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Strikers too good for Sixers
The Strikers' have extended their unbeaten New Year's Eve record at the expense of the Sydney Sixers.
The Strikers' have extended their unbeaten New Year's Eve record at the expense of the Sydney Sixers.
Branded a limited-overs specialist and not a red-ball player by Shane Warne, Steve O'Keefe has declared himself comfortable in his own skin as he seeks to ram home with ...
Agar hasn't played a Test since the 2013 Ashes but his latest inclusion in the Australian squad brings with it hope that he can return to the XI, for the Sydney Test against ...
Former Test spinner Greg Matthews expects Steve O'Keefe to join Nathan Lyon in the Aussie XI.
Darren Lehmann says the challenge for his Australian team in the new year is to flourish in more unforgiving conditions, having emerged against Pakistan victorious on a flat ...
Clint McKay says Shane Watson and Andre Russell can save the Thunder's ailing Big Bash season.
The series between Australia and Pakistan has been played in good spirit but there is clearly some acrimony off the ground.
If you build it, they will come. And come they did indeed. In big numbers. Twelve months ago a staggering crowd of 80,883 descended on the MCG for the Big Bash League ...
The team may have already been picked but there was no shortage of advice for national selector Mark Waugh at the Gabba on Friday night.
The priority for the Australian cricket team right now is not to find or invent an all-rounder to ease workloads, it is to confirm a No.6 who can play spin well and find a ...
It was a hard act to follow but master blaster Chris Lynn has done it again.
Selector and coach Darren Lehmann has given off-spinner Nathan Lyon a ringing endorsement, saying he remains the country's No.1 slow bowler as Australia drafted tweakers Steve ...
Herewith a lesson in not giving up, for Australia, for the Boxing Day faithful, for Test cricket aficionados everywhere.
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq could take the extraordinary step of quitting ahead of next week's third Test as a result of the fall-out of the losing Boxing Day clash.
Who knows where this Pakistan cricket team would be without their captain, Misbah-ul-Haq.
Having almost won the unwinnable in Brisbane, Pakistan proceeded to lose the unloseable in Melbourne. Each is a rare and acquired art, but it is at the latter that they have ...
Former England Test star Kevin Pietersen believes corruption in cricket will never be fully stamped out as fresh reports of bookmakers targeting young Australian cricketers emerge.
Nathan Lyon responded to criticism from his captain and coach by producing his best spell of the summer as Australia capitalised on a "sloppy" Pakistan to conjure a remarkable ...
Follow full live coverage of the final day of the second Test from the MCG.
Canberra's best hope of securing BBL content looks to be a Sydney Thunder match.
Dwayne Bravo needs surgery on his injured hamstring and will miss the rest of the Big Bash League season, leaving the Melbourne Renegades on the hunt for a new import.
Matthew Wade has been urged to show more patience at the crease in a bid to deliver the innings he needs to lock in his spot.
Mitchell Starc batted like a millionaire and swung with the fury of a lion on Friday in his record-breaking knock, in more ways than one.
The Sixers are hoping to become the first team to beat the Strikers at the Adelaide Oval on new year's eve.
Melbourne Stars fan favourite Kevin Pietersen believes Sunday's BBL derby clash against the Melbourne Renegades can attract a bigger crowd than last year's record mark.
Two Australians - not including Adam Voges - and four Englishmen are picked as Fairfax Media cricket writers step into the hot seat.
Captain Steve Smith says Australia will consider playing two spinners in the third Test with Steve O'Keefe poised to make his return to the baggy green in Sydney.
A hamstring injury to Dwayne Bravo soured what became a forgettable night for the Melbourne Renegades after they narrowly lost to the Perth Scorchers in an extraordinary ...
Nic Maddinson's Test future hangs by a thread while Nathan Lyon also is skating on thin ice after skipper Steve Smith refused to endorse him as a certain starter for the third ...
Official agency Ticketmaster is being accused of facilitating ticket scalping with seats to Friday night's sold-out Big Bash match at the Gabba being resold for three times as ...
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