Former fast bowler Merv Hughes has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, the country's cricket board said on Tuesday.

The Australians have signalled a determination to be more match-hardened for the start of the Ashes after a hefty loss to ...

Almost 150 years of cricket’s fiercest rivalry, the Ashes, has been put on hold. All it took was for one of England’s greatest players, Lord Ian Botham, to find himself in mortal danger in ...

Botham, known as “Beefy”, accidentally fell into the crocodile-infested waters reportedly after his flip-flops got tangled on a rope as he boarded the boat. Hughes, 62, helped pull Botham from the ...

The whole story, with its crocodiles and sharks, was quintessential Botham. The man is a Boy’s Own comic in human form. And the fact that he was rescued by Merv Hughes – the Australian fast bowler ...

SYDNEY — England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia. Botham, along ...

MELBOURNE, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Former Australia fast bowler Merv Hughes has called for pacemen to send down an early bouncer in Australia's first test against India to "clear the air" in the wake of ...

England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham was rescued by his former rival after a fall into a crocodile-infested river in Australia. The 68-year-old was on a four-day fishing trip with his former Ashes ...

Bird, who officiated in 66 Tests and 76 one-day internationals, was a household name in cricket-playing nations.

SYDNEY (AP) — England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia. Botham, ...