB review committee

A little over thirty minutes before lunch on the final day Australia wrapped up a crushing win in the second and final Test at Chittagong