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BBL manipulates us – and we love it
Six years in, I am still unsure whether the Big Bash League is a genius-level cricket innovation, a sleight-of-hand trick of marketing flimflam, the perfect wallpaper for ...
Six years in, I am still unsure whether the Big Bash League is a genius-level cricket innovation, a sleight-of-hand trick of marketing flimflam, the perfect wallpaper for ...
The first day of a new series is like a test tube, where all the ingredients are mixed to see how they react to one another and what they make, but hopefully to avoid an explosion.
Cricket Australia says its controversial stance on pregnant women's players.
Matt Renshaw took to the crease Thursday with a calm assurance that's not often associated with youth.
Mickey Arthur had his fair share of internal issues to contend with when he ran the Australian team and there has already been a touch of drama with his Pakistan squad on this ...
The opener needed a further nine runs and an intact wicket to entice his proud parents to the Gabba as they juggled family milestones.
Another Steve Smith century has left Australia in a commanding position in the first Test against Pakistan, who were left to rue a stunning non-appeal when the Australian ...
The Australian Cricketers' Association claims that players receive less than 20 per cent of the revenue generated by the game rather than the quarter agreed under the last ...
Follow all the action as Australia and Pakistan go head-to-head in the first of their three Tests.
ACT Meteors captain Kris Britt says parental provisions is a "massive issue" for female players.
With allowances made for daylight savings, television schedules and stopping Queensland's curtains from fading, the inaugural pink-ball Test match at the Gabba started only ...
Brisbane fans have spoken with their feet as the Gabba undergoes the pink-ball experiment amid renewed questions about its place in the summer schedule.
Many women in the Big Bash would love to play cricket full time, top players say, contrary to Cricket Australia's claims that they enjoyed balancing sport with other work.
Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson has panned the decision to fixture a day- night Ashes clash next summer, saying it's just not Test cricket.
Adam Zampa laughs about it now, but knows he is lucky.
Cricket Australia general manager of team performance Pat Howard has admitted there are unfair disparities between the country's male and female playing contracts, which ...
The spin-friendly sub-continent is the ideal place for speedster Pat Cummins to be "let off the leash" by Australia, Brett Lee says.
Pakistan bowlers Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah have rejected suggestions of tension after they were involved in a heated exchange during training a day before the first Test ...
National selector Mark Waugh believes Australia's all-out pace will be simply too much for Pakistan to cope with in the first Test at the Gabba.
BBL games loom as the best option to fill the void of international cricket in Canberra as powerbrokers plan to meet in Sydney.
Nathan Lyon surged back into wicket-taking form in Adelaide and has a better record at the Gabba than at any other Australian venue, so it seems unthinkable he could be left ...
CA says bonus payments should be elevated for series and tournaments that have proved most difficult to win such as the Test campaign on the subcontinent and the World ...
The last time Mohammed Amir appeared in Australia, he became the second-youngest man to take five wickets in a Test innings. He was 17. He returns aged 24, with only 15 more ...
Comeback kid Pat Cummins says next year's tour of India will come too soon for him despite his successful return to international cricket.
The Pakistan captain believes a vault of experience can help his team win the key moments in the three-Test series against Australia.
Given the events of May 2013, Mickey Arthur's confessed feelings about coaching Pakistan against Australia are even less 'surreal' than the fact that it is Darren Lehmann who ...
Peter Siddle's return from his latest back flare-up has been delayed.
A pink ball. A green top. Maybe some grey skies.
Cricket Australia believes the success of the Big Bash League is not dependent on the availability of Australian International players, meaning there's little chance the sport ...
Veteran all-rounder Lisa Sthalekar is eyeing a Women's Big Bash League title before retirement.
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