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Women's side aims for the stars beyond T20 successes

Jesse Hogan Southern Stars begin World Cup campaign eager to prove their superiority.

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Top ten Australian cricket performances

Jesse Hogan Jesse Hogan rates the elite performances in the Allan Border Medal voting period.

Lower-tier players get snapped up

Jesse Hogan Indian Premier Leage teams clamoured for Australia's relatively unproven all-rounders.

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CA chairman says rotation explanation was flawed

Jesse Hogan CRICKET AUSTRALIA's board has emphatically endorsed the architects of its contentious rotation selection policy, Pat Howard and John Inverarity, but conceded the public explanation of the policy had...

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We dropped ball on selling rotation: CA

Jesse Hogan Cricket Australia emphatically endorsed the architects of its contentious rotation-based policy.

Small steps for Marsh: Inverarity

Jesse Hogan Australia's Twenty20 selectors name West Australian in squad for series against Sri Lanka.

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Maxwell likely as Watson's replacement

Jesse Hogan Australia's looming tour of India could sway selectors to consider Glenn Maxwell as Shane Watson's replacement for next week's series-ending Test in Sydney.

Tails you lose for Sri Lanka

Jesse Hogan THE tale of two tails is an explanation of why Matthew Wade will leave Sydney with a maiden home Test century to his name and why Sri Lanka will, barring a Fanie de Villiers-type effort from one of...

Door open as Watson opts out of bowling

Jesse Hogan AUSTRALIA will have to shoehorn an all-rounder into their Test team for the tour of India and possibly the Ashes, too, after Shane Watson confirmed he would take an indefinite break from bowling.

Watson move opens door to all-rounders

Jesse Hogan Shane Watson confirms he would take an indefinite break from bowling.

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Rohrer up to higher honours: Murali

Jesse Hogan Muthiah Muralidaran says Renegades teammate capable of succeeding Mike Hussey.

Ruthless streak missing despite dominant display

Jesse Hogan DAY one of the Boxing Day Test was, at least until the finals drinks break, set to be a triumph for Australia with bat and ball.

Pitch can swing it: Sri Lankans

Jesse Hogan Visitors believe Australia's pace advantage can be nullified by exploiting helpful bowling conditions.

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Sri Lankans see Hobart as a test of bowling skill, not speed

Jesse Hogan AUSTRALIA's pace advantage in the Hobart Test can be nullified if the Sri Lankans can better exploit the anticipated helpful conditions, Kumar Sangakkara believes.

Johnson has strength to fight back: coach

Jesse Hogan After often holding his place in Australia’s Test teams in recent years when public opinion demanded he should not, Mitch Johnson now has to contend with a different selection hassle: getting dropped...

Siddle leads the way in an all-round disciplined display

Jesse Hogan IF AUSTRALIA emerge from Hobart with their first Test win of the summer it will be reward for doing the little things - rotating the strike with the bat, stifling scoring with the ball - better than...

Slowly but surely the wheel turns

Jesse Hogan If Australia emerges from Hobart with its first Test win of the summer, it will be a reward for doing the little things.

Clarke limps, Australia chases win

Jesse Hogan Australia needs eight final-day wickets in Hobart to record its first Test win of the summer against Sri Lanka, but will have to do it with Ben Hilfenhaus and Michael Clarke both shackled by injury.

Hosts ravaged by injury, but tourists still face tough ask

Jesse Hogan SRI LANKA must chase a target more than 10 times greater than their record outside the subcontinent to consign Australia to Test defeat in Hobart for a second year in a row.