Doug Bollinger

Australia have broken with tradition by picking two left-arm fast bowlers after Doug Bollinger was chosen to make his debut in the third Test against South Africa on Saturday

Australia's newest allrounder Andrew McDonald was organising a new-year surfing holiday when he got a phone-call that immediately changed his plans

Matthew Hayden will not use the Sydney Test as a farewell and he remains in Australia's plans for 2009, according to the chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch. Hayden has held onto his spot for the third Test at the SCG and he is in a 12-man squad

Australia's inability to defend 414 in Perth has left Ricky Ponting considering bowling changes for next week's Boxing Day Test in Melbourne

Doug Bollinger took six wickets to push New South Wales to a 75-run victory over South Australia

Two of Australia's fringe Test bowlers are fighting to get into a pace attack that now looks settled following the troubles in India

Mitchell Johnson is hoping reverse-swing can be his key weapon in India as he aims to hold his place in Australia's Test team and fight off a challenge from Doug Bollinger

Two months after Peter Siddle's Victoria fast-bowling colleague Darren Pattinson made a surprise Test debut for England, Siddle is hoping for a similar bolt-from-the-blue moment for Australia

Andrew Symonds will not play Australia's Tests in India while the incumbent slow bowler Beau Casson has also been overlooked in favour of the uncapped 36-year-old legspinner Bryce McGain

Having been dismissed for 284, India A held the advantage at the end of the second day thanks to some splendid bowling which left Australia A staring at a follow-on

Tim Nielsen, the Australia coach, has predicted there will be no changes to the batting and fast-bowling line-ups for the first Test against West Indies unless there are injuries

Doug Bollinger has been included in Australia's Test squad to tour the West Indies as a replacement for Ben Hilfenhaus, who is suffering from a recurrence of a stress fracture in his lower back

David Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Shaun Marsh and Beau Casson have earned their first Cricket Australia contracts but Chris Rogers was the major omission in the 25-man squad for 2008-09

In the lead-up to the announcement of the Australian Cricketers' Association state all-star teams, Cricinfo chooses its versions of the 12 best Pura Cup and FR Cup players from 2007-08

Matthew Mott, the New South Wales coach, says the loss of Doug Bollinger is a huge setback for the Blues as they build towards the Pura Cup final in mid-March

Two New South Wales players who are enjoying amazing domestic seasons have won more support for promotions to the national teams

Nathan Bracken hopes to fend off increasing competition and gain a recall to Australia's Test side knowing that no matter what he does in the one-day arena it's his first-class results that count

Doug Bollinger was the matchwinner for New South Wales with his second five-wicket haul destroying Western Australia

Liam Davis outshone his more-fancied top-order colleagues with a century in his second match but Doug Bollinger's five wickets helped New South Wales fight back late on the first day in Sydney