Shane Watson will open the batting for Australia in the Test series against South Africa next month, despite his scoring rate diminishing the more he bowls... 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
Phillip Hughes has been given a slap on the wrist by Australian cricket chiefs after revealing he had been left out of the Third Test before the team was announced... more
One of the few certainties of this unpredictable Ashes series is that Australia captain Ricky Ponting will be jeered whenever he walks to the wicket... 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
Phillip Hughes has taken the cricketing world by storm since making his test debut in February and is suddenly lurking as one of Australia's trump cards in this year's Ashes series... more
Cricket: Steve Harmison struck two big psychological blows for England at Worcester today, bouncing out Phillip Hughes for a second time in the Lions match against Australia and then condemning Ricky Ponting to another failure... 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
Cricket: Andre Nel has warned England's bowlers that trying to get the better of Australia's new batting star Phillip Hughes will be the toughest challenge they face this summer... more
Cricket: Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes Middlesex's decision to sign batting sensation Phillip Hughes could return to haunt England in the Ashes... more
Cricket: Australia's Phillip Hughes — a sensation in the county championship — continued his mediocre one-day form after being dismissed early on in Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy Group B clash with Scotland... more
Cricket: Andrew Symonds's hopes of making the Ashes were boosted today when he was handed a new contract by Cricket Australia despite his recent controversies... more
Cricket: Phillip Hughes intends to use his controversial six-week stint with Middlesex as preparation for punishing England's bowlers in this summer's Ashes series... more
Cricket: England skipper Andrew Strauss has warned cricket chiefs they must forge a stronger relationship with the county sides to give the national team a better chance of success... more
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