Cricket Australia (CA) have named a 15-member list of players to form the Shooting Stars squad which will provide back-up to the full Southern Stars Women's squad.
"The Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars is an open age squad that comprises players who have shown good performances in state cricket or during the recent Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars tour to New Zealand," National Selection Panel chair Julie Savage said.
Cricket Australia have announced that bowling coach Craig McDermott and Women's National Coach Richard McInnes have both stepped down.
McDermott was appointed 12 months ago while McInnes had been with CA for seven years.
Australia have included all-rounder Mitchell Johnson in their One-Day International squad which will tour England for five ODIs in June and July.
Johnson has been on the sidelines with a foot injury, undergoing surgery in December and is now poised to make a return to limited overs cricket, replacing Daniel Christian in the 15-man squad.
The only three-figure score this week was from Matthew Wade, who hit his maiden Test century in Australia's first innings in Dominica. He came to the crease with the visitors on 157 for five having just lost their captain Michael Clarke, and proceeded to score 106 off 146 balls to take Australia to 328 - a total which proved to be enough on a typically turgid West Indies pitch.
Australia ended brave resistance from the West Indies to win the third and final Test in Dominica by 75 runs and claim a 2-0 series win in the process.
Set 370 to win, the West Indies resumed on 173 for five and despite a battling half-century from captain Darren Sammy, were dismissed for 294 in their second innings.
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The second Test between the West Indies and Australia ended in a draw as rain prevented the two sides playing to a finish in Trinidad.
The West Indie swere 53 for two having been set 215 to win in 61 overs when play was called off, leaving Australia 1-0 up with one match to play.
Australian fast bowlers James Pattinson and Peter Siddle are returning home from the West Indies having suffered back injuries.
Siddle missed the second Test while Pattinson injured his back during the course of the game and neither player will recover in time for the third and final game, which begins on 23rd April in Dominica.
Stuart Law will take on a new role as High Performance Coach at the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence when he returns to Australia later this year.
He recently announced his decision to resign as Bangladesh head coach and will leave his post in June having completed a year in Bangladesh.
Ryan Harris was named man of the match in Barbados, making him the obvious choice for this week's Cricket World Player of the Week. The Queensland fast-bowler hit a career-best 68 not out in Australia's first innings and was at the crease when the winning runs were hit in the second. He also managed to take three for 31 with the ball in the home side's second innings.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board has approved plans to increase the number of participants in the ICC World Twenty20 to 16 from 2014.
Following the first executive board meeting since the Woolf report recommended major changes to its corporate governance, some changes will be implemented.
Australia completed a three-wicket victory with around an hour to spare on the final day of the first Test against the West Indies to snatch a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
After the West Indies were bowled out for 148 in their second innings, Shane Watson's half-century handed Australia enough runs, despite some late jitters, to reach a victory target of 192.
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Cricket Australia (CA) have made just three changes to their contracted list of women's players for the 2012-13 season with Melissa Bulow the only newcomer.
Shelley Nitschke has retired and Annie-Rose Maloney has been omitted from the list of 18 players for the period which includes the ICC Womens' World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka and the Women's World Cup in India.
The touring Australians duly wrapped up an eight-wicket victory early on the final day of their match against the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President's XI in Barbados.
THey had been set 86 to win and they lost two wickets before advancing their overnight score of 30 without loss to 87 for two to complete a comfortably success.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed which venues will host matches in the 2012/13 season when New Zealand, England and Australia visit.
New Zealand will play two Test matches and two Twenty20 Internationals in August and September, England tour for four Tests, two Twenty20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals between November 2012 and January 2013 before Australia play four Tests in February and March.
Australian seamers Mitchell Johnson and Steve Magoffin have agreed terms to be overseas players at Durham and Sussex respectively.
The West Indies beat Australia by 14 runs in the second and final Twenty20 International in Barbados to tie the series at 1-1, following an equally tight One-Day International series, where the two sides drew 2-2.
A dashing half-century from Dwayne Smith preceded an Australian fightback which saw the West Indies bowled out for 160 but despite David Warner hitting 58, Australia could only reach 146 for nine in reply.
Australia will go into the second and final Twenty20 International against the West Indies in Barbados with an unchanged team following their eight-wicket success in the first match.
Following an impressive all-round performance in Saint Lucia, where Daniel Christian took three wickets and Shane Watson and Michael Hussey hit half-centuries, Australia have kept faith with the same team.
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India are looking to make amends for their poor performance in the Asia Cup when they play South Africa in a lone Twenty20 International in Johannesburg, a game in which South Africa may hand debuts to three players.
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