Australia’s Ashes preparations in shambles: Shane Warne

Shane Warne fears Australia will be badly under-prepared for their opening Ashes Test against a red-hot England in November.

Cricket Australia considering 40-overs format

In a move that could well be another nail in the coffin of the 50-over format of the game, Cricket Australia is considering introducing a completely new limited-overs format as soon as next season. The Australian has reported that the CA board will this week discuss a domestic tournament of 40-over games, with each team to bat for two innings of 20 overs.

Tim Paine replaces Haddin for England one-dayers

Wicketkeeper Tim Paine has been recalled to the Australian one-day cricket team as a replacement for the injured Brad Haddin.

No match fixing in Sydney test, Australia won the match on merit: ICC

The ICC has stopped investigating the Australia-Pakistan Sydney Test after finding no evidence of match-fixing, a Cricket Australia spokesman said.

Clarke keen to continue as Australia captain

Australia’s T20 skipper, Michael Clarke, said he has no intention of quitting as captain of Australia in the shortest format of the game despite struggling with his batting in the recently concluded Twenty20 World Cup in West Indies, where Australia were beaten by arch-rivals England in the finals, while adding that he may need to rediscover his aggressive approach of batting to become a successful T20 batsman.

Australian media mourns T20 loss

Australian media, on Tuesday, mourned Australia’s loss to England in the final of the T20 World Cup, saying that the defeat may not hurt as much as an Ashes loss but it still “hurts”.

David Saker replaces Gibson as England’s new bowling coach

Former Australian fast bowler David Saker has been named England’s new bowling coach after Ottis Gibson left the post to take charge of the West Indies team earlier this year.

Lee returns to Oz for treatment

Australian speedster Brett Lee has returned home for further treatment on his elbow, ruling out any chances of his participation in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Sachin is the most complete batsman of modern times: Peter Roebuck

Noted cricket columnist, Peter Roebuck, has described Sachin Tendulkar, who became the first batsman to score a double hundred in ODI cricket when he scored an unbeaten 200 against South Africa in the second ODI at Gwalior, as one of the most complete batsman of modern times.

This is not the end of me: Brett Lee

Following in the footsteps of good friend Andrew Flintoff, who retired from test cricket last year to prolong his Twenty20 and one-day career, Australian speedster Brett Lee announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday to prolong his career in the shorter formats of the game.

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