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Shane Palmer takes a look at why Matthew Wade is the right man to take over for veteran keeper Brad Haddin behind the stumps.

As the year draws to an end, Farhan Shah gives us a run-down of the sporting highlights of 2011 and casts his eyes to 2012.

New skipper Michael Clarke has yet to win the hearts of Australia’s cricket supporters. But Ben Waterworth believes individual and collective success on the field will have fans changing their minds very quickly.

If you live, eat and breathe sports, you can’t go past the National Sports Museum, as Natalie Savino found out.

Australia has won the past three ICC World Cup’s in emphatic style. But Ben Waterworth believes India will end the Aussies’ trophy aspirations tonight in the tournament’s second quarter-final match.

Despite clearly edging a delivery to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal on Saturday night, Ricky Ponting refused to head back to the pavilion. But Jake D’Amato believes the Australian skipper should’ve walked and shown some honesty at a time where cricket seems to be losing its sense of sportsmanship.

Australia hasn’t lost a cricket World Cup match since 1999 and Ben Waterworth believes that winning streak will continue on Saturday night against an unpredictable Pakistan outfit.

In perhaps the most important group match of the Cricket World Cup so far, Ben Waterworth believes a confident Sri Lankan side – spurred on by a vocal home crowd – should be too good for Australia.

On Monday Australia plays Zimbabwe in their first match in this year’s Cricket World Cup. Ben Waterworth considers the Aussies tournament prospects four years after they last emerged victorious.

Can South Australia topple New South Wales to make it two on the trot in Saturday’s Twenty20 Big Bash final? Ben Waterworth previews the match, which will be held at the Adelaide Oval.