Test team of the year: a groundbreaking line-up
Chloe Saltau 2:30 PM Alastair Cook, Steve Smith and Dave Warner make the cut ... but who will be carrying the drinks?
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Live Big Bash League: Strikers v Sixers
Phil Lutton 7:44 PM Adelaide Strikers host Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, with both teams looking to win to improve their finals chances.
Former Windies opener pursues MLB career
Daniel Cherny 12:20 PM They've lost players to rival cricket competitions, and now the West Indies have shed a player to baseball.
Testing times: the year in cricket
Jesse Hogan Australia's still susceptible against swing bowling, the rise of the pink ball, a watershed year for women's cricket, Steve Smith taking the reins, power struggles at the top - 2015 was another eventful year in cricket.
Marsh not motivated by Test axing
8:30 AM Shaun Marsh batted like he had a point to prove in Perth Scorchers' record-breaking win on Wednesday night but he denies his eye-catching knock was a message to Australia Test selectors.
McDermott to crack whip over no-balls
Andrew Wu As Darren Lehmann declared James Pattinson ready to lead Australia's pace attack if required in the third Test, bowling coach Craig McDermott vowed to take a "white hot" approach at training to eradicate the plague of no-balls in Melbourne.
Test cricket has to take a leaf out of T20's book
Michael Vaughan Coloured clothing, cheaper tickets and faster pace would help attract modern fans
Don't leave Windies out in the cold
Greg Baum The moral of the current Test series is clear: improvement comes from playing up, as bruising as it can be.
A pretty good effort: Lehmann rates year
Chris Barrett From the jubilation of the MCG in March to the humiliation of Trent Bridge in August, it has certainly been a calendar year of highs and lows for the Australian cricket team.
Test players have to accept criticism: Rogers
Chris Barrett If the 38-year-old follows up on a desire to head into coaching, then he is just the kind of level-headed figure elite cricketers could use having around.
New year nets session to decide Siddle's fate
Peter Siddle and Josh Hazlewood's hopes of playing in the Sydney Test will be more apparent on Friday but Australia coach Darren Lehmann won't be resting anybody.
England take lead in series against Proteas
9:07 PM Moeen Ali took three wickets on Wednesday as England made quick work of securing victory in the first Test by bundling out South Africa for 174 before lunch and ensuring a 241-run victory on the last day at Kingsmead.
Cricketer charged with torturing 11-year-old
The girl, who used to work as a domestic help at Shahadat Hossain's home, accused the cricketer and his wife of regularly torturing her, said investigating officer Shafiqur Rahman.
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Cricket set to embrace more female leadership
Matt Murnane 7:03 PM The head of cricket in Victoria has thrown his support behind a state government policy to radically shake up leadership in sport.
Left-armer, right decision: O'Keefe poised for home Test debut after years of neglect
Chris Barrett 6:21 PM There is a story about Steve O'Keefe that sums up the years of indifference to him, and can only leave you shaking your head.
Bowlers, not big-name batsmen, set to be crucial in Melbourne derby
Jesse Hogan 6:18 PM ​With players such as Kevin Pietersen and Glenn Maxwell up against Chris Gayle and Aaron Finch, Saturday's BBL Melbourne derby shapes as a battle of the bat. But the lower-profile battle with the ball could be more influential. But it is the lower-profile battle of the ball that is likely to have a bigger impact on which Melbourne Stars or Melbourne Renegades will get back to parity in their win-loss record and which will be on the brink of being out of finals contention.
The umpire strikes back: Does cricket rely too much on technology?
Holly Ferling 6:15 PM COMMENT Technology that changes outcomes in games is potentially overruling the world's best umpires and also making them second-guess their judgments.
Warner won't follow Powell to baseball
Chris Barrett 7:00 PM The Australian opener explored the option of a career in baseball, but is on too good a wicket to be starting out in a new sport.
Test team of the year: a groundbreaking line-up
Chloe Saltau 2:30 PM Chloe Saltau's 12-person Test team of the year has at least one big surprise.
Big Bash League 2015: Perth Scorchers sell out all home games
Tim Carrier 1:43 PM There's bad news for fans hoping to watch the reigning Big Bash premiers in action this summer with the Perth Scorchers officially selling out their remaining two home games.
South Africa are ripe for a walloping again
Geoff Boycott 1:00 PM We came to this series with South Africa No.1 in the world but at the moment they are in a mess.
Pressure mounts on South Africa
Scyld Berry 10:27 AM Whether it has been to England, Australia or New Zealand, South Africa have lost a lot of Test cricketers - and in their absence the standard of domestic cricket has sunk because the first-class sides cannot afford to bring in overseas stars.
Fan takes diving screamer in the stands
Jesse Hogan 8:57 AM One cricket fan pulled off one of the best crowd catches you'll ever see on Wednesday night, hauling in a massive Chris Gayle six during the Big Bash League clash between the Melbourne Renegades and the Perth Scorchers at Etihad Stadium.
Klinger, Marsh expose Renegades' bowling
Jesse Hogan 3:05 AM Melbourne Renegades' paucity of strike bowlers while James Pattinson is on national duty was again ruthlessly exposed, as Michael Klinger and Shaun Marsh made Perth the first team in Australia to mount a successful chase without losing a wicket.
Gillespie is dizzy over Ross
David Polkinghorne 9:18 PM Strikers coach backs ACT Comet for T20 World Cup and says Jono Dean "next cab off rank".
BBL live scores: Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers
Follow the live scores as the Melbourne Renegades host the Perth Scorchers at Etihad Stadium.
Flat pitches pass the ICC test but not everyone is happy
Andrew Wu Cricket Australia has not received a poor rating for any Test pitch this summer despite widespread criticism curators are producing wickets heavily favoured towards the batsmen.
Melbourne derby could set domestic Twenty20 crowd record
Matt Murnane and Jack Paynter Stars all-rounder John Hastings says this weekend's Big Bash League derby between the Stars and the Renegades could set a crowd record for domestic Twenty20 cricket.
Stars hope to make up lost ground
Jack Paynter Melbourne Stars all-rounder John Hastings says his team is comfortable playing catch-up after losing its opening two games of the Big Bash League.
Working class heroes add grit to the BBL
Daniel Lane This summer, crowds have been cheering the BBL's answer to the Village People - a burly builder from Melbourne, a Queensland copper and a powerline worker from Perth.
Watson eager for one-dayers, World Twenty20
Retired Test star Shane Watson knows he has to find some form quickly if he's to bring some colour to Australia's dead summer.
Smith finishes 2015 atop Test runs tally
Jesse Hogan A day dominated by frustration for Steve Smith, as his side struggled to bowl out the West Indies for a second time at the MCG, ended well for him on two fronts: Australia winning to guarantee a series victory, and him finishing 2015 atop the Test runs tally.
At the end of the day, it was the end of the day
Greg Baum In the beginning, there was the end. Everyone knew what it would be, it was just a matter of when: quickly, the last session, the next day. As it happened, it was this day, but not until after 6pm.
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