Australia can inflict 'damage' on India: O'Keefe

Declaring Australia is capable of doing "some damage", Australian spinner Steve O'Keefe says the right call was made to cut short his Big Bash League season and focus on red-ball cricket ahead of this month's Test series opener against India.

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Heartbreak for Stars in Hobart

A boundary by Corrine Hall has secured the Hobart Hurricanes a narrow victory over the Melbourne Stars and a spot in the WBBL semi-finals.

Players want to get back to negotiating table: Nicholson

Players association chief Alistair Nicholson insists cricketers have begun negotiations over pay and conditions in good faith and reiterated the need for all top players to continue to share in the current revenue model.

CA working towards making neck guards compulsory

Cricket Australia will not make the wearing of neck guards compulsory until it is scientifically proven they will protect players from the type of hit that claimed Phillip Hughes' life.

The Tonk: Lillee bounces CA's Ashes hope for new arena

Cricket Australia's hopes of staging an Ashes Test next summer at a new Perth Stadium are fading.

'Lightning' strikes as Starc pays tribute to coach

Mitchell Starc thanked South African great Allan Donald for his advice as the Australian spearhead claimed the key wicket on day one of the second Test and the best figures of an Australian fast bowler in Sri Lanka.

Aussie quicks hope they have opend up mental scars

Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood hopes Australia has inflicted some early mental scars after the tourists shredded Sri Lanka's batting order on the opening day of the first Test.

Murali at centre of Sri Lanka-Australia controversy

Cricket Australia says a spat over Muttiah Muralitharan's involvement in preparing the tourists for their Test series against Sri Lanka has been resolved.