Australia's new captain Michael Clarke admits that he will have to earn the respect of the nation's cricket fans after being confirmed as the successor to Ricky Ponting on Wednesday.
Pakistan-born Usman Khawaja has become the first Muslim to be selected in an Australian cricket squad -- and could now play against his country of birth in Britain next month.
Australia's cricket chief has given a vote of confidence to his under fire captain Ricky Ponting after seeing England regain the coveted Ashes with a 197-run triumph at The Oval on Sunday.
The turbulent cricket career of Andrew Symonds took another twist on Thursday when the Australia all-rounder was sent home from the World Twenty20 tournament in Britain for an "alcohol-related incident".
The ambush by up to a dozen gunmen of a bus carrying members of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is the realization of fears long held by the sport's leading players.
Charlie Austin, who manages six of the Sri Lankan crickets', says the team felt comfortable going to Pakistan.
Australia's faltering cricket team received a further setback as all-rounder Andrew Symonds was ruled out of the upcoming tour of South Africa.
England have decided to fly home from their tour of India following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, but remain committed to returning for the Test series next month.
Test legend Shane Warne says he would consider coming out of retirement for next year's Ashes series against England.
Australia have pulled out of their cricket tour of Pakistan because of concerns over security.
Australia will decide by the end of the week whether or not to go ahead with their scheduled cricket tour of Pakistan.
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has been cleared of making racist gestures and spitting at fans during his team's one-day win over Australia on Sunday.
Australia's Matthew Hayden has been rebuked by Cricket Australia for a breach of their code of conduct after describing Harbhajan Singh as an "obnoxious weed" and criticizing Ishant Sharmar while speaking on a Brisbane radio station.
Australia Test bowler Shaun Tait is to take a indefinite break from cricket due to physical and emotional exhaustion, Cricket Australia have revealed.
India's Harbhajan Singh has been cleared to play in the forthcoming triangular one-day series against Australia and Sri Lanka, after a charge of making racial comments was overturned at an International Cricket Council code of conduct appeal hearing.
Australian cricket officials say that they have no immediate plans to cancel their tour of Pakistan next year despite the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at a election rally on Thursday.
There will be no special security measures for Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan during his first full Australian test tour in 12 years, when he will be bidding to break Shane Warne's test wicket record.
Tim Nielsen will replace John Buchanan as Australia cricket coach after the World Cup.
Australia coach John Buchanan fears his team's World Cup preparations are being hurt by New Zealand and England's failure to put them under enough pressure.
Shane Warne will retire from international cricket at the end of the current Ashes series against England, news reports in Australia said on Wednesday.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has been ruled out of the second Ashes test against England starting in Adelaide on Friday because of injury, Cricket Australia said.
Pace bowler Jason Gillespie has been ruled out of the Prime Minister's XI side to face England in their tour opener on Friday because of a shoulder injury, Cricket Australia said on Monday.
Fast bowler Jason Gillespie will captain the Australian Prime Minister's XI in a one-day match against England on November 10 in Canberra, Cricket Australia said on Monday.
Former Australia captain Allan Border has resigned as a national selector just four months after returning to the post he left last year.
Cricket Australia has cancelled 1,300 Ashes tickets after an investigation into internet auction sales.
Coach John Buchanan, who presided over Australia's world record Test and one-day winning runs, is to step down after next year's World Cup.
Australian officials have welcomed the prospect of helping Andrew Flintoff, the man who spearheaded England's Ashes success last year, prove his fitness ahead of this winter's series in domestic grade cricket.
Australia's chairman of cricket selectors Trevor Hohns has announced that he is quitting, to concentrate on business interests.
Australian opening batsman Justin Langer has insisted that he will be playing in the first test against West Indies next week, despite having a rib broken during a one-day match in Melbourne.
Ricky Ponting vowed to stay on as Australia cricket captain as former fast bowling legend Dennis Lillee led calls for his replacement in the aftermath of losing the Ashes to England.
World cricket opened its collective hearts and wallets to the victims of the Asian tsunami with $11 million raised from the one-day charity match in Melbourne on Monday.
Australian Keith Miller, one of cricket's greatest all rounders in one of the best teams ever, has died at the age of 84.
Zimbabwe's Two-test series against world champions Australia, to start on Saturday, has been called off.
Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has refused to take part in the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe on moral and ethical grounds.
Australian Cricket World Cup winners Michael Bevan and Andy Bichel have been omitted from a list of 25 players to receive contracts from Cricket Australia for the 2004-05 season.
Australia's star spin bowler Shane Warne has made his cricket comeback, ending a one-year ban for drug-taking.
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