Cricket News

Ricky Ponting has dropped out of the first Test against Sri Lanka, which gets underway at Darwin on July 1

Ricky Ponting will make a late decision about his availability for Thursday's first Test against Sri Lanka at Darwin, after flying 2000 miles south to Launceston, Tasmania, to visit two critically ill members of his extended family

Ricky Ponting hopes Muttiah Muralitharan will tour Australian later this month

In the underwhelming aftermath of Australia's bastardised visit to Zimbabwe, Ricky Ponting was given pause for thought by the obligatory question of what, if anything, his team had gained from the venture

Ricky Ponting has promised that Australia will turn in a far more clinical performance in the second and third one-dayers against Zimbabwe later this week

Among those few fans who give a toss, all eyes will be on the toss when Australia play Zimbabwe in Harare this evening

Although they probably had to work harder than they expected, in the end Australia cantered to victory over Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the first match of this rearranged one-day series at the Harare Sports Club

Ricky Ponting has called on the ICC to act to preserve the integrity of the one-day game as well as Test cricket

The first winner of the Rexona Australian Youth Cricket Scholarship, launched last year by Ricky Ponting, is Moises Henriques, 17, from Sydney

The future of this tour may be up in the air - it's hard to see the Australians staying in Zimbabwe if their Test series is stripped of full Test status by the ICC on Friday - it was business as usual for the Aussie batsmen on the second and final

The International Cricket Council and the England & Wales Cricket Board today launched the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 in London

The Australians' first press conference after arriving in Zimbabwe was an understandably cautious affair on both sides

The rise of Ricky Ponting and decline of Glenn McGrath have receivedofficial confirmation, with Ponting supplanting McGrath as Australia'stop-ranked and highest-paid player

With most of the cricketing world taking a break after a hectic season, it's unsurprising that there are few changes in the top ten lists for batsmen and bowlers

Ricky Ponting has admitted that Australia have little interest in playing against a below-strength Zimbabwe

A week on from Brian Lara's epic quadruple-century against England in Antigua, and the backlash has begun Down Under

Andrew Miller charts Division Two of the County Championship and picks his favourites for promotion

Australia's captain, Ricky Ponting, has been named as the Leading Cricketer in the World by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, whose 141st edition is published on Thursday, April 8

Australia's captain, Ricky Ponting, has been named as the Leading Cricketer in the World by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, whose 141st edition is published on Thursday, April 8

The 141st edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was published this month