Shane Warne, the legendary Australian leg spinner, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The spinner, who had retired from one day international cricket in 2003 and from test matches in early 2007, announced his retirement from first class cricket yesterday. Shane W

Cricket Australia is well on course of introducing a revolutionary and untouched idea of day and night Tests. White lights and coloured clothings have illuminated one-day cricket and the most recent Twenty20 format, but the traditional five-day game with a history of 130-years have been spa

Cricket Australia has urged home fans to treat Muttiah Muralitharan with respect when the Sri Lankan off-spinner tours Down Under in his bid to become the highest wicket-taker in the longer version of the game. Muralitharan, who needs 25 wickets to equal Aussie legend Shane Warne's record

Cricket Australia Chairman Creagh O Connor today mourned the death of International Cricket Council President Percy Sonn and said the South African did his best to make cricket a better game. O'Connor said Australian cricket was saddened by the death of 57-year-old Sonn, who died yeste

Cricket South Africa (CSA) said it's ready to be the "neutral host" in case Australia and Zimbabwe agree to go ahead with their controversial one day series. The three-match ODI series runs the risk of being scrapped altogether after the Australian government banned its cricketer

A staunch critic of the Robert Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said his government would take whatever legitimate action it takes to scrap the national cricket team's tour of the trouble-torn African nation. Howard said the government was exploring legal wa

Even as the Australian government stepped up pressure on Cricket Australia to boycott its tour of Zimbabwe in September, captain Ricky Ponting said every player should be allowed to make an independent decision on the issue. "There are some issues there and every individual player will

Simon Katich's surprise omission from the Cricket Australia's list of 25 contracted players has prompted outrage from his state with a senior New South Wales official questioning the credibility of the selection process. "Simon Katich continues to be one of the best performed batsmen

Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist will be available for Australia's entire World Cup campaign following the birth of his third child, Archie, on Saturday. He missed the recent Chappell Hadlee Trophy series defeat to New Zealand, to be with his wife, Melinda. But he is now expected to arrive befor

Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee was Friday ruled out of next month`s World Cup in Caribbean with an ankle injury, Cricket Australia said. It is a shattering blow for the Australians, whose World Cup-strength bowling attack was flayed by New Zealand in last weekend`s 3-0 Chappell H

Australia may have slipped from the top of ODI team rankings, but that has not stopped them from picking their best ever one day team. On the occasion of 20th anniversary of its maiden World Cup triumph, Cricket Australia announced an `initial 30-member squad`, which features Indian coa

Defending the staging of Chappell Hadlee trophy series, Cricket Australia has lambasted Adam Gilchrist for suggesting that the tournament was a waste of time and harmful to Australia`s World Cup preparations. CA Chief James Sutherland said CA was committed to the series which started in 2