Phil Jaques

Australia A began well, slipped up for a brief period, and came back strongly to take the first day's honours against Pakistan A at Darwin

Phil Jaques, in Australia to play the Top End series, is sure that if given a chance, he is ready to play a big part in the Ashes

Cricinfo takes a look back at the week of county action and some of the performances that caught the eye.

The latest from this week's County Championship matches

Phil Jaques cracked a blistering career-best 244 as Worcestershire hammered the Essex attack to all parts of Chelmsford in the County Championship

A round up from the latest round of Championship matches

The latest from the County Championship

Lou Vincent, the New Zealand batsman, will replace Phil Jaques at Worcestershire for five weeks when Jaques returns to Australia for the Top End Series which starts at the end of June

Andrew Miller looks at Phil Jaques, Cricinfo's top performer of the week

Cricinfo takes a look back at the week of county action and some of the performances that caught the eye

Worcestershire pulled off an astonishing two-wicket win against Surrey as they chased down 285, with just one ball to spare, in 31.5 overs

Glenn McGrath is expecting a pay cut after taking time off to support his wife during her battle with cancer in Cricket Australia's list of its 25 contracted players for the 2006-07 international season.

Stuart Clark, Phil Jacques and Mitchell Johnson are the three new faces in the list of contracted national cricketers, a 25-member group that Cricket Australia announced today

Jason Gillespie has been recalled to the Australian squad for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh

The Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan is to replace Nathan Bracken as Worcestershire's second overseas player

Australia entered the first Test with concerns over their fast bowlers, but by tea on the opening day South Africa staggered to 155 for 8

Phil Jaques will play for New South Wales in their last chance to qualify for the Pura Cup final after being cut from the national one-day squad in South Africa

Australia are still unsure whether they will have the services of Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds for the third one-day international against South Africa

John Buchanan says Damien Martyn has the ability to handle the No. 3 spot if he replaces the injured Ricky Ponting for the next two matches against South Africa