Cricket News

New Zealand were shell-shocked by the game's turnaround and Stephen Fleming asked for more out of his top order for the second Test at Adelaide

The highlights of Michael Clarke's debut series in India had been limited to news bulletins and pay television, so most Australians were getting their first real look at the boy wonder

The India hangover didn't make it to a third day

End-of-the-day quotes from Glenn McGrath and Daniel Vettori

End-of-the-day quotes from Glenn McGrath and Daniel Vettori

Michael Clarke showed his stunning strokeplay on an Australian ground for the first time and gave a small insight into his pre-innings battle with nerves

Michael Clarke and Adam Gilchrist, who both cracked excellent hundreds, revived Australia's innings and then the batting of Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie left New Zealand on the ropes at Brisbane

Handing someone an identity based on that of a predecessor is unfair, but Jacob Oram could easily belong to the Cairns clan

Shane Warne tried everything in the 29.3 overs he bowled - bouncers, 'more wrong'uns than in a season', and high-bouncing top-spinners down the leg side - and eventually finished with 4 for 97

Forget the clock's move to daylight saving, the first action of summer is the opening day of the Gabba Test, which Ricky Ponting rates as the high point of the season

Ricky Ponting and Stephen Fleming have both requested the International Cricket Council to explain the 15-degree rule for bowlers, saying that the players themselves are in the dark about the procedures and methods employed to decide whether a

How the wickets fell at the Gabba

The second day of the Brisbane Test belonged to New Zealand, but in the context of the match, honours were just about even at the close as Australia ended on 4 for 197 in reply to New Zealand's 353

James Franklin, the left-arm fast bowler, has been ruled out of the first Test against Australia with a groin injury that has upset New Zealand's preparations for the two-Test series

The build-up to the first Test has produced an unusual mix of theories laced with fact and fantasy

Mathew Sinclair and Jacob Oram contributed a pair of contrasting half-centuries on the opening day of the first Test at Brisbane, to ensure that New Zealand did not entirely squander the chance to bat first on a typically hard and true Gabba wicket

It brought Australia and New Zealand to a stand-off in 1981, and 23 years later, Greg Chappell finally revealed his motive behind the infamous under-arm ball

New Zealand Cricket want to host one-day and Twenty20 domestic competitions with Cricket Australia to help improve the quality of their game

Sri Lanka's selectors have named a 20-man training pool for the forthcomingtour to New Zealand in December and January

New Zealand's opening batsman, Mark Richardson, has laid into the standard of opposition provided by Bangladesh during their recent tour, and warns that a 'slap in the face' awaits his team as they arrive in Australia for a two-Test series later this