Root makes his mark with captain's knock
Joe Root has enjoyed a dream start as England captain and was pleased he was already able to lead by example.
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Fears mounting of Ashes boycott
Fears are mounting of a disastrous Ashes boycott after players took the extraordinary step of cancelling a tour as Australian cricket's bitter pay dispute intensified on Thursday.
Bangladesh expect Australia to tour
The Bangladesh Cricket Board expects Australia to tour next month despite the cancellation of this month's Australia A tour of South Africa.
Australia A tour of South Africa called off
The bitter pay dispute in Australian cricket has escalated further with the Australia A tour of South Africa officially cancelled on Thursday morning.
Australia A tour boycotted as pay dispute continues
Australia's players chose to withdraw from the Australia A tour of South Africa.
Lanning expected to play England
Australian coach Matthew Mott expects captain Meg Lanning to return for Sunday's crunch clash against England.
'Pretty special': Australia demolish Pakistan at World Cup
Australia has thrashed Pakistan by 159 runs at Leicester to make it four wins from as many starts at this World Cup.
Australia star out of Pakistan game
A shoulder injury has ruled Captain Meg Lanning out of Wednesday's World Cup clash with Pakistan in Leicester.
The decision that's a 'red flag' for Test cricket
The absence of AB de Villiers this week for the first Test between England and South Africa at Lord's has been described as a "red flag" for the future of Test cricket.
CA should cut its own costs first: Chappell
Former Test captain Ian Chappell says Cricket Australia should cut its own costs to free up cash.
Pakistan ready to attack Australia in Cricket World Cup
Pakistan refuse to be intimidated by Australia ahead of Wednesday's World Cup clash in Leicester.
Players give CA chance to save 'A' tour of South Africa
Players are prepared to give Cricket Australia as late as Friday to make genuine progress in pay talks and save the Australia A tour to South Africa.
Former Test spinner diagnosed with brain cancer
Family and friends of Robert Holland are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst as the former Test cricketer fights an aggressive brain cancer.
Cricket pay fight could hit Indigenous squad plans
The indigenous cricket squads, announced on Tuesday, are also caught up in the ugly pay fight splitting players and the sport's governing body.
Australians label Younis tweet 'offensive'
Waqar Younis has been slammed for his offensive tweet about women's cricket ahead of Australia's clash with Pakistan.
Former foe Smith slams Cricket Australia
Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith has slammed Cricket Australia's stance in the ongoing pay scrap.
'There is nothing we can do': South Africa planning for Australia A boycott
Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat has revealed alternative plans are already being hatched to cover for the absence of an Australia A team for a series ...
Perry to unleash secret weapon against Pakistan
Pakistan's top order should brace for an Ellyse Perry onslaught in Leicester on Wednesday.
Former Australian Test batsmen in public spat over cricket pay saga
​The war of words over Australian cricket's pay saga continues to bubble, with former Test openers Ed Cowan and Michael Slater sharing a heated argument on breakfast radio.
CA stick by polarising comments made at MCG meeting
Cricket Australia high performance manager Pat Howard is sticking by polarising comments he made to members of Victoria's squad at a meeting he MCG on Monday.
Top cricketers could be subcontracted to save Ashes
Players could be subcontracted to Cricket Australia to rescue marquee series, including the Ashes, if the damaging pay crisis threatens the home summer of cricket.
Australia beat New Zealand in Cricket World Cup
Australia prove too good for New Zealand with a five-wicket win in glorious sunshine in Bristol.
Ashes might not be dust after all
Priorities emerge after the latest twist in the ever more vexed and vexatious cricket pay war.
Emergency meeting: Cricketers warned of Ashes threat
As Australia's cricketers head into an emergency meeting in Sydney on Sunday, they have been reminded about potentially being barred from this summer's Ashes series should ...
NZ set to offer a stiffer test for Aussies
Australia are bracing themselves for the stiffest test of their Cricket World Cup campaign when they take on New Zealand in Bristol.
Warner says cricket's pay fight has made him lose 'family'
Australian vice-captain David Warner says the ugly pay fight with Cricket Australia means his 'workplace' no longer feels like family, ahead of a pivotal vote by players on Sunday.
Hit for six: How cricket's pay war got to this
When preliminary negotiations for a new pay deal between Cricket Australia and its players began in October, industry insiders tipped this one to be different. Even ugly.
Hazlewood: Cricketers ready to wake up unemployed
Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood says Australia's top cricketers are ready to wake up unemployed on Saturday, amid an extraordinary declaration from Cricket Australia that $1.2 ...
Learning to live without a national cricket team
Good morning, Australia. How does it feel to not have a national cricket team?
Rival factions must drop hostilities and do a deal now
Cricket in Australia is not so strong that it can take much more of this dogfight. Its long-assumed and assured title as the national game is wobbly.