Inside Twenty20: on the front line of a cricket revolution
The shortest form of the game is transforming the culture of cricket, its effects on players, fans, competitions and revenues unprecedented. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Australia, where the...
View ArticleSheffield Shield final: Fawad Ahmed's Test claims soar after eight-wicket haul
Big haul: Fawad Ahmed walks off holding the ball up high after taking 8-89. Photo: Getty Images An eight-wicket haul from Fawad Ahmed, the best ever in a Sheffield Shield final, has allowed Victoria to...
View ArticleJames Pattinson's Test hopes in doubt as he re-injures hamstring in shield final
James Pattinson's return to Australia's Test team is again under threat due to injury. The fast bowler was forced into an early exit from the bowling crease on day four of the Sheffield Shield final...
View ArticleTest return was a matter of when, not if, for Phillip Hughes
Click for more photos The career of Phillip Hughes The cricketing career of Phillip Hughes. Photo: Getty Images View all 22 photos It was never a matter of if Phillip Hughes would return to Australia's...
View ArticleAustralia v West Indies, Second Test: James Pattinson's no-balls put Josh...
James Pattinson's no-ball troubles cost him back-to-back five-wicket hauls and is jeopardising Josh Hazlewood's chances of playing in his home Test. Hazlewood has been adamant he can play all six Tests...
View ArticleBatting dynamo Glenn Maxwell encouraged to show greater patience
There is no denying Glenn Maxwell's talent but Victorian coach David Saker says the man with all the shots "needs the penny to drop pretty quickly" if he is to forge a consistent international career....
View ArticleAustralian cricket's most surprising Test selections
It's fair to say the selection of Nathan Coulter-Nile for Australia's squad for the First Test against the West Indies has raised some eyebrows in the cricket world. The 28-year-old paceman hasn't...
View ArticleNew Zealand v Australia: James Pattinson insists he is ready for Tests...
James Pattinson is adamant bowling only 39.3 overs in the past five weeks, the same as he managed in three days when he played his last full match, is enough for him to be ready to face New Zealand...
View ArticleSheffield Shield final: Victoria lose James Pattinson and grip on shield as...
HOBART: Victoria have endured a nightmare day four of the Sheffield Shield final, losing James Pattinson to an injury which clouds expectations of his winter return to the Test team and allowing...
View ArticleNotes from the Pavilion – the week in Australian cricket
The ‘Watto diet’; a question of leadership; veteran quicks bounce back in the Shield; and the death of Australia’s 27th captain...
View ArticleRecalling Duncan Spencer, the cricketer who lived fast and bowled even faster
Duncan Spencer played football as a kid, before taking up cricket and becoming a batsman. Then he found his sporting superpower: he could bowl ‘quite quick’...
View ArticleTo see or not to see – Australian cricket divided over pink ball Test
This week in Australian cricket: players make a fuss about the pink ball, the Matador Cup winds up and the case of the dodgy scorebook...
View ArticleBig Bash League preview: all the ins and outs for the 2016-17 tournament
Defending champs Sydney Thunder now consider themselves underdogs, but who else will contend for the Big Bash League crown in 2016-17?...
View ArticleCricket: Victorian quick James Pattinson confident despite being rested
James Pattinson is confident he will play all remaining Sheffield Shield games despite being rested on Cricket Australia's advice for this week's game against New South Wales. Pattinson said he was the...
View ArticleTest selectors urged to let James Pattinson regain his groove
Although he has started the new summer with successive man-of-the-match performances, the national selectors have been urged to overlook Victorian fast bowler James Pattinson until Christmas....
View ArticleBatting dynamo Glenn Maxwell encouraged to show greater patience
There is no denying Glenn Maxwell's talent but Victorian coach David Saker says the man with all the shots "needs the penny to drop pretty quickly" if he is to forge a consistent international career....
View ArticleShaun Marsh called into Australia squad for Adelaide Test against New Zealand
Shaun Marsh’s Test experience helped him get the nod ahead of Cameron Bancroft and Michael Klinger for the third Test against New Zealand. Marsh replaces injured Usman Khawaja in the Australian team...
View ArticleNew Zealand v Australia: James Pattinson insists he is ready for Tests...
James Pattinson is adamant bowling only 39.3 overs in the past five weeks, the same as he managed in three days when he played his last full match, is enough for him to be ready to face New Zealand...
View ArticleMatthew Wade and James Pattinson inspire Vics in Sheffield Shield
There was much to savour when a Matthew Wade-inspired Victoria took day one honours in their Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland on Saturday. But centurion Wade reckoned the Gabba crowd should have...
View ArticlePattinson vows to fire for Australia despite doubts
Australian fast bowler James Pattinson has vowed to give his all if he earns selection for the third test against New Zealand despite doubts about his durability after an injury-ravaged couple of...
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