Cricket News

Australia will name their 16-man squad for the Ashes tour on Tuesday morning, with just a handful of the places up for grabs after another all-conquering winter for the Australian team

As Australia's players relax and enjoy a rare period of inactivity before the tour of England kicks off in mid June, Ricky Ponting has warned his quick bowlers not to take things too easy

Glamorgan are bracing themselves for the probable loss of several key players to international call-ups, and are considering the option of a second overseas player to replace Mike Kasprowicz, who is currently an integral part of Australia's Test and

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Brett Lee could still appear in county cricket this summer, ahead of the Ashes series, despite John Buchanan's call for all his players to have a break before the trip to England

Nathan Bracken's demolition of the Queensland batting order in the Pura Cup final at Brisbane has boosted his chances of being named in Australia's squad for the Ashes tour

Reports in some newspapers this morning are suggesting that Duncan Fletcher is considering quitting his job as England coach and returning to work in South Africa

Brett Lee may currently be surplus to Australia's requirements, but he remains a massive drawcard nonetheless, not least in county cricket, where he has been inundated with offers to play in the forthcoming season

Hampshire County Cricket Club has received permission from Eastleigh Council to erect permanent floodlights at the Rose Bowl near Southampton, thereby improving the ground's chances of becoming the premier venue for day-night internationals in

Shane Warne could be on course to finish his career in the leafy environs of the Rose Bowl in Southampton, after it was announced that he had signed a two-year extension to his existing contract with Hampshire, with an option of a further two years

Richie Benaud, Nine's most comfortable armchair over four decades, could commentate on rival network SBS during the upcoming Ashes series

Two days after SBS announced that it would be covering the Ashes in Australia, the Seven Network has confirmed that it would broadcast all the one-day matches from the series

The success of England's Test cricket team has been recognised by one of their major sponsors, the national energy provider, npower, who today announced a two-year extension to their title sponsorship of home Test matches

Michael Vaughan is determined that England will carry on with their aggressive approach to Test cricket when the Ashes series gets under way

The chances of the Ashes series being shown on Australian free-to-air TV are still in the balance after new information came to light about the negotiations that took place between the ECB and Australian broadcasters

Cricket fans in Australia without satellite dishes will be able to watch the Ashes series this summer after all thanks to a last-minute A$1.2million (approx

Cricket fans in Australia without satellite dishes will be able to watch the Ashes series this summer after all thanks to a last-minute A$1.2million (approx

Tom Moody, Worcestershire's director of cricket, has indicated his interest in taking on the England coaching job, if and when Duncan Fletcher chooses to step down from the role he has held since the end of 1999

Darren Gough is back, and he is delighted to let people know all about it

Michael Vaughan has delared that Australia will be under more pressure than England during this year's Ashes series