The Brisbane Heat have told Andrew Flintoff he won’t be cruising on a well-paid Australian holiday in this summer’s Big Bash. The Heat on Thursday confirmed the former English all-rounder …

Holders Queensland are hit hard by the loss of top run-scorer Usman Khawaja while Test allrounder Shane Watson makes a timely return for NSW in Friday’s interstate one-day Cup preliminary …

The domestic one-day tournament is losing relevance on the cricket calendar and the current format should be scrapped, South Australian captain Johan Botha says. Botha wants the tournament to return …

After a five-month layoff, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson will make his domestic one-day return with NSW on Friday. The Blues play Queensland in an elimination preliminary final at the Blacktown …

It was a big occasion for Australian Test debutants Mitchell Marsh and Steve O’Keefe, but perhaps only a thousand people saw it in person. The atmosphere was sadly lacking and …

Mitchell Johnson says Australia’s fielders like to throw the ball into the turf during Test matches to help accelerate wear and tear and make reverse swing more likely to occur. …

Younis Khan has become the first Pakistan batsman to complete the set of hundreds against all nine other Test-playing nations. The 36-year-old veteran of 92 Tests says completing the feat …

The talk leading up to the Dubai Test had been all about spin. But it is pace which has been Australia’s key weapon on day one of the first Test …

Pakistan have crawled to a painstaking total of 3-125 at tea on day one of the first Test against Australia in Dubai. In a two-match series in which spin is …

Michael Clarke says Mitchell Marsh could end up in his shoes one day as Australia’s Test captain. Marsh’s dad, the former Australia vice-captain and ex-national coach Geoff Marsh, has told …

Queensland may have claimed a morale-boosting one-run win over one-day cup favourites Western Australia, but it came at a cost with the competition’s leading run-getter Usman Khawaja suffering a suspected …

Australia made two early breakthroughs before Pakistan edged slowly to 2-50 at lunch on day one of the first Test in Dubai on Wednesday. Mitchell Johnson struck in the first …

Quietly spoken former Test vice-captain Geoff Marsh says it was tough moment on Wednesday as he presented his son Mitchell with his baggy green cap on debut in Dubai. West …

Former Test vice-captain Geoff Marsh has presented his son Mitchell with his baggy green cap on debut for Australia’s first Test against Pakistan in Dubai. West Australian Mitchell Marsh joins …

Australia need to dramatically improve their performances in Twenty20 cricket, according to short-form star Shane Watson. Watson will make his international return to the Australian T20 side for the November …

West Indies cricket faces a potentially crippling financial crisis after a peeved India suspended future visits to the Caribbean following the abandonment last week of the tour to India. The …

The sandy base around the Dubai pitch could bring reverse swing into play in a major way in the first Test between Pakistan and Australia starting on Wednesday. But Australia …

One look at the pitch for the first Test was enough to convince Australian captain Michael Clarke it’s going to be a challenging week against Pakistan’s spinners. Clarke’s side trained …