The defending champions were 52/2 at one stage, but could only add one run to their innings total, which also came from a wide.

Victoria were on the receiving end of some huge praise for their act of sportsmanship against South Australia batter Jake Fraser-McGurk during Day 2 of their Sheffield Shield match at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday

Chaos reigned supreme during a Women's National Cricket League match between Victoria Women and New South Wales Women on Sunday as the Melbourne weather set in.

Sheffield Shield: The incident took place during the second session on Day 4 as NSW skipper Daniel Hughes was hit on the leg by Victoria pacer James Pattinson's reckless throw.

Cricket Australia confirmed that the iconic Boxing Day Test would stay at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Injured pacer James Pattinson targets Australia's upcoming tours of the Caribbean and Ashes for International come-back

Phillip Hughes strengthened his chances of making a cut for the Adelaide Test by scoring his second century in his third consecutive Sheffield Shield game.

Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday, fined spinner Ashton Agar 25 percent of his match fee for breaching the Code of Behaviour during Western Australia's Bupa Sheffield Shield match against the Victoria Bushrangers at the WACA.

Ahmed played three Sheffield Shield games for Victoria late last season and took 16 wickets at 28.37, bringing him to the notice of Australian selectors given a dearth of spin bowlers of Test quality.

Ahmed is eligible to play for Australia as soon as he is granted citizenship, although under International Cricket Council guidelines he can also play for his adopted country once he has lived at least half of four consecutive years there.

James Pattinson, the Australian fast bowler who was left out of the World Twenty20 probables' list due to fitness issues, withdrew from the Australia A squad in England due to an abdominal strain, according to a report in The Age.

James Pattinson's astonishing debut has exposed the often vast disparity between state and national coaching philosophies in Australia, one of the central problems identified by the Argus review.