Live: Australia vs West Indies - First Test
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Near miss! Pair almost beat Bradman's record
Jesse Hogan 2:46 PM Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh fell just three runs short of securing Australia's highest Test partnership as they continued the pummelling of the West Indies in Hobart.
It's time to relegate the West Indies
Ashley Mallett 11:22 AM Almost any club team in Australia would give this hopeless, inept West Indies team a run for its money.
Listless Windies pummelled in Hobart
Jesse Hogan 10:17 AM The 20 minutes before lunch on the opening day deserve to be savoured.
From calypso to eclipse: Windies are ghosts
Greg Baum 7:31 PM Traditionally, Australians are enamoured by teams of compatriots, and failing that, underdogs.
Voges leaves tourists clinically dead
Malcolm Knox 6:10 PM Adam Voges is a man of character playing at the time when the public wants more "characters" in their cricket.
Voges and Marsh bury tourists with twin tons
Chris Barrett 5:44 PM The tourists' tactics were clueless and fielding sub-standard and Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh took advantage with a marathon fourth-wicket partnership.
Marsh unsure if century will save Test spot
Jesse Hogan 10:16 AM Shaun Marsh declined to predict whether his maiden home Test century would prompt selectors to look past him when deciding how to accommodate Usman Khawaja once he recovers from the hamstring injury that gave Marsh his latest chance at international level.
Warrican admits Windies dropped their heads
Chris Barrett 8:00 PM The spinner admits the tourists let their spirits drop in a dismal first day of the series, bemoaning the loss of Shannon Gabriel via injury as a further significant blow.
Sweet 16, and about to star in women's BBL
Larissa Nicholson 5:27 PM Sixteen-year-old Georgia Wareham can barely explain how she felt when she learned she had been selected for the newly formed Women's Big Bash league.
States puzzled by Test selections
Chris Barrett 12:00 AM The inclusion of Nathan Coulter-Nile in the Australian squad in Hobart has been a lightning rod but it's only a symptom of increasingly entrenched discontent in stateland about national team selections.
Wade to bat, but not keep against Stars
Daniel Cherny 4:34 PM Australia's incumbent limited-overs wicketkeeper Matthew Wade will return to action on Friday night.
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Pressure, passion and precision - welcome to the new Big Bash League season
Daniel Lane 12:40 PM Perth Scorchers coach Justin Langer played in plenty of tense battles as the opening batsman for Australia, but as the Big Bash League's most successful coach he's quick to nominate cricket's most pressure-packed format.
Geelong faces test of cricket credentials as BBL rivals face off
Jesse Hogan 10:17 AM Geelong is about to begin a crucial 10-day period that will influence whether the city is considered to host matches in the Big Bash League and possibly even the World Twenty20 tournament in 2020.
Live: Australia vs West Indies - First Test
Tom Decent 10:08 AM Follow our interactive blog for full live coverage of the first Test from Blundstone Arena in Hobart.
Crowd almost 6000 on day one of Test
9:21 PM It was a crowd smaller than it could have been, but stronger than predicted.
Guptill century puts New Zealand in strong position
6:06 PM Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson set the platform and captain Brendon McCullum provided the fireworks as New Zealand posted a strong first innings score in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Live: Australia vs West Indies - First Test
Tom Decent 6:02 PM Follow our interactive blog for full live coverage of the first Test from Blundstone Arena in Hobart.
Canberra puts together strong business case for Test cricket
Lee Gaskin 6:15 PM Former Cricket ACT chief executive Mark Vergano says Canberra's case to host Test matches will "speak for itself".
Five things we learnt from day one
Tom Decent 5:50 PM Five things we learnt on day one of the first Test between Australia and the West Indies in Hobart.
12th-man Coulter-Nile would have been better served playing in Shield
Jesse Hogan Choosing Nathan Coulter-Nile in Australia's squad for Hobart, but leaving him out of the XI, squandered the last chance for him to play a first-class match before the Melbourne and Sydney Tests.
Dhawan reported for suspect bowling action
India opener Shikhar Dhawan, who occasionally bowls off-spin, has been reported for a suspect action during the recent fourth Test against South Africa, the International Cricket Council says.
Skipper rescues Blues to snatch unlikely victory in the Nic of time
A final-day captain's knock from Nic Maddinson set up NSW for an unlikely victory against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield clash in Mackay.
Aust v Windies First Test: Selectors opt for quick thinking
Holly Ferling Is Australia losing its vicious pace bowling attack with Mitchell Johnson's retirement earlier this summer and Mitchell Starc's untimely injury in the last Test?
Lara lashes players, board for lack of leadership
Jesse Hogan Brian Lara says it is no surprise there is a shrinking pool of youngsters aspiring to play for the West Indies because their current senior players are chasing cheques in Twenty20 competitions.
BBL a chance for White to reclaim spotlight
Jesse Hogan The Big Bash League is a great opportunity for the forgotten man of Victorian cricket, Cameron White, to show why he has been rated among the most destructive limited-overs batsmen in the world.
Is Nathan Lyon Canberra's greatest?
Chris Dutton Some would say an off-spinner couldn't be Canberra's greatest cricketer, but will Nathan Lyon go down as the capital's best ever?
Holder a beacon of light in drive to restore West Indies' reputation
Chris Barrett  To hear Jason Holder speak, you can feel his desire to correct all the ills of West Indian cricket with every word.
Highlights
Time for Pattinson to be leader of the pack
No player will be more keenly watched than the 25-year-old Australian fast bowler.
Ambrose says Windies will be competitive
West Indies bowling coach hits back at critics and insists the squad will prove their naysayers wrong.
The fine art of crowd sourcing
Cricket Australia and the Football Federation of Australia should compare notes. The FFA has a problem with fans walking out of A League matches. CA has a problem with fans not coming in.
Lanning shines for the Stars
Meg Lanning lives up to her billing as she steers Melbourne Stars to successive wins.
And the winner is cricket ...
New Zealand disappoint, but the game's new format was an innovative triumph.
Day-night Test's winners and losers
To not have an opinion about the day-night Test cricket experiment to place oneself beyond the paling fence of human society.
'Unfit' pitch or dummy-spit?
After walking off the pitch without facing a ball, the Kiwis said the pitch was 'unfit'.
Warner says he will play through pain
Opener concedes the ongoing pain from a broken thumb will be with him for the rest of his career.
Who can step up to fill holes in Test team?
I wish I was 21 again. This year will give so many opportunities to young cricketers.
Friends and foes
From Shane Warne to Simon Katich - the relationships retiring skipper Michael Clarke has had in Australian cricket.
England, we need to take a break
Greg Baum: There's no easy way to say this, but it's time we took a break.
Baum's interview with Arthur Morris in 2011
Morris's provenance was classically Australian. He was born in Bondi, but grew up in rural Dungog, later famous as Doug Walters' hometown.
Michael Vaughn: A golden generation
This is an England team of huge promise who have achieved success far quicker than I ever expected.
The best sledges in Ashes history
Clarke to Anderson: 'Get ready for a broken f....... arm'
The greatest Ashes series ever?
Jesse Hogan revisits the memorable 2005 Ashes series.
Ashes flashback: England 2013
The 2013 series in England proved a turning point for Australia.
Ashes flashback: England 2009
A stark reminder for the Aussies that their glory days were over.
Richie Benaud - His life in pictures
Cricket legend Richie Benaud has passed away aged 84.
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