Australia vice captain Shane Watson has a left calf injury and may not bowl again in the current Test against Sri Lanka at the MCG. Cricket Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris …
Continue reading Watson has calf injuryA top-shelf showing from vintage batsman Brad Hodge inspired the Melbourne Stars to an eight-run victory against the Adelaide Strikers in Thursday night’s Twenty20 match in Adelaide. Hodge cracked a …
Continue reading Stars defeat Adelaide in Big Bash LeagueBush filly Madame Fly will chase a dream result for her connections when she lines up at Canterbury on Saturday. The Cessnock-based juvenile is being given her chance to try …
Continue reading Magic Millions Classic 2013 test for bush filly Madame FlyAnother unscheduled stable visit by Victorian stewards has caught a trainer performing a procedure on a horse during the prohibited period before it raced. Trainer Brett Scott admitted he had …
Continue reading Brett Scott fined for illegal treatmentSimon Marshall believes the strength of the Villa Verde formline will be highlighted by Purrific in Saturday’s B J McLachlan Stakes at Doomben. A multiple Group One wining jockey, Marshall …
Continue reading Purrific has the right formline: Simon MarshallShe’s A Stalker will be out to cement a start in the $1 million Magic Millions Guineas when she runs at Canterbury on Saturday. She’s A Stalker won the $100,000 …
Continue reading She’s A Stalker to confirm Magic Millions Guineas 2013 plansVintage batsman Brad Hodge produced a top-shelf 88 to help Melbourne Stars set the Adelaide Strikers 176 runs to win Thursday night’s Twenty20 match in Adelaide. Hodge plundered 10 fours …
Continue reading Stars set Adelaide 176 runs for BBL winMichael Clarke has scored five Test hundreds in 2012 and he says the key is getting through that initial nervous period, get to 30, adjust to the bowling and conditions …
Continue reading Clarke defends Watson’s shot selectionSri Lanka have no one but themselves to blame for their ill-discipline with the bat and some sloppy work in the field during the first two days of the second …
Continue reading Sri Lankan injuries have knock-on effectAustralia’s cricket officials are unhappy with the idea of playing a Test in the industrial city of Kanpur during the tour of India scheduled for February and March 2013. A …
Continue reading CA seek change to India cricket scheduleAustralian cricket’s man of the moment says Mitchell Johnson can be the man of the Boxing Day Test. Amid the euphoria of Michael Clarke continuing a remarkable year with a …
Continue reading Johnson rebuilds confidence from ashesAustralian captain Michael Clarke started 2012 with a triple-hundred on his home ground at the SCG and he has ended it with another special moment by scoring a record-breaking 106 …
Continue reading Another Clarke ton steers Australia at MCGTrainer Mark Kavanagh will know within two weeks whether star mare Atlantic Jewell still has a racing future. The unbeaten four-year-old was expected to take the Melbourne spring carnival by …
Continue reading Atlantic Jewell’s future to be known soonFlamboyant Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is the first to admit he still has some work to do if he is to overhaul the world’s best tennis players. But after joining forces …
Continue reading Tsonga eyes 2013 grand slam tennis gloryFaith in his horse and in himself has worn away at the disappointment trainer Pat Carey experienced when Ethiopia, the runner seen as the major local hope, finished last in …
Continue reading Melbourne Cup runner Ethiopia enjoying a restSouth Australian trainer David Jolly is hoping Avoid Lightning provides him with the answers to some key questions when she runs at Moonee Valley on Saturday. A glance at the …
Continue reading Avoid Lightning to progress from Cockram Stakes runThree and a half years after almost pulling off a great grand slam upset, Olivia Rogowska feels she’s poised to deliver on her potential. Now Australia’s No.3 ranked woman behind …
Continue reading Rogowska eyes 2013 tennis breakthroughMichael Clarke’s fifth century of 2012 was the high point of day two of the second Test as Australia reached 8-440 to stretch their first-innings lead over Sri Lanka to …
Continue reading Clarke hits hundred in Australia’s 8-440

