The Australian Domestic Cricket structure is made up of five competitions which include the Sheffield Shield, Ryobi One Day Cup, KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, the Cricket Australia Cup and the Women’s national Cricket League. The Australian sides who participate in all forms of Domestic competition include The New South Wales Blues, Queensland Bulls, Southern Redbacks, Tasmanian Tigers, Victorian Bushrangers and the Western Warriors. In domestic Cricket, the Blues are the most successful side in all forms of competition. Currently the Sheffield Shield title is held by Tasmania, The Ryobi One Day Cup by Victoria, and and the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash by Western Australia.
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Night of nights rounds out domestic cricket season
by Lisa Sthalekar, 4 Apr 2013
While the Australian cricket summer has officially finished, with domestic cricket and club cricket coming to a close for another year, the cricketing community hasn’t disappeared into the dark, cold climate of off-season just yet. We all had one last important engagement to fulfil. Instead of our putting on our spikes, suncream and zinc, we [...]
Steve Waugh medallist Gurinder may be a bolter for the Ashes
by Kersi Meher-Homji, 31 Mar 2013
He is 19-years-old, stands six-foot three inches tall, his hero is England’s all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and a few days ago he won the Steve Waugh Medal for the best NSW player of 2012-13. He is Gurinder Sandhu. Of Indian origin but born in Blacktown, he has was pivotal in NSW’s Sheffield Shield defeat of South [...]
Dont tamper with Ashton Agar: Langer
by Justin Chadwick, 20 Mar 2013
Western Australia coach Justin Langer has urged development coaches around Australia not to tinker with the technique of rising spinner Ashton Agar. Agar is one of the hottest young spinners in the game, and linked with the national squad last month in order to help Australia’s batsmen prepare for their current series against India. The [...]
Anyone remember the Sheffield Shield?
by dynamitedave, 16 Mar 2013
With all the fuss Mickey Arthur and Michael Clarke have created over the Test team, I thought it would be good to get back to ground zero and look at the Sheffield Shield. Remember it? Maybe not, since there’s no coverage of it and it’s certainly not on the nightly news anymore. This weekend the [...]
Even at home Aussies are spin bunnies
by Arthur Pagonis, 9 Mar 2013
The bowlers in Sheffield Shield cricket have learnt the lesson of the India/Australia Test matches by bowling containing lines, but the batsmen had little success in the weekend’s three Shield games. In seven innings in the three games, not one team has topped 270. Using one’s feet seems to be a lost art in Australian [...]
The menu is full when the seasons overlap
by mds1970, 8 Mar 2013
Welcome to March. Unlike in the spring, the changing of the seasons is somewhat blurred, and at this time of year, it’s not uncommon for a multi-sport fan to feel somewhat overwhelmed. In the spring, there’s a clear divide. The AFL and NRL will have their grand finals. Then the cricket, A-League and the NBL [...]
Will cricket cash in on broadcast rights?
by Millsy29, 3 Mar 2013
Last Wednesday night there was a fantastic cricket match on at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. You may or may not have been watching. You may have not even known it was on. It was however, the Australian domestic 50 over cup final, or the Ryobi Cup as it is officially known. The game was a [...]
Ryobi Cup final preview
by DavisCup229, 24 Feb 2013
The MCG will host the 2012-2013 Ryobi One Day Cup final where two of the most consistent teams of Australian domestic cricket these past few years, Victoria Bushrangers and Queensland Bulls, will do battle on Wednesday, 27th February to see who will be crowned champions. Both teams will have near full-strength sides, but Queensland has [...]
State vs state back again after BBL final
by DavisCup229, 19 Jan 2013
The bright colours will be gone next week from the Australian state scene, with the domestic one-day cricket and first-class competitions kicking off after the end of the Big Bash League. Even with the quality of cricket on show for the better part of six weeks, it will be a welcome switch for a lot [...]
