Australian cricket legend Rod Marsh has floated the radical idea that players should avoid the Twenty20 format until they turn 30. Marsh, now a national selector, said he does not …

Cricket Australia has confirmed that Test captain Michael Clarke could return to the game as early as the end of this month. Clarke’s ongoing back injury ruled him out of …

Cricket Australia has finally admitted that opener Simon Katich should not have been dropped from the Test side. CA chairman Wally Edwards made the candid admission after Thursday’s annual general …

Cricket commentating legend and former Australian captain Richie Benaud is in a stable condition after crashing his car into a brick wall. The 83-year-old Benaud was driving home alone to …

Alastair Cook insisted England would “look after” Monty Panesar during what promises to be an especially challenging Ashes tour of Australia for the controversial spinner. England captain Cook, speaking at …

Victoria have scored 9 for 321 to set NSW a challenging target in the one-day cup elimination final at North Sydney Oval. Victorian openers Dan Christian (117) and Rob Quiney …

Glenn Maxwell has proved himself to be more than simply a late-order slogger with a coming-of-age innings for Australia. Skipper George Bailey sang Maxwell’s praises after his match-changing knock of …

Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards has backed James Sutherland amid speculation that the chief executive’s future is under threat. Edwards used his address at the CA annual general meeting on …

Victoria have restored Australian One-Day representative Fawad Ahmed to their line-up for the limited overs elimination final against NSW at North Sydney Oval on Thursday. The Pakistani-born leg-spinner has been …

Kevin Pietersen was absent as England’s Ashes squad departed London for Australia on Wednesday after being granted compassionate leave. The England and Wales Cricket Board said the batsman would join …

The chance to make history by winning a fourth straight Ashes series ensured England’s cricketers departed for Australia high on excitement and free of complacency on Wednesday. Alastair Cook’s squad …

Australia’s hopes of regaining the one-day No.1 ranking washed away in Ranchi on Wednesday. It didn’t take any monsoonal weather, but more persistent rainfall – and a less-than-effective drainage system …

The fast bowler who ripped through Australia’s top order in Wednesday’s game-four wash out won’t catch them by surprise again this one-day series. Mohammed Shami was an unexpected inclusion in …

George Bailey is the complete package, and must be included in Australia’s middle order for the opening Ashes Test next month, according to champion opener Matthew Hayden. Bailey added to …

Legspinner Imran Tahir came to haunt the country of his birth by claiming a maiden five-wicket haul to put South Africa in early control of the second Test against Pakistan …

Rain washed out Australia’s fourth one-day clash with India on Sunday, thwarting brilliant innings by George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell. India were 0-27 chasing a target of 296 when players …

George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell rode their luck to propel Australia to 8-295 in the fourth one-dayer against India, but neither could escape the 90s. The pair combined for a …

South Australian cricket hierarchy say they’ll stick by captain Johan Botha after his clearance of having an illegal bowling action. The South African-born offspinner has passed biomechanical testing overseen by …