Sydney, Nov 3(ANI): A number of Australian openers battling for a Test recall will compete against each other at the SCG in the Sheffield Shield match that starts today. The game will have ...

Mohali, Nov 1 (IANS) There seems to be no end to Australia's injury worries. After fast bowler Brett Lee and wicket-keeper Tim Paine, all-rounder James Hopes is the third player who will ...

New Delhi, Oct. 31 (ANI): Australian speedster Brett Lee has said that he is far from finished, and warned that he will return fast and furious despite calls from legendary West Indies ...

Melbourne, Oct 29 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) announced Thursday that injured wicket-keeper Tim Paine will be replaced by South Australian captain Graham Manou for rest of the one-day series in India. Paine ...

Melbourne, Oct 9 (IANS) Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Callum Ferguson and Nathan Bracken have been omitted, due to injuries, from the 15-member squad for the seven-match One-day series against India. Announcing ...

Melbourne, Oct.9 (ANI): Victorian finger spinner Jon Holland has been included in the Australian cricket squad to play India. The 22-year-old left-armer has been given an opportunity after playing just six first class ...

Melbourne, Sep 7 (IANS) Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting announced Monday that he will retire from international Twenty20 matches. Ponting will remain captain of the Australian Test and one-day sides but will step ...

Sydney, Sep.7 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting announced his retirement from Twenty-Twenty cricket on Monday, citing his desire to keep playing Test and 50-over internationals as the main reason. Cricket Australia revealed ...

Melbourne, Sep.1 (ANI): Australia's cricket selectors have added West Australian middle order batsman Adam Voges to the Australia one-day squad on the tour of England. Voges, 32, replaces injured wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, who ...

Melbourne, Aug 30 (ANI): Former Test selector John Benaud has blamed the Australian selection panel for a series of blunders, including dumping opening batsman Phil Hughes for Shane Watson, opting for wicketkeeper ...

Sydney, Aug 25(ANI): Former Australian cricketer and now a newspaper columnist Peter Roebuck has said that England deserved to win the Ashes, as they had the better-balanced side, and blamed the Australian ...

London, Aug.24 (ANI): Former spin king Warne, Test opener Michael Slater and former captain Ian Chappell have led the chorus on calling for the selection panel, chaired by Andrew Hilditch, to be ...

Melbourne, Aug 22 (IANS) Despite being sidelined for the entire Ashes series due to injuries, fast bowler Brett Lee has found a place in the 15-member Australian squad for the Champions Trophy ...

Melbourne, Aug. 22 (ANI): Nine of the players currently playing in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval, have been included in Australia's 15-man squad for next month's Champion's Trophy to be ...

Headingley, Aug 14 (ANI): A disappointed Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark has said he hasn't received any feedback from selectors on his performance in the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley. Reacting to national ...

Adelaide (Australia), Aug.12 (ANI): The chairman of Australia's cricket selection committee, Andrew Hilditch, has declared that Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle are the future of the Australian bowling attack and ...

Melbourne, Aug 11 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) Tuesday dropped Michel Hussey, Peter Siddle and Nathan Bracken from the Twenty20 side and selected young wicket-keeper Tim Paine in the one-day squad for the ...

Melbourne, Aug.11 (ANI): Australia has named Victorian leftarmer Dirk Nannes in its Twenty20 squad to play England only months after he represented the Netherlands at the world T20 tournament. The inclusion of 33-year-old ...

Worcester (UK), July 4 (ANI): Australia's national cricket selection committee has admitted it may have mismanaged the veteran pacer Brett Lee after his difficult marriage break-up last year. Selection committee chairman Andrew Hilditch ...

Worcester (UK), July 4 (ANI): Australia's national cricket selection committee has admitted it may have mismanaged the veteran pacer Brett Lee after his difficult marriage break-up last year. Selection committee chairman Andrew Hilditch ...

Worcester (England), June 28 (ANI): Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen has confirmed that in-form quick Peter Siddle will play the first Ashes Test at Cardiff. Siddle was the outstanding quick in the ...

Sydney, June 12 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) announced Friday that South Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait will be given a contract that was taken away from Queensland all-rounder Andrew Symonds. ...

Melbourne, June 1 (ANI): All rounder Andrew Symonds' fall from grace appears to be complete with his omission from an Australia A side to take on Pakistan A in several matches in ...

Sydney, May 20 (IANS) Australian pacer Brett Lee has been recalled while Andrew Symonds has got the axe for the Ashes series in July. Chief Test selector Andrew ...

Melbourne, May 20 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting has brushed aside concerns over the omission of troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds from this year's Ashes squad. A long-time backer of Symonds, Ponting said ...

Melbourne, May 20 (ANI): Australia's selectors have named a 16-man squad to contest the five-Test Ashes series against England. "We think we have chosen an exciting blend of youth and experience," chairman of ...

Sydney, May 19 (IANS) Australian cricket selectors will announce the Ashes squad at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here Wednesday. After a tumultuous year in which Australia has lost two series and a ...

Adelaide (Australia), May 15 (ANI): An irate former Australian pace bowler Shaun Tait lashed out at Cricket Australia on Friday for ruining his Indian Premier League dream and then denying him a ...

Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Australian all-rounder Shane Watson's Ashes prospects have been boosted by the news that his groin injury is only minor, but he still faces an anxious wait to see ...

Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has been cleared for Ashes selection by the medical staff. According to Fox Sports, Watson was assessed by Cricket Australia medical staff following his return ...