All's well for Maxwell as baggy green looms

Chloe Saltau GLENN MAXWELL'S transformation from maverick batsman who bowls a bit to probable Test all-rounder has been accelerated by Shane Warne, who is teaching him the art of patience and mind games.

Hussey to line up for last hurrah

Chloe Saltau Thought of playing on to next year's Ashes filled veteran with dread, not excitement.

Hussey's shock retirement

Chloe Saltau and Adam Cooper Highly respected and in-form Australian veteran Michael Hussey has announced that he will retire from Test cricket.

Stars mourn a giant of modern cricket

Chloe Saltau and Michael Lallo Tributes have poured in for the former England cricket captain and veteran Channel Nine commentator Tony Greig following his death at the age of 66 on Saturday.

Maxwell's call-up poses an all-round dilemma

Chloe Saltau VICTORIA'S confident tyro Glenn Maxwell has bolted into the Test squad, but he will have to fight Mitchell Johnson for the right to be Australia's next allrounder in the New Year's Test at the SCG.

Wounded Watson ponders dropping the ball to master batting

Chloe Saltau SHANE WATSON has suggested for the first time that his role as an allrounder in all three formats is unsustainable, and hinted that he might consider becoming a specialist batsman.

Indian venue fails test

Chloe Saltau Australia pushes to have a Test during its tour of India moved due to unsatisfactory facilities.

For Watson, the good, the bad, and the injury

Chloe Saltau Shane Watson laboured through his longest innings in more than two years with an injured calf, and is expected to be ruled out of the final Test in Sydney.

Australia wants Test venue moved

Chloe Saltau Australia is pushing to have a Test during its impending tour of India moved from the northern industrial city of Kanpur.

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Johnson roars back to brink of a hat-trick

Chloe Saltau Clearing hurdles introduced by rotation policy gives Mitchell Johnson more satisfaction than his 200th wicket.

The day a throw changed the game

Chloe Saltau, Andrew Wu Soon after lunch on Boxing Day of 1995, Chandika Hathurusinghe was fielding at square leg at the MCG when New Zealand umpire Steve Dunne posed him a question.

Throwaway line with a dire result

Chloe Saltau and Andrew Wu When Darrell Hair called Muthiah Muralidaran for throwing, the cricket world changed.

Clarke too precious to risk: Inverarity

Chloe Saltau Shane Watson says stepping into captain's shoes would be the pinnacle of his career.

Starc out, Inverarity defends pace policy

Chloe Saltau Mitchell Johnson suggest Tests should be exempt, Mitchell Starc unhappy.

Cricket

Lehmann steps into chucking row

Chloe Saltau Heat coach questions Marlon Samuels' bowling action.

Chances dim for Clarke as selectors play it safe

Chloe Saltau MICHAEL CLARKE's hopes of playing in the Boxing Day Test have faded as Australia take a conservative approach with their inspirational captain, while Shane Watson says stepping into his shoes would...

Starc keen, but rest talk goes on

Chloe Saltau and Adam Cooper Left-armer to keep out of IPL and concentrate on Tests - but will he play at the MCG?

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Ashes keep the fire burning in ageing warrior Hussey

Chloe Saltau Last of ageing Test batsmen adamant he doesn't yet know when he will quit international cricket.

Starc puts the Ashes before IPL riches

Chloe Saltau, Adam Cooper MITCHELL STARC will reject offers worth up to $500,000 to play in next year's Indian Premier League because he wants to be in peak condition for the Ashes.

Age shall not weary Hussey before the Ashes

Chloe Saltau MIKE HUSSEY would like to return to his roots and captain Western Australia when his international career is over but the last of the ageing Test batsmen is adamant he does not yet know when that...