Sydney, Jan. 2 (ANI): Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting is worried that the possible decline of first class tournament Sheffield Shield competition for the expansion of the domestic Twenty20 tournaments would weaken Australia’s position as a leading cricket nation.
“I’d hate to see the day where we start playing more Twenty20 cricket at the expense of Sheffield [...]
Sydney/Mumbai, Dece 22 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi Tuesday said his comments on throwing away contracts of overseas players are absolutely untrue and baseless.
The Australian media had reported that Modi has threatened to tear up the contracts of Australian players if they do not skip the last round and the final of [...]
Sydney, Dec. 22 (ANI): New South Wales opener Phillip Hughes is all smiles these days after being recalled to the Australian squad for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan in Melbourne.
Hughes has been called up as a standby for Australian skipper Ricky Ponting.
His inclusion in Australia’s 13-man squad proves the selectors still hold him in [...]
Sydney, Dec 22 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi has threatened to tear up the contracts of Australian players if they do not skip the last round and the final of the Sheffield Shield season for the Twenty20 extravaganza in India.
It is understood that Cricket Australia (CA) has told the Indian board, which [...]
Melbourne, Dec 21 (IANS) For Phillip Hughes, recall to the Australian squad for the Boxing Day Test is the best Christmas present.
The left-hander was named in the 13-man squad as cover for captain Ricky Ponting, who is still recovering from an elbow injury sustained in the third Test against the West Indies.
Hughes, the New South [...]
Sydney, Dec. 15 (ANI): Cricket Australia plans to unveil a lucrative new Twenty20 league featuring cities rather than states in 2011.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia is pressing ahead with plans for a competition that will feature [...]
Sydney, Dec 15(ANI): Former Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell has said that Cricket Australia (CA)’s plans to revamp domestic Twenty20 league is the way of the future.
Chappell also said that the plans to unveil a lucrative new Twenty20 league featuring cities rather [...]
Sydney, Dec.15 (ANI): Out-of-favour Australian seamer Stuart Clark has admitted that the shorter form of the game may have caused his latest back injury.
Clark revealed for the first time yesterday that he may have played his last Test for Australia, adding [...]
Perth (Australia), Dec.14 (ANI): Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz says he will use the ‘Doosra’ during the third Test against the West Indies here, and is confident about bouncing back in Perth after putting in a lacklustre performance [...]
Perth, Dec 14(ANI): Australia has called up fast bowler Brett Geeves as a cover for injured Peter Siddle, for the third Test against West Indies starting on Wednesday in Perth.
Selectors had said that they expected Siddle to overcome his hamstring injury to [...]
London, Dec 10(ANI): Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson has blasted national selectors over the omission of fast bowler Stuart Clark for the third Test against West Indies at Perth.
Clark ’s international career suffered a major blow, when he was again overlooked for the Test side.
“If someone was injured in [...]
Sydney, Dec 1(ANI): Australian batsman Brad Hodge will be announcing his retirement from first-class cricket, after playing two more Sheffield Shield matches for Victoria.
Hodge has stepped down in order to spend more time with his family. He also has to deal with [...]
Melbourne, Dec.1 (ANI): Victorian fast bowler Clint McKay has revealed that he is excited to be part of the Australian Test squad, and adds that he was stunned when he got the call to join the national team at Adelaide.
In an extraordinary two months, McKay, 26, has gone from peripheral member of the Bushrangers’ Sheffield [...]
Melbourne, Nov. 29 (ANI): Day and night Test cricket could be played in Australia as early as 2011 after successful trials of a revolutionary new finish that allows the white leather ball to keep its colour.
“It’s a real breakthrough for us,” the Age quoted Rob Elliott, [...]
Melbourne, Nov.24 (ANI): Australian selectors believe Test discard and New South Wales opener Phillip Hughes is “confused” about his technique, and therefore, have suggested that till he works this out, he will be overlooked.
Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch watched Hughes closely at the SCG last week, and later told Australian skipper Ricky Ponting that the [...]
Sydney, Nov 23(ANI): Australia’s National Selection Panel (NSP) Chairman Andrew Hilditch believes that international competition regardless of what form it takes – is better than domestic matches while preparing for Tests.
