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Sri Lanka in finals after nine-run win

Sri Lanka secured a place in the tri-series finals with a tense victory over Australia

02-Mar-2012•The Report by Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Watson unsure about Test role

Shane Watson has conceded he doesn't know where he will fit back in to Australia's Test side after missing all six matches of the home summer due to injury

28-Feb-2012•Brydon Coverdale

Clarke wins Allan Border Medal

Michael Clarke has capped off his remarkable first year as Australia's captain by taking home his third Allan Border Medal

27-Feb-2012•Brydon Coverdale

Captaincy distracted Watson from fitness issues

Shane Watson has said captaining Australia in his first match back from an extended injury lay-off helped him think less about his temperamental body

26-Feb-2012•Daniel Brettig at the SCG

'Our death bowling needs to improve' - Clarke

Michael Clarke believes Australia must improve their bowling at the death after another match slipped from their grasp in the dying stages

24-Feb-2012•Brydon Coverdale at Bellerive Oval

Watson required to fill Ponting void

John Inverarity acknowledged the gulf Ricky Ponting would leave in the dressing room, and the team-building qualities Shane Watson needed to demonstrate on his recall

20-Feb-2012•Daniel Brettig

Ponting dropped from ODI squad

Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, has been dropped from the ODI squad for the remainder of the triangular series following the worst batting slump of his limited overs career

20-Feb-2012•Daniel Brettig

Watson wants to open on Test return

Shane Watson has bluntly stated his intention to win back his Test match opening spot, irrespective of the promising union formed by David Warner and Ed Cowan in the Australian vice-captain's absence from the XI

15-Feb-2012•Daniel Brettig

Ponting to captain in Clarke's absence

Australia's selectors have turned to the former captain Ricky Ponting as the short-term leadership solution to Michael Clarke's hamstring problem

14-Feb-2012•Daniel Brettig

Watson makes comeback in grade cricket

Shane Watson hopes to be fully fit within a week after making an encouraging return to Sydney grade cricket on Saturday

12-Feb-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Shield cricket Shaun Marsh's 'path' to WI - Arthur

Shaun Marsh's 79 in the Shield game against Queensland has pleased national coach Mickey Arthur, but Marsh will need sustained performance in first-class cricket if he is to make it to the West Indies trip

08-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga

Cowan wants to force Watson down the order

Ed Cowan wants to force Shane Watson down the Australian batting order on his return to the Test team by making himself indispensable at the top

20-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig

Warner a future captain, says Mickey Arthur

David Warner may soon captain Australia in Twenty20 internationals but the head coach Mickey Arthur has said he has the potential to lead his country "in any form of the game"

16-Jan-2012•Brydon Coverdale

'Marsh definitely worth persevering with'

Shaun Marsh has been "tentative" in his first two Test appearances at home and needs to rediscover the decisive footwork and wise judgement of which balls to leave, Australia's head coach Mickey Arthur has said

07-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig

Harris recalled, Watson's prospects cloudy

Ryan Harris has been deemed fit to return to Australia's squad, but Shane Watson's prospects for the remainder of the Test summer look increasingly cloudy

30-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

Watson unlikely to bowl in Melbourne Test

Shane Watson has conceded that he is unlikely to be able to bowl in the Boxing Day Test as he continues his recovery from a hamstring injury

14-Dec-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Clarke backs Watson to be fit for Boxing Day

Michael Clarke is confident Shane Watson will play the Boxing Day Test despite the allrounder suffering a calf injury in addition to his existing hamstring tear

08-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Hobart

Christian included for Hobart

Daniel Christian has formally replaced Ben Cutting in the only change to the Australia squad for the second Test against New Zealand in Hobart

04-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig in Brisbane

Five Australia players ruled out of first NZ Test

Shane Watson, Ryan Harris, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Johnson and Pat Cummins will all miss Australia's first Test against New Zealand, scheduled to start from December 1 in Brisbane

25-Nov-2011•Daniel Brettig

Ailing Watson puts Copeland in the frame

Trent Copeland agrees a bleak injury prognosis for Shane Watson has greatly enhanced his chances of taking part in the first Test against New Zealand

24-Nov-2011•Daniel Brettig

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