Australia’s state cricketers are in for a rapid lesson in handling world-class spin after Sri Lanka’s mystery tweaker Ajantha Mendis signed for South Australia in next season’s Twenty20 competition. But the Redbacks players will be equally tested on the field with the news that Victoria...

Brad Hodge hurt Queensland during his marathon 261 before Victoria tried to crush them by batting on to a massive 5 for 656. The teams are a chance of meeting again in Friday’s final, but after the past two days it would be understandable if the Bulls could think of nothing worse than running into...

New South Wales have secured a major coup with Brendon McCullum, the big-hitting New Zealand wicketkeeper, drafted in to the state’s squad for the Australian domestic Twenty20 final in Sydney on Saturday. McCullum owns the most famous century in the format for his 158 off 73 balls in the opening...

Tasmania have kept their hopes of making the final alive with a comfortable 28-run win over New South Wales in the Twenty20 Big Bash clash at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. The Tigers dominated proceedings from start to finish after being sent in by Blues captain Simon Katich. Tigers’ openers Rhett Lockyear...

Victoria remained on top of the Twenty20 points table with a 78-run win over Western Australia at the MCG. Brad Hodge scored a 54-ball 73 and added 78 with David Hussey to take the Bushrangers to 183. Western Australia started their chase well, with the openers adding 38 before Liam Davis was bowled...

An electrifying 65 from David Warner led New South Wales to a four-wicket win over South Australia in their Twenty20 Big Bash encounter at the Adelaide Oval. While on paper the victory with 10 balls to spare looked comfortable enough, in reality it was far from it.

Tasmania face a tense morning on the third day after moving 45 short of first-innings points with only two wickets remaining. On a slow day the Tigers moved cautiously to 8 for 186, scoring at less than two an over, against a Queensland attack that picked up regular wickets.

An insipid second innings from Western Australia set up a comfortable eight-wicket win for Victoria at the MCG, where the home side was set 56 for victory. Steve Magoffin made a couple of breakthroughs in the chase before Chris Rogers brought up Victoria’s fourth win of the campaign with a six.

Damien Wright caused the early trouble before his team-mates provided the support as Western Australia were dismissed for 211 on the opening day in Melbourne. Wright captured the first four wickets as Victoria controlled proceedings and suffocated the Warriors, whose brightest moments came during David...

Tasmania regrouped brilliantly after the New South Wales opener David Warner blasted 97 from 54 balls, taking four wickets in the last ten overs, but Aaron Bird kept his cool to clinch a last-ball tie at Bellerive Oval. Tasmania had set the Blues 292 and Warner’s innings carried plenty of weight...