Cricket News

Sydney Sixers scraped past the Melbourne Stars by two runs in a thrilling finish at the SCG

The 11,337 people who showed up at the ANZ Stadium tonight in western Sydney were treated to the Chris Gayle Show

Shaun Marsh showed little signs of his back trouble as he smashed an unbeaten 99 off 52 balls in Perth Scorchers' emphatic eight-wicket win, in pursuit of Melbourne Renegades' imposing total of 3 for 188

The Hobart Hurricanes are probably the most unassuming and underrated side in the Big Bash League, but they are fast becoming the team to beat after another polished all-round display to dispose of the Sydney Sixers by 42 runs

Kurtis Patterson, the New South Wales batting prodigy, has knocked back an offer to take Phillip Hughes' place on the roster of the Sydney Thunder in the Twenty20 Big Bash League, in order to build conventionally on his history-making state debut

With all eyes on Australian Test incumbents Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey it was Test-discard Ben Hilfenhaus who stole the show at the WACA

Adelaide Strikers' bowlers backed up a strong batting effort that combined industrious running and power-hitting, to secure a 67-run win against the Melbourne Renegades at the Adelaide Oval

Sydney Thunder's captain courageous, David Warner, spanked an unbeaten century after sparkling in the field to lead his team to a six-wicket victory over the Melbourne Stars in the Twenty20 Big Bash League encounter at the MCG

The sight of a bleeding Brendon McCullum in its brutish way did far more for the BBL than any number of marketeer's schemes

It was the older players who dominated the opening night of the brand-new Big Bash League, on which the Sydney Sixers thumped the Brisbane Heat at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Kieron Pollard has been ruled out of the inaugural edition of the Big Bash League due to a hamstring injury

The question of scheduling a Twenty20 domestic tournament directly at odds with Australia's Test preparations for the Australia-India Tests had Michael Hussey stumped

Australia's under-fire Test opener Phillip Hughes has withdrawn from the Big Bash League in order to focus on his form in the longer format

Tim Paine, Australia's heir-apparent wicket keeper, has been ruled out of the rest of the season and faces an uncertain future in the game

Ed Cowan, the Tasmania opening batsman, is edging closer to Test selection following his transfer from the first to the second of two tour matches against the Indian touring side

Shahid Afridi has said he views his upcoming stint with the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League as an opportunity to gain exposure and prepare for next year's international assignments

Shane Warne has suffered serious burns to his bowling hand a mere five days from the Melbourne Stars' first match in the Twenty20 Big Bash League

Blazing batting and diligent bowling by South Australia clinched a six-wicket victory and a bonus point over Western Australia

Tasmania were thwarted in their push for an outright Sheffield Shield victory over New South Wales in Canberra thanks to a determined ninth-wicket stand

Wicketkeeper Peter Nevill led New South Wales' fightback against Tasmania in Canberra, but Tasmania were still in control of the contest by the close