Dusty corner of Chennai turns tyros into globe's best quicks
Chris Barrett Children in uniforms kick footballs and play cricket on fields of dust and red soil as the heat gradually eases out of a steamy south Indian afternoon.
Cricket
Rotation policy is best for the team: Clarke
Chris Barrett Australian captain issues considered defence of much-maligned rest and rotation policy.
Cricket
Give it a rest: skipper goes in to bat for rotation policy
Chris Barrett TEST and one-day captain Michael Clarke has issued a considered defence of the much-maligned rest and rotation policy of selectors, saying Australia was no longer the team it once was and could not...
Big Bash League
Scorchers bring Sixers plummeting back to earth
Chris Barrett ALL good things must come to an end, and so it is with the remarkable run of the Sydney Sixers. After a dozen wins in succession, both in the Twenty20 Big Bash League and the Champions League, the...
Starc raving mad: rotation causing plenty of angst
Chris Barrett What has gone wrong is not the rotation of Starc - it is the poor communication.
He was like lightning for the Thunder; now Warner wants to hit for the Sixers
Chris Barrett WHISPERS of bad blood and below-par offers circulated about David Warner's switch between Sydney franchises but in the end, he said, his decision was based simply on being closer to home.
Cricket
Cummins turns to Lillee, Lee to strengthen recovery
Chris Barrett Injured teen Patrick Cummins will turn to fast bowling great Dennis Lillee for advice.
'Dr' Lillee to examine Cummins' action
Chris Barrett INJURED teen sensation Patrick Cummins will turn to fast-bowling great Dennis Lillee in a bid to prevent a recurrence of the fitness setbacks that have stalled his fledgling career.
An act of God and officials were ready
Chris Barrett Queensland Cricket officials happy they bought ground insurance for first three days of Test.
Weather insurance pays off as Gabba loses first day since '83
Chris Barrett The Tonk Queensland Cricket are thanking their lucky stars they made the prescient decision to buy ground insurance for the first three days of the first Test.
Clarke, Johnson the big winners in cricket's contract list
Chris Barrett Cricket Australia has released its list of contracted players for the next year, formally cutting the number from 25 to 17 but handing a lifeline to paceman Mitchell Johnson.
Cricket
First blood to England as Aussies fall short at Lord's
Chris Barrett A calamitous run-out has driven a stake through Australia's hopes of taking an early lead in the one-day international series against England, with the hosts capitalising to win the first match by 15...
Australia set England modest target
Chris Barrett, London AUSTRALIA have set England a target of 252 to win the second one-day international at the Oval, enjoying a mixed outing with the bat after being tied down for a long period when the scorer was barely...
Cricket
From bad to worse: injuries to Lee and Watson add salt to Australia's wounds
Chris Barrett Australia have endured a disastrous day in the north-east of England, completing a 3-0 one-day series defeat and losing Shane Watson and Brett Lee to calf injuries.
Cricket
Shane Watson limps out - again
Chris Barrett Chester-le-Street, England: Not again. That must have been the thought circulating in Shane Watson's mind as he limped off the Riverside ground in north-east England on Saturday.
Injury plague sees Starc get the call
Chris Barrett, Manchester NSW left-armer Mitchell Starc has been called into Australia's one-day squad for the final match of their series against England to boost numbers in a bowling contingent struck by a series of...
Cricket
Watson, Lee being sent home
Chris Barrett Shane Watson and Brett Lee have been sent home from Australia's one-day tour of England due to calf strains and are not expected back before the World Twenty20 tournament in September in Sri Lanka.
