Cricket News

Australia coach Mickey Arthur has said Ricky Ponting is "not going anywhere" and remains firmly in Australia's plans for the next Ashes tour of England in just over a year's time

Andrew Gale, Yorkshire captain, has earmarked his county's match against Gloucestershire at Bristol on May 9 as Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc's debut for the county.

West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has regained the No.1 ranking for Test batsmen after nearly three years

Australia's captain Michael Clarke has signed off from the West Indies by opening up the possibility of Matthew Wade retaining his Test place as a batsman should Brad Haddin return as the Test gloveman next summer

West Indies captain Darren Sammy has insisted his team can go on to success in England after again surrendering the Frank Worrell Trophy to Australia, a trophy the hosts have not held since 1995

Michael Clarke's second five-wicket haul in Tests helped the Australians wrap up a 75-run victory and they took the series 2-0, despite some powerful striking from the West Indies captain Darren Sammy

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Test cricket's latest 10,000-run man, is providing incalculable value to a young West Indies team by the example he sets in training and at the batting crease, Darren Bravo has said

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has become the 10th batsman and the second West Indian to pass 10,000 runs in Test matches, reaching the mark on the fourth day of the third Test against Australia at Windsor Park in Dominica

West Indies fought hard on the fourth day in Dominica but the loss of Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the last over left Australia five wickets from victory

Ed Cowan has argued that critics of his and Ricky Ponting's contributions to Australia's Test series in the West Indies are not looking far enough beyond the skeletal facts of the scoreboard

West Indies will need to complete their highest successful chase since they rewrote the record books in Antigua nine years ago if they are to level the series against Australia

Matthew Wade has refused to lobby for the No. 1 Australia wicketkeeper's spot, even after his match-turning century against West Indies in Dominica made a compelling case for his retention at the start of the next home summer

Toby Radford, the West Indies assistant coach, has denied that the confidence levels of the hosts' young batsmen are taking a battering ahead of a tour of England, in the wake of the top order struggling once again on day two in Dominica

Matthew Wade tightened both his grip on the Test wicketkeeping spot and Australia's grasp on the Test with a century that frustrated and demoralised West Indies on the second day in Dominica

Like a highway traveller learning to negotiate Sydney's notorious Parramatta Rd, David Warner is finding out how to drive in heavier traffic

Shane Shillingford finished day one with four wickets and put West Indies in a strong position as the Australian batsmen struggled to handle his bounce and turn

Darren Sammy has pointed to Michael Hussey's wicket as the most critical for the hosts as they attempt to secure a share of the Test series

ESPNcricinfo previews the third Test between West Indies and Australia in Dominica

Michael Clarke, Australia's captain, has all but guaranteed Ricky Ponting his place in the team's next Test assignment, at home against South Africa in November

Assad Fudadin, the batsman who is part of the West Indies squad for the third Test against Australia, has said he is looking forward to experiencing Test cricket