Cricket's oversized bats are to be cut down to size, with lawmakers recommending a reduction in willow dimensions among raft of rulings that will resound through all levels of ...

Pakistan's tour of Australia off to a shaky start in Cairns, the visitors all out for 208 on day one of a warm-up match against an inexperienced Cricket Australia XI.

• Chris Barrett

Cricket Australia officials wined and dined Australian captain Steve Smith and David Warner in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

• Larissa Nicholson

With six teenagers in their squad, the Melbourne Renegades are doing things differently to their competitors.

• Chris Barrett, Andrew Wu

David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood sit on the informal body in the current Australian team - but not the captain Steve Smith.

• Andrew Wu

Josh Hazlewood's career-best summer has earned him rave reviews from the great Glenn McGrath, who rates the giant quick as the best fast bowler in world cricket.

• Larissa Nicholson

The new season of women's Big Bash Cricket begins this weekend with six matches over two days at North Sydney Oval.

• Andrew Wu

Uncertainty surrounds the immediate future of injured batsman Shaun Marsh, who finds himself in circumstances eerily similar to that which led to his "traumatic" run of outs ...

• Nick Hoult

A red-card penalty is set to be introduced into the laws of cricket for the first time.

Cricket Australia has taken another step towards introducing a Big Bash League game on Christmas Day by creating a working group to fast-track the concept.

• Andrew Wu

After the upheaval of last month, Australia will take an unchanged squad into the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba.

Cricket great Allan Border has called on Glenn Maxwell to "get himself sorted" as he fights to earn a national recall and win back the trust of his peers.

Australian selector Mark Waugh has all but ruled out handing Pat Cummins a surprise recall for next week's first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba.

• Chris Dutton

The size of Manuka Oval is helping officials identify and eject pitchside betting activity.

• Andrew Wu

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur says his team has the pace artillery to pounce on Australia's fresh-faced batting line-up and bowl the nomads of world cricket to a historic ...

• Chris Barrett

Bowler Pat Cummins regularly hit 150km/h as Australia wrapped up the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series against New Zealand.

• Daniel Cherny

With Pakistan preparing for their three-Test series against Australia, we profile the tourists.

• Andrew Wu

All-rounder Mitchell Marsh is prepared to risk embarrassment to adopt a see ball, hit ball mantra in a bid to end the batting woes that cost him his place in Australia's Test side.

Allrounder Mitch Marsh admits his chances of a Test recall this summer are slim despite finding some form with Australia's one-day side.

A century from Ashton Turner has kept Western Australia alive but it's Queensland in a dominant position after two days of the Sheffield Shield clash at the WACA Ground.

Victoria are confident they can sustain the likely loss of valuable all-rounder John Hastings, who is awaiting scan results to see if he'll continue playing in their Sheffield ...

David Warner has ascended into the upper echelon of the short form cricket greats following his match-winning century against New Zealand in Canberra.

• Chris Barrett

Just down the road from Australia's political power base, Steve Smith's men have re-asserted their one-day international authority.

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• Rohan Connolly

Follow the action from Manuka Oval, with stats and ball-by-ball commentary, on our live match tracker.

• Caden Helmers

Australia is looking a shadow of the team renowned for batting collapses in its most recent Test series.

• Chris Barrett

Cricket's annual war with 'pitchsiders' is back on.

• Andrew Wu

Sydney Thunder captain Shane Watson will miss the first two games of the Big Bash League, including the tournament-opening Sydney derby, due to a calf injury.

• Andrew Wu

As Glenn Maxwell's home state insisted his future in Victoria was not over, former Test captain Mark Taylor says the out-of-favour all-rounder needs to become more of a team ...

• Greg Baum

No matter how hard Cricket Australia hammers it, the square peg still won't fit in the round hole.