Michael Slater, opening batsman extraordinaire and born entertainer, has called it a day

There's a chance Glenn McGrath was today named in an Australian cricket squad for the last time

There was something quintessentially Australian about Nasser Hussain, England's greatest modern captain

The curious rollercoaster ride of Brendan Nash, the Queensland opener and occasional folk hero, has taken an unwelcome twist with the news that he has not been offered a state contract for next summer.

Among those few fans who give a toss, all eyes will be on the toss when Australia play Zimbabwe in Harare this evening

When Stuart MacGill declared himself unavailable to tour Zimbabwe a month ago he was reluctant to elaborate on the reasons why

The voice of Australian cricket is about to become the face of Australian culture

Australia's four-yearly cycle of hosting Test tours by West Indian teams has been broken, following the announcement that New Zealand and Pakistan will be next summer's main visitors

Zimbabwe have been given one day to assemble a credible first XI or Australia's two-Test tour of the country may be shelved

The prospects of Muttiah Muralitharan touring Australia in July appear slimmer than ever after the prime minister, John Howard, repeated his claim that the world record-holder is a chucker

The prospects of Muttiah Muralitharan touring Australia in July appear slimmer than ever after the prime minister, John Howard, repeated his claim that the world record-holder is a chucker

The prospects of Muttiah Muralitharan touring Australia in July appear slimmer than ever after the prime minister, John Howard, repeated his claim that the world record-holder is a chucker

Greg Chappell, the former Australian captain, says cricket authorities should consider exiling Zimbabwe from the international game in the same way that South Africa was boycotted during the 1970s and 80s

Tony Dodemaide has returned to the scene of one of his biggest triumphs - the WACA - to start work as the association's chief executive

At best, the tour will be gruesomely one-sided

Fear for their personal futures appears to be the only thing stopping several Australian players from pulling out of this month's increasingly ridiculous tour of Zimbabwe

Australia's cricketers have been briefed on the latest situation in Zimbabwe and will fly out to the country on Thursday with neither fear nor regret, John Buchanan, their coach, has declared

The rise of Ricky Ponting and decline of Glenn McGrath have receivedofficial confirmation, with Ponting supplanting McGrath as Australia'stop-ranked and highest-paid player

Wally Langdon, an early giant of West Australian cricket and one of the unluckiest batsmen never to play for Australia, has died in Perth at the age of 81

Christian Ryan on the moral dilemma that faces Australia's cricketers in Zimbabwe