Cricket

POMBORNEIT is celebrating Easton Wood's return to cricket after his retirement from the AFL. The Western Bulldogs premiership captain has rejoined his junior club and will play each week for the South West Cricket powerhouse.

The English cricket club at the center of a racism investigation announced the departure of its entire coaching staff and director of cricket on Friday. , Yorkshire's director of cricket since 2007, and head coach Andrew Gale have left along with “all members of the coaching team,

The bowler claimed all 10 wickets in one innings to join one of Test cricket's most exclusive clubs. More here.

The summer of cricket is about to start and my mind drifts back to the summers of my youth. Out of all the seasons I think about, the season of 1979-80 is the one I recall most fondly. I was born in England in the late 1960s to Indian immigrant …

South Launceston always knew Angus Foster had talent and now everyone in the Cricket North and North-West would be left in no doubt after the Knights' batter starred against Devonport. The Knights found themselves staring down the barrel of a collapse at 4-58 with Sisitha Jayasinghe (38 off 68) and …

They were contrasting storylines, but Greater Northern Raiders clocked up two more wins in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League. Tim Coyle's team kept up the pressure at the business end of the ladder with two solid performances at KGV.

PORT Fairy's breakthrough win of the season has come at a cost with skipper Alex Jennings injured after diving for a ball in the field. Jennings went to hospital and missed most of the Pirates; five-wicket victory against Brierly-Christ Church.

Australian great Mitchell Johnson has unleashed on Cricket Australia’s handling of the Tim Paine saga, saying the resigned skipper had been hung out to dry by an issue that was “blown out of all proportion”.

Australia coach Justin Langer made a quick trip to Hobart last week to visit former captain Tim Paine, and hopes we have not seen “one of the best people in the game” at Test level for the last time.

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel has completed one of Test cricket’s greatest ever achievements against India, joining the most exclusive of clubs by taking all ten wickets in an innings – just the third such instance in Test history.