Sports writer with The Age
Players association chief Alistair Nicholson insists cricketers have begun negotiations over pay and conditions in good faith and reiterated the need for all top players to continue to share in the current revenue model.
Cricket Australia will not make the wearing of neck guards compulsory until it is scientifically proven they will protect players from the type of hit that claimed Phillip Hughes' life.
Cricket Australia's hopes of staging an Ashes Test next summer at a new Perth Stadium are fading.
Mitchell Starc thanked South African great Allan Donald for his advice as the Australian spearhead claimed the key wicket on day one of the second Test and the best figures of an Australian fast bowler in Sri Lanka.
Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood hopes Australia has inflicted some early mental scars after the tourists shredded Sri Lanka's batting order on the opening day of the first Test.
Cricket Australia says a spat over Muttiah Muralitharan's involvement in preparing the tourists for their Test series against Sri Lanka has been resolved.
Andrew Holden, former editor-in-chief of The Age, has been appointed Cricket Australia's new head of communications.
Australian captain Steve Smith has urged Mitch Marsh to show "intent" with the bat in order to rubber-stamp the all-rounder's role, as the tourists seriously contemplate bowling first if they win the toss in the series opener against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
A refreshed David Warner has declared his injured finger has healed and he is "ready to go" in Tuesday's first Test against Sri Lanka.
Australia's reinvigorated hopes of again emerging as a subcontinent slayer begin in earnest on Tuesday when Steve Smith's men confront a rebuilding Sri Lanka in the island nation.
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