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Aussies use old trick to prepare for Bangladesh spin
A wary Australian squad have gone to bruising lengths to prevent Bangladesh from springing a Test series upset.
A wary Australian squad have gone to bruising lengths to prevent Bangladesh from springing a Test series upset.
Mitchell Starc says his desire to help Australia reclaim the Ashes left him determined to avoid another premature return from injury.
Maxwell has revealed he fell ill during the first day of training in Dhaka.
Meteors fast-bowler Maitlan Brown says the help of a teammate kickstarted her cricket rise.
An emboldened Bangladesh team believes it can underscore its Test cricketing credentials by consigning Australia to another subcontinent defeat.
Geoffrey Boycott will continue as a BBC Test Match Special pundit after offering an unreserved apology for an alleged racist comment.
Canberra quick Nick Winter signed his first full state contract for South Australia on Tuesday.
Australian coach Darren Lehmann concedes his team faces a challenge in its preparation for the first Test against Bangladesh starting on Sunday in Dhaka after its only tour ...
The Australian Cricketers Association has welcomed the news that Australia's Test players will have three Sheffield Shield matches to prepare for the first Ashes Test this summer.
This West Indies lot are the worst Test match team I have seen in more than 50 years of cricket.
Victorian stalwart Rob Quiney has announced his retirement from first-class cricket after missing out on a Bushrangers contract for the 2017-2018 season.
James Anderson has struck an early blow after Alastair Cook scored a superb 243 as England dominated the second day of the first Test against West Indies at Edgbaston.
Australia's Test team has ventured to Bangladesh, and the first Test in Dhaka is just over a week away. Attention is back on the field for the country's top cricketers, and we ...
Steve Smith has given hints about Australia's likely XI for the first Test in Bangladesh starting next Sunday, with Ashton Agar firming for the position of second spinner, and ...
Jason Behrendorff is in line to make his international debut.
Cricket Australia has changed the emphasis of its fast bowling policy in a bid to reduce the number of back stress fractures among future quicks.
Tom Rogers was never going to shy away from the chance to realise his dream.
Meg Lanning will miss the upcoming women's Ashes after undergoing surgery on her right shoulder.
It's grim to put it so bluntly, but whenever the West Indies play Test cricket these days, their opposition invariably sees it as preparation for something more meaningful.
EDGBASTON: Alastair Cook has edged past Matthew Hayden and is now eyeing Steve Waugh in cricket's list of all-time greatest Test centurions.
Comment: While the rise of Twenty20 cricket has created a new buzz around the game, for the most part Test cricket has sat on its backside and done nothing.
Tom Rogers has signed a full contract with Tasmania and Aiden Blizzard isn't surprised at all.
Ashleigh Gardner has signed a two-year deal with the South Australian Scorpions in the WNCL.
England's first-hand accounts of the Bangladesh security bubble helped assuage Australian cricketers' doubts regarding their own trip, according to Pat Howard.
There are fears the value of the next broadcast deals for sports such as rugby league and cricket could fall significantly.
Australian vice-captain David Warner is sitting out the final day of a practice match on Wednesday, a day after copping a bouncer in the neck during the trial game.
Test vice-captain David Warner has sent a scare through the Australian camp after being felled by a bouncer in an intra-squad match in Darwin on Tuesday.
Former Australian Test cricketer Robert Holland and his family face a harrowing decision whether to attempt a high-risk operation with Sydney neurosurgeon Charlie Teo.
Bangladesh batsman required stitches in an incident that could have easily resulted in serious injury.
Peter Handscomb says he is happy to don the wicket-keeping gloves in Bangladesh if asked to do so, but maintains that batting is his first priority.
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