SA crush Queensland in one-dayer
by Steve Larkin, 22 Oct 2012
Run gluttons Phil Hughes and Michael Klinger feasted on Queensland to deliver South Australia a crunching nine-wicket victory in Sunday’s one-day match at Adelaide Oval. Responding to Queensland’s 189 all out, the Redbacks cruised to 1-192 in the 37th over, banking a bonus point for reaching their target within 40 overs. Hughes (95 not out) [...]
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The Aussie cricket team aren’t THAT bad
by nick richardson, 23 May 2013
I, along with many other Aussies, spent our autumn afternoons watching what was a disappointing showing by Australia in India. This sub-continent failure has caused an echo of comments relating to how bad the Aussies are and how easily England will steamroll the visitors. Unfortunately this one series has blown things out of proportion and [...]
Adam Gilchrist bows out Gangnam Style
by mactheblack, 23 May 2013
Whatever career Adam Gilchrist tries to pursue as a day job after retiring from all forms of cricket following a stint in the IPL, he should give dancing a shot. For Gilchrist proved on a balmy night in Dharmsala that he can swivel his hips as fast as he can wave his cricket bat. He [...]
Landmark day for women’s sport as cricket cuts a cheque
by Lisa Sthalekar, 23 May 2013
21 May 2013 is now no ordinary day in the Australian sporting calendar. It will go down in history as the day that women’s sport took a giant leap towards professionalism. On a sunny day in Sydney, with guests packed into Quay restaurant, James Sutherland, CEO of Cricket Australia, proudly announced that the Cricket Australia [...]
Cricket Australia fines Warner
by Jim Morton, 23 May 2013
Test batsman David Warner has promised to choose his words more carefully after being fined $5750 for breaching Cricket Australia’s code of behaviour. The multi-millionaire cricketer launched into News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn on Twitter on Saturday in response to an article published by Craddock which was critical of the Indian Premier [...]
Australians off to win back the urn
by Jacob Kratzmann, 23 May 2013
Today Australian Cricket Captain Michael Clarke, along with the rest of the squad to tour England, departed on their endeavor to win back the Urn. Included in that departing squad were the battling keepers, Brad Haddin and Matthew Wade, who will fight for the spot behind the stumps for the Aussies. They will have a [...]
Phil Hughes to meet Ashes mentor
by Ben Horne, 23 May 2013
Phil Hughes says the English county mentor who reinvented him as a Test batsman will play a key role in his Ashes preparation. Hughes credits Worcestershire coach Steve Rhodes with breathing new life into his career in 2012 after he was dumped from the Test side midway through the 2011/12 summer. The 24-year-old says Rhodes [...]
Mike Hussey’s hot form continues in IPL
by AAP, 23 May 2013
Retirement from cricket’s international ranks has failed to dampen the form of Mike Hussey, who produced another match-winning display in the Indian Premier League to lift his team into Sunday’s final. Hussey scored an unbeaten 86 off 58 deliveries to guide the Chennai Super Kings to a 48-run win over Mumbai Indians on Tuesday night. [...]
England banned from talking Ashes
by AAP, 23 May 2013
England might be overwhelming favourites to win the Ashes series, but the latest directive from coach Andy Flower suggests the champions aren’t feeling as comfortable as the bookies. The England press is reporting that Flower has banned his players talking about the Ashes until after the Champions Trophy is finished. Gagging his players ahead of [...]
IPL stars refused bail over spot fixing
by AFP, 22 May 2013
Three Indian cricket players were refused bail on Tuesday after they appeared in court on spot-fixing charges as police announced the arrest of a Bollywood actor over the scandal. A court in New Delhi agreed a five-day custody extension for former Test paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two teammates from the Rajasthan Royals who are accused [...]
DIZZY: It’s time for the Aussie batsmen to fulfill potential
by Jason Gillespie, 22 May 2013
Last week I talked about Australia’s seam bowlers. Let’s now look at Australia’s batting options for the upcoming Ashes series. Ed Cowan is a solid opening batsman, has a strong defence and plays the ball late and straight. These are great traits of a top order player. With a Test average of just over 30, [...]

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