Cricket News

A century from Daniel Christian helped Queensland reach 349 in their first innings

New South Wales gained the advantage over Western Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, bowling them out for 150 and reaching 2 for 48 in response

A round-up of the action from the Sheffield Shield 2011-12 matches

South Australia captain Michael Klinger stroked a fluent century to deliver his side a bonus point victory and conclusively end Queensland's unbeaten start to the domestic season in the limited-overs match at Adelaide Oval

Fifteen wickets tumbled on the second day at the MCG, to better the 13 on the first, and at the end of it all Tasmania were in a commanding position against Victoria

Clint McKay cut through Tasmania with figures of 6 for 40 to keep them to 217, before Jackson Bird brought the match back into the balance with three wickets in four balls at the MCG

Beau Casson, the Australia and New South Wales spinner, has retired from all forms of cricket at the age of 28 because of a heart condition

Queensland's bowlers defended a mediocre total grandly to shut out New South Wales and maintain the Bulls' unbeaten start to the summer in the domestic limited overs match in Brisbane

A brief rain delay was the major obstacle for Tasmania as the hosts completed a first outright victory of the season by 182 runs over South Australia

Queensland were pushed all the way by New South Wales captain Steve O'Keefe before claiming a 14-run victory in Brisbane to remain unbeaten in four matches

New South Wales' bowlers shrugged off the loss of Doug Bollinger to restrict Queensland's lead, but the visiting batsmen stumbled to 3 for 28 at stumps in pursuit of 224 for victory

An enterprising stand of 204 between Ed Cowan and George Bailey allowed Tasmania to set South Australia 402 for victory on day three of the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart

Mitchell Johnson has reversed his earlier decision to stay away from this summer's Twenty20 Big Bash League, signing on with the Perth Scorchers

Marcus North and Adam Voges were injured in Victoria's 59-run limited overs victory over Western Australia, neither able to play an effective role with the bat

Luke Butterworth's three top order wickets put Tasmania in control of South Australia's batting after James Faulkner had helped lift the Tigers' first innings to 361

Doug Bollinger limped off with an ankle injury seven deliveries into his second innings after New South Wales had failed narrowly to pinch first innings points from Queensland

England seamer Jade Dernbach has signed with Melbourne Stars for the Big Bash league

Australian domestic matches, including the newly-minted Twenty20 Big Bash League, will be monitored by anti-corruption officials this summer as part of Cricket Australia's own anti-corruption and security unit

Tasmania had regathered some of the ground lost to the South Australia seamer Peter George when rain forced an early close to day one of the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart

Left-armers Doug Bollinger and Mitchell Starc shared nine wickets between them as New South Wales bowled Queensland out for 282 on day one of the Sheffield Shield match