Why one-day cricket isn't all about power

Dean Jones 12:36 PM   The value of one of cricket's most underrated skills was highlighted in an epic one-day stand this week.

Behrendorff absence a boost for Stars

Jesse Hogan 3:10 PM   Melbourne Stars' hopes of achieving the toughest task in the Big Bash League, winning at the WACA Ground on Saturday night, have been helped by Perth losing key fast-bowler Jason Behrendorff to injury.

Kieran Powell's baseball journey

David Waldstein 9:15 AM   Kieran Powell has had an enviable life as a cricketer. But Powell, a star batsman who has played internationally for the West Indies, has chucked that all aside in a long-shot gamble to become a professional baseballer.

England have edge in Johannesburg

8:28 AM   Steve Finn and Ben Stokes claimed two wickets apiece as England reduced South Africa to 7-267 at the close of the first day of the third Test at the Wanderers.

WBBL derby could attract record crowd

Tom Decent 3:04 PM   While a record crowd is expected for the men's Big Bash derby at the SCG on Saturday, the women's fixture a few hours earlier will also go close to breaking the record for the highest domestic crowd for a female match.

Pink ball not answer for ODIs: Sharma

2:33 PM   Prolific opener Rohit Sharma has dismissed India legend Sunil Gavaskar's bold call to trial pink balls in a bid to curb the bat's dominance of one-day international cricket.

Head to enter IPL auction

Jesse Hogan 1:25 PM   Travis Head has suddenly emerged as one of the most coveted players at next month's IPL auction, with the 22-year-old no longer tied to his existing meagre deal with Delhi.

Australia reel in 300-plus target again

Phil Lutton 10:50 PM   Australia chased down 308 to go two-up in the series but much of the talk will be around another DRS controversy, this one assisting the Indians.

Live cricket ODI: Australia vs India, Game 2 from the Gabba in Brisbane

Chris Boulous 10:07 PM   After a comfortable win in the first ODI, Australia will be hoping for an encore as they approach what they call their Test fortress - The Gabba.

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More DRS drama as Rohit Sharma gets unbelievable let-off in Brisbane

Phil Lutton 4:41 PM   The Indian opener looked gone but with no DRS, Australia had to swallow a puzzling decision in the second ODI.

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Oakley happy with team role as Wests-UC chase title

Zac Lowe 12:40 PM   Ben Oakley's cricket career looked to be coming to a close at the start of this season, with an injured bowling elbow leaving him in little doubt it was time to do something about it or retire.

Hussey demands Thunder focus on the now in must-win battle

Daniel Lane 12:09 PM   Should it come as a surprise that one of Australia's most driven cricketers, Michael Edward Killeen Hussey, will rise above the sentiment of possibly playing in his final game of cricket when the Sydney Thunder play the Sydney Sixers in a must-win game to instruct his players to give "100 percent" to each ball.

Five sixes in five balls: Big Bash star goes berserk

Jesse Hogan 6:34 AM   Chris Lynn insists he has no fear of facing spin in the subcontinent after blasting five consecutive sixes in the Big Bash League on Thursday night to make his World Twenty20 selection bid even more compelling.

The enigma that was Peter Roebuck

Martin Flanagan 1:30 PM   Peter Roebuck remains one of the most interesting characters I have met through sport and, with that in mind, I have just read Chasing Shadows: The Life & Death of Peter Roebuck by Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge.