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CRICKET old timers must have thought it was a misprint that the only Queensland player selected in three Australian touring squads was a legspinner. Read the entire article....

RE-SIGNED batsman Travis Head is already plotting an old school reunion with gun recruit Mark Cosgrove as South Australia finetunes for season 2014-15. Read the entire article....

AARON Finch’s appointment as Australian Twenty20 captain is a tick for not just one of the world’s most watchable players but one who commands respect. Read the entire article....

Dean Kino, Cricket Australia’s general manager of legal and business affairs and a key figure in the organisation of the Champions League Twenty20, has resigned from his post Read the entire article....

ENGLAND coach Peter Moore says it’s too early to say whether Alistair Cook will captain the struggling team at the World Cup. Read the entire article....

Australia’s selectors have rewarded form and chosen a good squad for the Tests against Pakistan but the real challenge will be finding a balanced XI Read the entire article....

CHAIRMAN of selectors Rod Marsh has made the startling admission Glenn Maxwell didn’t really warrant Test selection, but was picked on ‘X factor’. Read the entire article....

With his success on the domestic circuit and a style similar to Rangana Herath, Australia will hope Steve O’Keefe can emulate the Sri Lankan spinner during the UAE tour Read the entire article....

HEAD selector Rod Marsh bluntly says he’s not confident Australia captain Michael Clarke will be fit for the first Test against Pakistan in October. Read the entire article....

FOR someone that’s been on the scene for almost a decade, Steve O’Keefe does a remarkable job of feeling like a fresh face in Australian cricket. Read the entire article....

A Pakistan player is under investigation after being filmed talking to a Sri Lankan rival about becoming Muslim in a bizarre on-field exchange. Read the entire article....

AUSTRALIA’S latest flirtation with leg-spin could be a lasting engagement with Queenslander Cameron Boyce called up to Australia’s Twenty20 squad. Read the entire article....

Spinner Steve O’Keefe could finally be given a chance at Test cricket after being named in Australia’s squad to play Pakistan in the UAE in October Read the entire article....

HARSHLY treated spinner Steve O’Keefe joins gun all-rounder Mitch Marsh in the 15-man squad for two Tests against Pakistan in the UAE next month. Read the entire article....

THE divide between limited overs and Test cricket has become ever greater, with the appointment of Aaron Finch as Australia’s new Twenty20 captain. Read the entire article....

Aaron Finch has been named as Australia’s new Twenty20 captain, succeeding George Bailey, who stepped down from the role on Sunday Read the entire article....

ENGLAND captain Eoin Morgan laid the platform for a thrilling three-run win over India in the lone Twenty20 international at Edgbaston. Read the entire article....

Mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine has once again chosen the Twenty20 format over Test cricket after opting out of the two-Test series against Bangladesh at home. Narine was a notable omission from the 13-man squad announced by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Friday for the first Test at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St. Vincent which......

In six years Lalit Modi rose to such heights in Indian cricket in the new millennium that no one thought his fall would be as meteoric. When he was thrown out of the Indian board, many had a sneaky suspicion that his tenaciousness was enough to come back and haunt those who hounded him out. Modi, a former vice-president of the Board of Control for......

FORMER Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting now wants to help other young, talented sportspeople with US college scholarships. Read the entire article....