Marcus North

Darren Gough said Brendon McCullum was “very lucky” to remain England coach after the team’s 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia. Gough believes England’s aggressive style needs more discipline and toughness. He also admitted feeling hurt after missing out on the national selector’s role, saying he could have challenged the current management with his experience.

Cricket Australia drafted in all-rounder Marcus North to replace Adam Voges whose marriage coming in the way of his participation in the ODIs and Twenty20 matches against South Africa.

The Warriors are the runners-up of the Twenty20 tournament of Cricket Australia, while Stallions are the Pakistan Twenty20 champions. The two teams will play the inaugural Champions League on December 4.

After three decades, cinema halls have made a return to north Kashmir. The inaugurated 100-seater multipurpose film theatres in Baramulla and Handwara towns by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, and the cinema has returned to Baramulla after more than three decades.

Michael Hussey made it clear that he would represent Chennai Super Kings and not his native Western Australia, in next month's Champions League.

Piyush Chawla and Mohnish Parmar shared five wickets as India 'A' fought back strongly and restricted Australia 'A' to 113 for 8 in their first innings of the three-day game.

A nagging left hamstring injury has ruled out Australian opener Shaun Marsh from the remainder of the ongoing ODI series against Pakistan besides putting him in doubt for the World T20 Championships.

The final three-day match between India A and Australia A was abandoned after overnight rains washed out the third day's play without a ball being bowled.

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Hopman Cup team-mate Rohan Bopanna were invited to a net session of the Western Australian cricket team at the WACA ground in Perth on Sunday.

Graeme Swann rates the ball with which he castled Ricky Ponting in the Edgbaston Test as the most satisfying delivery of his career.

Marcus North hit a brilliant half century as Australia 'A' fought back strongly in the second innings after being forced to follow on in the three-day game against India 'A' that ended in a draw.

As Australia's batsmen continued to struggle Chris Gayle produced the fifth fastest Test century on the second day of the third Test at WACA .

Josh Inglis scored 102 off 94 balls on his Test debut against Sri Lanka, achieving the second-fastest century on debut in cricket history. Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith also reached milestones with scores of 232 and 141, respectively. Inglis continued a Western Australian trend of debut centuries in Test cricket, following Adam Voges, Shaun Marsh, and Marcus North.

After earning an Indian Premier League deal with Delhi Daredevils, swashbuckling opener David Warner has now landed a contract from Cricket Australia.

Pakistan are on the verge of their first Test win against Australia in 14 years after restricting them to a slender 80-run lead with 2 wickets in hand in the second Test.

Michael Clarke hit an unbeaten half-century to guide Australia to a draw against the West Indies in the second Test at the Adelaide Oval.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting said his side were now looking forward with confidence to the finale of the Ashes after levelling the series in dominating style.

Bryce McGain was included in the 14-member squad to defend Australia's top position on their crucial three-Test tour of South Africa.

Injured batsman Simon Katich retained his place, while Australia's National Selection Panel picked an unchanged 13-man squad for the inconsequential third and final Test against Pakistan, commencing from January 14 in Hobart.