Four years ago, it was inconceivable that any battle for world supremacy in Test cricket would take place without Australia as one of the combatants... more
Simon Katich and Marcus North's international careers look over after they were left off a list of 25 players given contracts by Cricket Australia... more
So that's what it must feel like to be Australian. I had always wondered. That was the thought that popped immediately into my head, during the mad, bad first 15 minutes of the Second Test in Adelaide... more
Lancashire will not use last year's farcical quarter-final exit from the Twenty20 Cup as their primary motivation when they aim to lift the trophy for the first time.... more
Discarded Australian opener Phil Hughes will draw inspiration from New South Wales team-mate and captain Simon Katich as he sets about winning back his Test spot this summer... more
Tuning in expectantly for the first session at Edgbaston yesterday, and being lumbered instead with David Gower chatting away with Beefy, Athers and other fellow inmates at the Sky Sports Sheltered Home for Former England Captains, it was hard to avoid joining in the current weather forecasters hate-fest... more
Never mind the 'aura', concentrate on winning the Ashes - and 30 overs at Edgbaston was more than enough cricket to remind everyone that England still have a mountain to climb this summer... more
Before this Ashes series began, England's coaching team tried to come up with plans to combat Phillip Hughes. Unfortunately, it appears they forgot all about his opening partner, Simon Katich... more
Following the controversy caused by the umpiring referral system during England's tour of West Indies, Andrew Strauss and his players were probably glad to see the back of it for this summer's Ashes series... more
Graeme Swann has revealed that England's top batsmen accept they have given the Australians the initiative in the opening Ashes Test by failing to score centuries... more
England were in danger of being buried under a mountain of runs at Sophia Gardens as Australia shrugged off the loss of three wickets in 10 overs and regained control of the first Ashes Test... more
As Sunday's events at Wimbledon proved, the failure to live up to impossible standards isn't necessarily a failure in itself, because without coming within a hundred leagues of its immediate predecessor the men's final was still one to savour... more
Andrew Flintoff claims crucial wicket of opener Phillip Hughes after a brilliant rearguard action by England's tail but Ponting and Katich combine to raise tourists' spirits... more
Cricket: Australia wilted in the afternoon sun at Worcester, losing four wickets in quick succession just when they looked set to take command against England’s second string... more
Cricket: Australia suffered a spectacular batting collapse during the afternoon session of their tour match against Sussex — one that will have left England’s bowlers licking their lips in anticipation... more
Australia appeared to be suffering a hangover from their recent defeats in India as they were bowled out for 214 on the opening day of the First Test against New Zealand in Brisbane... more
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