Who can step up to fill gaping holes in Test team?
I wish I was 21 again. This year will give so many opportunities to cricketers due to the retirements of Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Chris Rogers and Shane Watson from the Test team. The...
View ArticleAustralia vs New Zealand Third cricket Test: Steve O'Keefe exits squad as...
Adelaide: Australia and New Zealand are still mulling over the composition of their bowling attacks for the inaugural day-night Test starting on Friday, but the hosts' team will definitely not include...
View ArticleBrad Haddin backs pink-ball Test and Peter Nevill after Adelaide Oval thriller
Former Australian vice-captain Brad Haddin has declared day-night Test matches "a massive success", adding his replacement Peter Nevill now "feels at home" as the team's wicket-keeper. Haddin also...
View ArticleAustralia vs New Zealand Third cricket Test: Selectors left scrambling for...
Adelaide: If anyone thought the absence of one Mitch would do little to dent Australia's fast-bowlers prowess the absence of a second should have shocked them into reconsidering that stance. In the...
View ArticleAustralia vs New Zealand Third cricket Test: Selectors left scrambling for...
Adelaide: If anyone thought the absence of one Mitch would do little to dent Australia's fast-bowlers prowess the absence of a second should have shocked them into reconsidering that stance. In the...
View ArticleRod Marsh's big call: 20 quicks on Cricket Australia's charts
Nathan Coulter-Nile's Test promotion was not the only big call on Tuesday – chairman of selectors Rod Marsh revealed as many as 20 fast bowlers are in line for national duty. The uncapped West...
View ArticleAustralia vs West Indies: High praise from rivals aids Scott Boland's rise
Adelaide: A glowing reference from a rival state's coach in the Sheffield Shield helped fuel Scott Boland's rise to the cusp of Australia's Test squad. In what chief selector Rod Marsh described as "a...
View ArticleCricket: Australia turn to Coulter-Nile, Pattinson for Windies opener
Australia on Tuesday turned to James Pattinson and Nathan Coulter-Nile to replenish their diminishing fast bowling ranks for next week's opening Test against the West Indies. Selectors named the pace...
View ArticleNathan Coulter-Nile added to Australia squad for first West Indies Test
Nathan Coulter-Nile and Scott Boland could make Test debuts against the West Indies as Australia’s pace depth continues to be stretched....
View ArticleAustralia v West Indies: Nathan Coulter-Nile selection called 'ridiculous'
Victorian coach David Saker has blasted the addition of WA paceman Nathan Coulter-Nile to the Australian Test squad, labelling it "ridiculous". Coulter-Nile hasn't played in any of the first four...
View ArticleAustralia v West Indies: David Saker pushes case for three Victorians in...
Bushrangers coach David Saker has cheekily suggested that Australian selectors might have to consider playing three Victorian fast bowlers in this year's Boxing Day Test against the West Indies in...
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 ArticleVictoria tells coach David Saker to quit criticising Australian cricket team...
The maverick Victorian coach David Saker will be told to button his lip on matters concerning the Australian team and its selection, after angering some in the national set-up in the past month. The...
View ArticleSiddle set to shoulder Adelaide burden (Cricket Australia)
(Source: Cricket Australia) Australia's blueprint to apportion bowlers' workload in this week's Adelaide Test has been carefully designed to allow a full-throttle attack on England's batting in the...
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 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 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 ArticleFast bowler Peter Siddle to chase more pace in bid for Test recall
Peter Siddle will this week begin a training regimen focused on regaining his pace - and with it his fast-bowling berth in the Australian Test team - for the October series against Pakistan and the...
View ArticleJosh Hazlewood, Peter Siddle in tight race for Test bowling spot
The national selectors are bracing for a "close" call when it comes to deciding between Peter Siddle and Josh Hazlewood for the third paceman's role in this week's first Test against New Zealand at the...
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...
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