Australia include Usman Khawaja for Boxing Day Test

By Nadene Smith

HOBART, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 18, 2012: After losing skipper Michael Clarke to a hamstring injury during Hobart Test, the Australia selectors have included left-hand top-order batsman Usman Khawaja in the squad for the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka.

Australia drop pacer Mitchell Johnson for Hobart Test

By Jamie Pearce

HOBART, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 13, 2012: The National Selection Panel (at the Cricket Australia (CA) decided on Thursday to rest fast bowler Mitchell Johnson for the first Test match against Sri Lanka starting from Friday at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart.

Why Phillip Hughes is a bad choice

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 6, 2012: When Phillip Hughes first burst onto the first class scene, he was unbelievably good.

Cricket Australia fills Ricky Ponting void with Phil Hughes

By Nadene Smith

SYDNEY, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 6, 2012: The National Selection Panel of Cricket Australia on Thursday picked Phil Hughes over Usman Khawaja, Rob Quiney and Alex Doolan to fill up the void created by retirement of legendary Ricky Ponting.

Who can fill Ricky Ponting void in Australian cricket team?

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 6, 2012: The Cricket Australia announced Thursday Phillip Hughes as the replacement for Ricky Ponting who announced his Test retirement after the Perth Test.

Clarke, Hastings, Hilfenhaus, Hazlewood to miss Big Bash League opener

By Nadene Smith

SYDNEY, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 5, 2012: The most-anticipated Australian domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament is just a couple of days away but some of the biggest stars will not be part of the initial matches of the KFC Big Bash League 2012.

The Ashes battle to resume in November next year

By Nadene Smith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 22, 2012: The Cricket Australia (CA), on Thursday, made public the schedule for the 2013-14 Ashes series against England.

Australian cricket selection disasters

By Adrian Meredith 

MELBOURN, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 4, 2012: The fall from dominance since 2007 is claimed to be because of the absence of Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath - plus a range of other long term players with varying degrees of success. But those players could have been covered.

Why Rob Quiney SHOULD NOT replace Shane Watson?

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 4, 2012: I can hardly believe it but the Australian cricket selectors have just picked Rob Quiney to replace Shane Watson in the test team, and he is tipped to be "very likely" to make his test debut!

What is wrong with Australian Test squad?

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australian (TheSportsNEXT) October 30, 2012: The first Test match between Australia and South Africa is starting in Sydney from November 2, 2012 and TheSportsNEXT.com’s Adrian Meredith has come up with a list of problems that the Australian selectors made in announcing the 12 men to play in the opening Test match.

Mohinder Amarnath admires Cricket Australia's transparent AGM

By Bipin Dani

MUMBAI, India (TheSportsNEXT) October 26, 2012: Australia may have been the first cricketing nation, whose Annual General Meeting (AGM) was shown live on TV yesterday.

Why Brad Haddin should not be recalled

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 23, 2012: Australian captain Michael Clarke, vice captain Shane Watson and even chairman of selectors Inverarity have all said that Brad Haddin is in the mix for selection for the Australian test squad.

Kurtis Patterson: Future of Australian cricket?

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNext) August 7, 2012: Following the Under 19 matches, I happened to notice an Australian batsman by the name of Kurtis Patterson.

I noticed him because he top scored in a match against Pakistan Under 19s where he scored 83, virtually the only score above 20 in a match that Pakistan dominated.

Pakistani, Aussie players have tools to fight UAE heat

By Bipin Dani

MUMBAI (TheSportsNext) July 25, 2012: Australian players will do "everything possible" to keep themselves cool during the forthcoming home series against Pakistan in the summer heat of the UAE.

"I have liaised with Mr. Alex Kountouris, the Australian team physiotherapist, who confirms the standard processes we use to manage hydration when we regularly play cricket in hot weather, including here in Australia, will be used in the UAE.

Cricket Australia names preliminary squad for 2012 ICC World T20

By Nadene Smith

MELBOURNE (TheSportsNext) July 18, 2012: The National Selection Panel at the Cricket Australia (CA) made public a 30-man preliminary squad for the upcoming 2012 ICC World Twenty20 to be played in Sri Lanka in September and October.