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/ 23 January 2007
Pace bowler James Franklin went from villain to hero as New Zealand kept their triangular series hopes alive with a 90-run win over England at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. The Black Caps did not look to have enough on the board when dismissed for 210 after winning the toss and electing to bat, but they bowled and fielded exceptionally well to restrict England to just 120 in reply.
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/ 16 January 2007
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff lifted a jittery England to a drought-breaking three-wicket win over New Zealand in the triangular series one-day international on Tuesday. England were forced to work hard to beat New Zealand’s modest total of 205 and secure their first victory since arriving in Australia in early November.
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/ 10 January 2007
They were thrashed in the Ashes and their recent limited-overs record is abysmal, but England hope the return of captain Michael Vaughan will boost their fortunes in the triangular one-day series in Australia. With the World Cup just months away, the tournament, starting on Friday, is an important chance for England, Australia and New Zealand to hone their one-day skills.
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/ 27 December 2006
In 2000, good mates Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds found themselves in the water struggling for survival after their boat capsized while fishing near Queensland’s North Stradbroke Island. On that occasion the determined pair swam more than a kilometre to shore and safety.
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/ 16 December 2006
Australia were on the verge of regaining the Ashes after their batsmen, led by a devastating Adam Gilchrist, smashed England all over the park on day three of the third Test at an oppressively hot Western Australia Cricket Association ground in Perth on Saturday. The Australians declared late in the day at 527 for five.
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/ 12 December 2006
The forecast of a spin-friendly Western Australian Cricket Association (Waca) wicket could see champion Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne become the first bowler to claim 700 Test wickets during the third Ashes Test. After his fifth day heroics in Adelaide, Warne is poised on 694 Test wickets.
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/ 11 December 2006
Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds knows he has just about run out of chances at Test level, but he won’t be putting undue pressure on himself to perform should he get the nod for the third Ashes Test against England at the Waca ground, starting on Thursday.
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/ 10 December 2006
Michael Vaughan has conceded he has no chance of making an unlikely Ashes comeback down under. Talk of the 2005 Ashes hero, who is on the comeback trail after knee surgery earlier in the year, returning late in the current Ashes series gathered momentum when he played in two one-day matches for the England Academy in Perth last week.
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/ 7 December 2006
Much-vaunted England spinner Monty Panesar says he is ready to produce if given an Ashes call-up, despite a lack of match practice on the tour. The left-arm finger spinner was a frustrated onlooker for the first two Tests, with England selectors preferring Ashley Giles’s extra experience and superior batting ability.