Hilditch’s comment follows the decision to rest players who won the recent seven-game ODI series in India [...]
Sydney, Nov 23(ANI): Tasmania spinner Jason Krejza has pulled out his version of the ‘doosra’ in bid for a recall to the national squad.
Krejza used the ‘doosra’ during a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales. He was bowling to Usman Khawaja, when [...]
Melbourne, Nov 21 (ANI): Australia’s new batting coach Justin Langer has backed Phillip Hughes, and said the self-styled opener should ignore the critics and stick to his guns.
Langer said Hughes, who enjoyed a brilliant debut series in South Africa earlier this year, must draw on his mental strength rather than seek to [...]
Melbourne, Nov 19 (ANI): Australian vice captain Michael Clarke is being forced to receive daily treatment on his troublesome back to be ready in time for next week’s opening Test against the West Indies at Gabba.
The Australian vice-captain scored 106 for NSW in just under four hours in the Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania at [...]
Sydney, Nov 17(ANI): Australian opener Phillip Hughes” hopes of earning a Test recall have been dented after he failed to complete the one-day game against Tasmania.
Hughes, who is playing for New South Wales in the domestic tournament, injured a finger on his right hand while attempting to take a slips catch during the six wicket [...]
Sydney, Nov 16(ANI): Former Australian fast bowler Craig McDermott’s son Alister has been named in Queensland’s starting line-up for the four-day match against the touring West Indies side this week.
Alister will make his first-class debut against the same team that his father made his Test debut against 25 years ago.
At 18 years and [...]
Sydney, Nov 16(ANI): Australian fast bowler Brett Lee is unlikely to be considered for the first Test against West Indies starting November 26 after failing to recover from an elbow injury.
Lee aggravated his troublesome right elbow in New [...]
Melbourne, Nov 13 (ANI): Andrew Symonds has answered an urgent call from an injury-hit Queensland to line up for the Bulls in Alice Springs on Saturday.
Symonds, who ended his international career when he was sent home from England in June, will make a surprise return to domestic cricket against South Australia in a one-day [...]
Melbourne, Nov 13 (ANI): Australia’s vice-captain Michael Clarke will fly to Melbourne today for a medical assessment likely to decide whether he will be fit for the start of the Test series against the West Indies.
Clarke will see team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris for a detailed examination before attempting to step up his training after [...]
Hyderabad, Nov.5 (ANI): Australian cricket skipper Ricky Ponting has said that if the current squad came away with a series win against India despite the string of injuries, it would simply be an “amazing effort” on the part of the boys.
“If you consider everything that’s happened to us over the last couple of weeks, it [...]
Sydney, Nov 3(ANI): A number of Australian openers battling for a Test recall will compete against each other at the SCG in the Sheffield Shield match that starts today.
The game will have New South Wales’s openers Phil Hughes and Phil Jaques fighting for a Test recall, [...]
Adelaide (Australia), Oct. 29 (ANI): South Australian wicketkeeper Graham Manou has been rushed to India to make his one-day international debut in place of injured Tim Paine.
Manou was preparing to captain the Redbacks in a Sheffield Shield game against Victoria from Friday, but his plans changed when Paine busted the ring finger on his left [...]
Sydney, Oct. 27 (ANI): The chairman of the Australian cricket selection committee, Andrew Hilditch, has given New South Wales opener Phillip Hughes hope about making a comeback to the Test squad for the Australian summer series against the West Indies.
Hughes returned to Sydney yesterday to be told that Hilditch had informed incumbent Test opener Shane [...]
Sydney, Oct. 22 (ANI): Figures show that slow bowling in Australia is on the decline and a major cause for worry to Cricket Australia and past players.
The percentage of deliveries sent down by spinners in the Sheffield Shield competition has almost halved in the past four decades.
Cricket Australia prepared the figures and presented it to [...]
New Delhi, Oct. 21 (ANI): New South Wales takes on Victoria in the first semi-final of the Champions League tournament here tonight. Here are some interesting facts related to the two teams.
In the 262 official matches between NSW and Victoria in the past 117 years, the closest the teams have gone to playing on neutral [...]
