Aaron O'Brien

Shane Watson has signed a three-year deal with the Brisbane Heat on the second-last day of the initial Big Bash League contract window

Long-term South Australia players Daniel Harris, Cameron Borgas and Aaron O'Brien have all lost their state deals after the Redbacks pruned their contract list significantly, having failed to win a Sheffield Shield match last summer

South Australia have been Sheffield Shield whipping boys for too long. Their new coach, Darren Berry, is confident he can change that by instilling an attacking mindset in his players

The South Australia Redbacks' spinners strangled the Queensland Bulls to reclaim top spot on the Big Bash table with a 10-run win at the Adelaide Oval

Shaun Marsh was the standout performer but a lack of support from his team-mates gained him two bats on the third day as Western Australia battled to stay in the game

New South Wales cruised to a ten-wicket win in their first Sheffield Shield match of the season, despite some fighting lower-order runs from South Australia's Chris Duval

Gary Putland's four wickets earned the Man of the Match award and a comfortable first-up victory for South Australia over New South Wales in Adelaide

Four-wicket hauls from Aaron O'Brien and Daniel Christian, backed up by opener Michael Klinger's sixth List A century, boosted South Australia to a comfortable six-wicket win over Western Australia at the Adelaide Oval

Victoria re-proved their credentials as the best Twenty20 team in the country with their fourth Big Bash trophy in five years by crushing South Australia

South Australia will move into the outright lead of the Sheffield Shield if they can turn their dominance over Queensland into victory

Travis Birt and Ed Cowan built on the early damage caused by Michael Dighton as Tasmania breezed to a seven-wicket victory over South Australia

Mark Cleary's four wickets led South Australia as they dismissed Western Australia for 243 on a rain-shortened opening day

Younis Khan made a golden duck in his first Sheffield Shield match for South Australia but his captain Graham Manou steadied the Redbacks, who made 313 against New South Wales

On a day when both sides sensed a chance of victory South Australia and Victoria eventually played out a season-opening draw on the flat pitch at Adelaide Oval

Shaun Tait is in line for his return to first-class cricket after being named in South Australia's 12-man squad for their opening Sheffield Shield match of the season

South Australia could be on the brink of signing up to four New South Wales players, according to Redbacks coach Mark Sorell

Australia have chosen a squad heavy with young allrounders for the Hong Kong Sixes tournament that starts on the weekend

Victoria have been boosted by the addition of Brad Hodge and Mick Lewis to their 12-man squad for the Ford Ranger Cup match against New South Wales at the MCG on Wednesday

Brad Hodge has been ruled out of Sunday's Ford Ranger Cup match between Victoria and New South Wales at Canberra after failing to recover from a quadriceps strain