Three South Australian wickets to rookie paceman Gurinder Sandhu has given NSW the ideal start in their unlikely pursuit of a spot in the Sheffield Shield final. The Redbacks are …

Victoria have failed to cash in on a green looking Bellerive wicket after winning the toss and bowling first in the Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania. At lunch on day …

Australia will field a patched-up side for Thursday’s third Test, depleted by the shock suspensions of four players for failing to complete a homework assignment on time. Vice-captain Shane Watson, …

New Zealand removed England captain Alastair Cook cheaply but the tourists clawed their way to 1-75 on Thursday’s first day of the second cricket Test in Wellington. Captain Brendon McCullum …

Victorian captain Cameron White has won the toss and sent Tasmania in to bat in the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive. The first-placed Bushrangers’ pace attack will have first use …

NSW have won the toss and elected to bowl under overcast skies against South Australia at the SCG, as they seek an unlikely Sheffield Shield final berth. The Blues are …

West Indies appear on course to win the first Test against Zimbabwe after an impressive second day which saw them bowled out for 307 in their first innings and then …

English county cricket side Gloucestershire have signed Australian Dan Christian for this year’s Twenty20 tournament. The 29-year-old has made 17 one-day international appearances and won the competition in 2010 when …

An attacking half-century by West Indies captain Darren Sammy inspired his team to seven for 265 in reply to Zimbabwe’s first innings total of 211 on the second day of …

Australia will field a patched-up side for Thursday’s third Test, depleted by the shock suspensions of four players for failing to complete a homework assignment on time. Vice-captain Shane Watson, …

Marlon Samuels lit up Kensington Oval with another felicitous 50, but Zimbabwe had the last laugh on the stroke of the interval to leave the West Indies at five for …

New Zealand’s Hamish Rutherford and England opening batting rival Nick Compton have been praised for their maturity in the wake of maiden centuries going into the second cricket Test starting …

Former spin king Shane Warne has whittled down his ideal squad of players that could help Australia reclaim the Ashes. Warne named a Test squad of 18 in February in …

Former England cricketer Angus Fraser says less than four months out from the Ashes it’s reassuring to see England’s greatest rivals “getting stuffed by India”. Alastair Cook’s side beat India …

Former England cricket captain Ian Botham says it’s not just Australia which has fallen victim to coaching “mumbo-jumbo”. Botham says in his playing days English chairman of selectors Ted Dexter …

Australia skipper Michael Clarke says he won’t have an official deputy for Thursday’s third Test against India but he’s confident he has plenty of leaders around him. Vice-captain Shane Watson …

The suspensions of four players mean skipper Michael Clarke is approaching Australia’s third Test against India with one hand tied behind his back, and his wicketkeeper could be hobbling on …

Modern-day Test great Matthew Hayden has strongly backed Shane Watson as a team man and questioned whether senior cricket officials are committed to the “fundamental Australian ways” of the game. …