Phil Jaques

Phil Jaques, the New South Wales batsman, embarked on a mystery tour of South Africa today after answering an injury SOS from the national team

Australia may be hit by injuries and down 1-0 in the five-match one-day series, but Michael Clarke does not think there is much to worry about

South Australia will be vying for their third ING Cup win since 1969-70, and the first since 1986-87

Mark Waugh has come out in support of Phil Jaques who was left out of the squad touring South Africa, partly because of his fielding

Phil Jaques has been told by Trevor Hohns, the chairman of selectors, to improve his fielding

Simon Katich has survived a season of torment and as he contemplated the most important innings of his one-day career there were times when he struggled to speak

A defiant Phil Jaques hundred was not enough to stop Queensland from romping to an eight-wicket victory over New South Wales

Simon Katich knows three opening batsmen can't cram into two places, but he is prepared to adjust to stay at the top of Australia's order

Adam Gilchrist, the stand-in captain, has called for a regular opening partnership to be established ahead of the 2007 World Cup and has thrown his weight behind Simon Katich

Phil Jaques reinforced his claim to a place in the national side with a superb century that led New South Wales to a 12-run win against Tasmania

Trevor Hohns, the chairman of selectors, will not tell Australia's international players to avoid taking up English county contracts to limit their workloads

Brett Lee secured a career-best return and Phil Jaques enjoyed a record-breaking one-day entry as Australia easily accounted for South Africa

Phil Jaques will be part of a new-look opening combination in Friday's VB Series match against South Africa after Simon Katich was ruled out with a groin injury

Torrential rain washed out the final day of the high-scoring match between New South Wales and Victoria at Lismore

Matthew Phelps made a century in front of his home crowd but he could not prevent Victoria from claiming first-innings points on the third day of a high-scoring match

A personal best of 239 not out by Jason Arnberger powered Victoria to an imposing 5 for 519 declared, but New South Wales hit back equally strongly through an unbeaten 109 by Phil Jaques

NSW will face Victoria in the Twenty20 final after bashing Tasmania, while WA beat SA in the other group match

Victoria booked their place in Australia's Twenty20 final, while New South Wales comfortably beat Queensland

Ricky Ponting's satisfaction at taking a 1-0 lead has been boosted by the inclusion of Justin Langer to his squad for the series-deciding Test starting in Sydney on Monday