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Former Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson says Australia’s upcoming tour of India could provide a healing touch to the game.

Injury-plagued Australia bowler Shaun Tait has no regrets over his decision to play only limited-overs cricket, insisting it has allowed him more time to enjoy his game.

Tim Nielsen, the Australia coach, has joined four of his players in revealing he reported suspicious approaches while on tour to the team’s manager

Josh Hazlewood is in a position to hope for an Ashes Test after being picked in Australia’s squad to face India next month

Cricket is in a fix and has been for years. Now, the Lord’s test that finished this week appears to have been added to the toll of infamy. In the wake of this latest scandal, the match between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney in January…

Teenage paceman Josh Hazlewood is a shock inclusion in the Australia Test for next month’s tour of India, alongside fellow quick Peter George.

Senior members of Australia’s cricket community fear star batsman Kevin Pietersen could dish out retribution on Ricky Ponting’s men during this summer’s Ashes series after he was dumped from England’s one-day and Twenty20 squads.

Ricky Ponting, writing in the Australian, outlines Australia’s philosophy of trying to win every game. It is inconceivable to me that anybody would try to throw a game or be involved in fixing. I was completely shocked when I saw it on television and read the papers … It is the collateral damage that is most concerning to us and naturally the focus comes back to the Sydney Test. Not for one moment did any of us suspect that anything untoward or suspicious was happening as that game unfolded. It…

SYDNEY, Aug 30, 2010 (AFP) – - Cricket Australia said Monday it was shocked by new match-rigging allegations levelled against Pakistani players, including claims that the side threw a Test against Australia in January.

If you thought that Powerplays, Free-hits and the possibility of split innings in one-dayers were the height of cricketing innovation, think again. MCC is to trial a new form of cricket known as ‘5IVES’ next month, with MCC Universities playing MCC Young Cricketers in two 50-over games of 5IVES at Radlett Cricket Club on September 6 and 7. The distinguishing feature of 5IVES is that both teams bat in multiple ‘innings splits’ – rather than the single innings split being trialed in Australia – where the not out batsmen at…