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West Indies to host tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka

West Indies will host an ODI tri-series featuring India and Sri Lanka in June-July next year

21-Dec-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Starc lifted by 'heart and soul' Siddle

Peter Siddle is taking on the mantle of leadership and example among Australia's bowlers that - until recently - Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey held for the batsmen

21-Dec-2012•Daniel Brettig

Last-day pitch a 'minefield' - SL coach

The fifth day Hobart pitch was a tough Test for Sri Lankan batsmen, says coach Graham Ford

19-Dec-2012•Andrew Fernando in Hobart

Test team quarantined from BBL

Twenty20's potential to be toxic for Australia's Test match plans has been underlined by the decision to "quarantine" the Boxing Day Test squad from the BBL before the team convenes in Melbourne

19-Dec-2012•Daniel Brettig

The captain and the spearhead

Michael Clarke's prolific batting and captaincy has been critical to the development of the team but so too has Peter Siddle's bowling old-fashioned aggressive bowling

18-Dec-2012•Daniel Brettig at Bellerive Oval

Television replays caused Sri Lanka's tampering concerns

Mahela Jayawardene has said it was the broadcaster's choice of close-up replays that led Sri Lanka to raise concerns with the match referee that Australia's players were allegedly tampering with the ball

18-Dec-2012•Andrew Fernando at Bellerive Oval

Bird, Khawaja in squad for Boxing Day Test

Jackson Bird, the Tasmania fast bowler, could make his Test debut at the MCG on Boxing Day after being included in Australia's squad as a replacement for the injured Ben Hilfenhaus

18-Dec-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Starc and Siddle deliver victory to Australia

At last, Michael Clarke must have thought. At last the Australians have tasted victory this summer. It took until the fourth Test of their home campaign, and into the final hour at that, but Mitchell Starc and Peter Siddle delivered a 137-run win for Clar

18-Dec-2012•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

No evidence of tampering, says ICC

ICC match referee Chris Broad has said there was no evidence to suggest that the condition of the ball had been changed by Australia during the Hobart Test

18-Dec-2012•Andrew Fernando at Bellerive Oval

Lyon a likely threat on final day - Herath

Spinner Rangana Herath, who took five wickets in Australia's second innings, believes the final day track will help Australian offspinner Nathan Lyon

17-Dec-2012•Andrew Fernando in Hobart

Clarke injury raises unanswerable question

Australian cricket's unanswerable question - that of who will succeed Michael Clarke - has suddenly become one the national selectors must ponder ahead of the Boxing Day Test after the captain was forced to retire hurt with a hamstring injury on day four

17-Dec-2012•Daniel Brettig at Bellerive Oval

Sri Lanka lose early wickets in big chase

Australia have been here before. One day to play, one bowler short, and an opposition whose top order has already been rattled. But Sri Lanka will need even greater powers of concentration to match the remarkable feats of Faf du Plessis and his South Afri

17-Dec-2012•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

'SL unlucky with reviews' - Dilshan

Sri Lanka have made poor use of the review system in the Hobart test, failing to overturn any decisions with their three reviews

16-Dec-2012•Andrew Fernando in Hobart

Slim crowds, critics raise chairman's ire

Tasmanian cricket's chairman Tony Harrison has scoffed at the suggestion that Hobart might be in any danger of losing its share of Australia's home Test matches

16-Dec-2012•Daniel Brettig at Bellerive Oval

Siddle keeps Australia on top despite Dilshan ton

Sri Lanka's erstwhile captain Tillakaratne Dilshan and their likely next leader Angelo Mathews did their best to drag their team back into the Test on the third day at Bellerive Oval, but a relentless Peter Siddle ensured Australia remained well on top

16-Dec-2012•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

SL batsmen's lack of focus costly - Ford

Sri Lanka's batsmen may have been scuppered by cluttered minds on day two of the first Test in Hobart, deems Sri Lanka's coach Graham Ford, as they slumped to 87 for 4 by stumps

15-Dec-2012•Andrew Fernando in Hobart

Hussey, bowlers keep Australia in control

On a rainy day in Hobart, Australia tightened their grip on the first Test considerably thanks to Michael Hussey's third century of the summer, a bold declaration from Michael Clarke, and a quartet of top-order wickets, including Sri Lanka's two best bats

15-Dec-2012•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Ponting ponders life of leisure

Believe it or not, Ricky Ponting appears already to have mellowed. Little more than a week into his retirement from international duty, Ponting admitted he quite enjoyed getting to a Test match right on the appointed 10.30am start time rather than two hou

14-Dec-2012•Daniel Brettig at Bellerive Oval

Batsmen put Australia on top

Phillip Hughes and David Warner, then Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey steered the Australians through the day safely to reach stumps at 4 for 299

13-Dec-2012•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Rehearsal? Tell that to Clarke

Australia's final home series before the twin peaks of India and England are to be scaled in 2013 has the Test team leaning towards the developmental

13-Dec-2012•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

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