Coach 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 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 ArticlePattinson's Ashes prospects strong despite hamstring injury
James Pattinson will remain a key contender to tour the West Indies and England in the middle of the year even if his hamstring injury sidelines him from the rest of the Sheffield Shield season. As...
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 ArticleVictoria recalls James Pattinson and Cameron White to Shield final squad
Recalled: James Pattinson. Photo: Getty Images James Pattinson will make his final audition for the winter Test tours of the West Indies and England in the Sheffield Shield final after he and Cameron...
View ArticleAxed Cameron White set to return for Shield opener
Cameron White is set to have the chance to reinvigorate his career with Victoria when the Bushrangers step out for their opening Sheffield Shield clash at the MCG on Wednesday. White was dropped from...
View ArticleJames Pattinson's season in doubt after hamstring injury
James Pattinson may not get another chance this season to cement his West Indies and Ashes selection claims after suffering a minor hamstring injury. The left-hamstring soreness that Pattinson suffered...
View ArticleAustralian fast bowler James Pattinson hopes new bowling action will stop...
Australian paceman James Pattinson believes he has entered the biomechanical 'safe zone' when bowling and hopes that will help him stay injury-free in the long term. The 24-year-old's promising...
View ArticleJames Pattinson content to bide time in Shield before Test return
James Pattinson is content at being passed over for at least the opening two Tests of the summer, believing an unbroken playing streak at state level will make him better prepared for his international...
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 ArticleDarren Lehmann attacks Victoria in Peter Siddle, James Pattinson selection row
As the national selectors debate their best attack, Australian coach Darren Lehmann has taken aim at Victoria's decision to overlook Peter Siddle through the one-day domestic series and their call for...
View ArticleAustralia vs West Indies first cricket Test: Time for James Pattinson to be...
From the moment James Pattinson was named to replace Mitchell Starc for the Test match in Hobart, Cricket Australia and all those who see him as the great untapped lode of Australian fast bowling would...
View ArticleAustralia vs West Indies first cricket Test: Time for James Pattinson to be...
From the moment James Pattinson was named to replace Mitchell Starc for the Test match in Hobart, Cricket Australia and all those who see him as the great untapped lode of Australian fast bowling would...
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 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...
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 ArticlePattinson 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 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 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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