Pattinson fires Vics on Shield return
Inspired bowling from Australia Test paceman James Pattinson and leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed helped Victoria rip through the in-form Queensland batting line-up, breathing some life back into the...
View ArticleCoach Greg Shipperd stoic as Victoria begins Sheffield Shield season
The longest-serving coach in Australian cricket, Greg Shipperd, has admitted to doubting himself as Victoria stumbled to its worst Sheffield Shield season for wins in 21 years earlier this year. But as...
View ArticleI won't be Australia's Ashes mole, Victoria coach David Saker declares
New Victorian coach David Saker says he won't be a mole for Australia's Ashes campaign following the end of his five-year stint as England's fast-bowling coach. Saker returned to Melbourne last week...
View ArticleAustralia vs South Africa Test cricket: Risk of injury won't deter Australia...
Australian medicos admit Mitchell Starc is at an increased risk of injury in the second Test in Hobart after a huge workload in Perth but with the series against South Africa on the line selectors will...
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 ArticleAustralia v New Zealand: James Pattinson dispels fears over limited preparation
Australian fast bowler James Pattinson has downplayed the injury concerns that have plagued his career to date and declared himself ready to go for the third Test against New Zealand next week....
View ArticleJames Pattinson ready to return for Victorian Bushrangers
James Pattinson's hopes of a Test recall next month during the Indian Test tour are set to begin in earnest this week when he returns in the Sheffield Shield. Pattinson has not played a first-class...
View ArticleJames Pattinson set to make first-class return for Victoria
Paceman James Pattinson takes the next big step on the long road towards a planned return to the Test arena when he makes an eagerly awaited first-class return for Victoria on Saturday. Pattinson...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand: Mitch Johnson retirement hurries decision on pace...
Perth: Even if Australia's brains trust had decided it was time to move on without Mitch Johnson, as a consequence of him being blunted by New Zealand's batsmen, they ideally would not have had to...
View ArticleDavid Saker keen to get James Pattinson on the park for Bushrangers
New Victoria coach David Saker feels James Pattinson has the potential to be one of the best bowlers in the world. Pattinson was ruled out of Australia's tour of the West Indies due to a hamstring...
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 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 ArticleSheffield Shield: James Pattinson improves as Victoria claim early Tasmania...
Peter Siddle's advice to be patient with James Pattinson after his muted return from injury was vindicated by his fellow paceman's improved bowling on day two of the Sheffield Shield match at the MCG....
View ArticleInside 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...
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