Cricket News

Nathan Coulter-Nile is back from injury and is intent on making full use of the opportunity he has been provided with after his Test call-up

West Indies' spirits would have been lifted when a verdant green surface was unveiled at Bellerive Oval and although the nature of the pitch is expected to change as the Test nears, Kemar Roach was encouraged by it

Amid much nostalgia for a bygone era of West Indies cricket, Australia are only thinking of making life difficult for the beleaguered tourists

Jason Holder scored a half-century and the West Indians avoided an innings defeat, but those were about the only positives for the tourists on the final day of their tour game in Brisbane

Jason Holder's West Indians are staring humiliating defeat in the face after three days of their opening tour match against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane

Man of the Match on debut and several injuries later, James Pattinson returns to probably lead the pace attack against West Indies next week after time on the sidelines has given him perspective

Cricket Australia XI's top order all chipped in with handy knocks, helping the team secure the lead against West Indians on the second day of the tour match in Brisbane

Peter Nevill's predecessor Brad Haddin has spoken out against a rising tide of opinion that Australia's Test wicketkeeper should be promoted to No. 6 in the batting order

Scott Boland, who has been placed on standby to join Australia's squad for the first Test against West Indies, has received high praise from his Victoria coach David Saker and national selector Rod Marsh

In announcing a Test squad that includes Nathan Coulter-Nile despite his total lack of recent Sheffield Shield cricket, Rod Marsh made the startling admission Mitchell Starc may have played his last international match of the seaso

West Indies captain Jason Holder has said that his team will approach the upcoming Australia Tests with "a lot of belief" and an intention to play "aggressive cricket"

Australia will need to reshuffle their batting order for at least the next two Test matches after Usman Khawaja was formally ruled out of both the Adelaide Test against New Zealand and Hobart Test against West Indies

West Indies have named an unchanged squad for their upcoming Test tour of Australia

Adelaide Oval will host the first-ever day-night Test against New Zealand in November and a T20 against India on Australia Day next year, with Cricket Australia announcing its international and domestic schedule for the 2015-16 season