Tough call: CA weighs up revamp of selection panel
Cricket Australia will weigh up a radical change to its selection panel with two positions possibly scrapped to make what has been seen as a more accountable model.
Jon Pierik is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, cricket and basketball. He has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
Cricket Australia will weigh up a radical change to its selection panel with two positions possibly scrapped to make what has been seen as a more accountable model.
Batting kingpins Steve Smith and David Warner will adopt different strategies when it comes to preparing to combat India's bowlers on the sub-continent next month.
Selection chairman Trevor Hohns is open to retaining the top role on a permanent basis in a summer in which he has guided Australian cricket back from the throes of despair.
James Pattinson has declared he is ready to banish almost 12 months of frustration as the Melbourne Renegades and Australian pace ace returns to battle in Saturday night's Big Bash League derby.
Bookmakers have reported heightened interest from punters in the Big Bash League this season, with estimates suggesting at least $50 million will be gambled on Saturday night's derby between the Melbourne Renegades and Stars.
Fast-bowling great Wasim Akram says Mitchell Starc must work on his away-swinger to be the true great he could be.
Brad Hogg was espousing the need for players and administrators to handle the growing beast that is the Big Bash League with care, when he back-tracked slightly.
Melbourne Stars captain David Hussey will hope his middle order can click and provide much needed drive when they face struggling champions Sydney Thunder on Wednesday night.
Darren Lehmann says the challenge for his Australian team in the new year is to flourish in more unforgiving conditions, having emerged against Pakistan victorious on a flat MCG deck.
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq could take the extraordinary step of quitting ahead of next week's third Test as a result of the fall-out of the losing Boxing Day clash.
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