Tasmania have cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Queensland to close the gap on the Bulls to just two points on the Sheffield Shield ladder. Tigers big guns Ed Cowan …

Brett Lee has insisted he’ll play through the pain barrier as he approaches Glenn McGrath’s record as Australia’s top one-day wicket-taker. Lee’s season, and possibly career, was being written off …

Test opener Ed Cowan is leading Tasmania towards victory over Queensland on day four of the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive. Cowan is unbeaten on 44 at lunch, with the …

Victoria batsman Aaron Finch on Monday accepted a slap on the wrist from Cricket Australia for throwing his bat and helmet in disgust after being given out lbw. Finch top-scored …

Tasmania will be chasing 161 to beat Queensland on the final day of the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive. The Bulls were all out on Monday morning for 215, Alister …

New Zealand’s Andrew Ellis will miss the third and deciding Twenty20 cricket match against South Africa on Wednesday, opting to return to Christchurch for the anniversary of the devastating earthquake. …

India skipper MS Dhoni has been banned for the second time on tour, suspended for a slow over-rate in his team’s 110-run loss to Australia at the Gabba. Dhoni, rubbed …

Australia have rocketed to the top of the tri-series standings as Ben Hilfenhaus continued to torment India in his return to one-day cricket. Replacing an ill Clint McKay for his …

A record-breaking display of power hitting by opener Richard Levi has taken South Africa to a crushing eight-wicket Twenty20 cricket win over New Zealand in Hamilton. Levi, in only his …

A mysterious technical gremlin has copped the blame for one of the most bizarre cricket scenes witnessed this summer – umpires chasing after “dismissed” batsman Mike Hussey to give him …

Australia overcame beleaguered stand-in skipper Ricky Ponting’s fifth straight tri-series failure to post a challenging 5-288 in an innings of high-drama against India at the Gabba. Ponting’s top-order position is …

Opener Martin Guptill has fallen just short of a seventh successive international half-century as New Zealand set South Africa a target of 174 in their second Twenty20 match in Hamilton. …

Queensland will take the confidence from their near miss defending 68 a week ago into the final day of the Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania after tailender Ben Cutting rescued …

NSW wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin’s future in the Australian Test team looks bleak after he made his second duck in the Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia on Sunday. The Warriors …

Tailender Ben Cutting has mounted another rescue mission for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania. The fast bowler has top-scored in both innings, smacking 57 not out off …

Dumped Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin made his second duck of the match as NSW’s woes continued in the Sheffield Shield clash against Western Australia. At tea on day three at …

Ricky Ponting’s glittering one-day career is on borrowed time at best after suffering his worst slump in the 50-over game. Australia’s leading ODI run-scorer may have played his last match …

South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and sent New Zealand in to bat in the second Twenty20 international at Seddon Park on Sunday. South Africa, who trail …