Hopes high, Swepson prepares to play Bangladesh
Mitchell Swepson will prepare to play in Australia's coming Test series against Bangladesh but concedes he is probably third in line behind fellow spinners Nathan Lyon and ...
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Englishman goes from NSW leggie to Ashes wildcard
Englishman Mason Crane might be on his way back to Australia to help his country defend the Ashes.
New MOU to maintain Cricket ACT's independence from Cricket NSW
Cricket ACT chief executive Cameron French says maintaining independence from Cricket NSW is a key issue for his board.
Ex-NSW spinner wins England Test call-up
England may be preparing to unleash one-time NSW legspinner Mason Crane on the Ashes after his selection in the Test squad for the West Indies series.
Canberra's Behrendorff set to launch into Ashes contention
Jason Behrendorff has outlined a burning desire to force his way into the national side.
Cricket ACT reveal ambitious sell-out plan for women's Ashes
Cameron French has revealed a bold plan to pack out Manuka Oval for two women's Ashes matches.
Blewett out, Haddin is new fielding coach
Australia's new fielding coach Brad Haddin wants his side to reach the lofty standards set by Andrew Symonds and Ricky Ponting.
Lanning shoulder decision expected next week
Meg Lanning saw a shoulder specialist on Thursday ahead of impending surgery which could rule her out of the Ashes.
Steve Smith relishing a return to cricket
It's been two months since Steve Smith picked up a bat, but the Australian skipper is raring to return to cricket as the road to the Ashes begins.
BBL homecomings expected for Victorians
The upcoming Big Bash League season is poised to be a homecoming for several Victorian guns with Jon Holland expected to join the Melbourne Renegades and veteran Brad Hodge a ...
Ali leads England to Test series win over South Africa
Moeen Ali led with bat and ball to take England to a 177-run victory over South Africa in the fourth Test at Old Trafford, wrapping up a home series win over the Proteas for ...
Peter Nevill says cricket has set benchmark for gender pay equality
Test wicket-keeper Peter Nevill says Australian cricketers have set the benchmark for gender pay equality after historic MOU.
Warner regrets how pay dispute played out
'Wounds need to be healed', says Australian batsman after resolution of cricket's bitter pay war.
Thunder eye three international signings
The Sydney Thunder are confident of landing three international signings for the upcoming WBBL season.
Pattinson out of Bangladesh tour with back problem
Australia's fast-bowling stocks have taken another hit with James Pattinson ruled out of this month's Test tour of Bangladesh.
When the bucks stop, what does sport have up its sleeve?
Manchester United is negotiating a $20 million deal for a shirt sleeve sponsor. The suitor is Tinder, the dating app.
Cricket pay deal: ACT's Osborne backs financial boost and chases Australian recall
ACT spinner Erin Osborne hopes she can win back her spot in the Australian team.
Bangladesh tour: Who replaces Starc?
While the nervous wait for a new pay deal is over for Australia's cricketers, for a handful of fast bowlers there is now a waiting game of another kind.
Players' union president takes parting swipe at CA
With cricket's pay war finally over, players union president Greg Dyer has issued a thiny-veiled swipe at Cricket Australia for its role in the protracted dispute, but CA ...
Pay stoush: Some shares are more equal than others
As industrial battles go, this was hardly the waterside workers dispute of 1997. Rather, it was how a rich sport was going to divide its spoils between mostly well-paid ...
Peace deal ends pay war
Australian players claim a revenue share win as the long and bitter wage dispute with Cricket Australia is finally settled.
Australian sporting codes at the crossroads
Some codes have travelled so far down the corporate path, they are too business-oriented to be called a sport.
'Drafting' issues delay resolution to Australian cricket pay dispute
Parties worked deep into Wednesday night in a bid to thrash out a peace deal and end Australian cricket's ugly pay dispute.
Fierce Warner won't get blowback from CA: Smith
Steve Smith doesn't expect David Warner to cop any blowback when the time comes for Australian cricket's feuding rivals to smoke the peace pipe.
Cricket pay dispute on the edge
Australian cricket's interminable pay talks were still on the edge on Tuesday night as negotiating parties from both sides went back and forth on key terms for a new pay deal.
Dodemaide steps down as 'New Six' plan CV board spill
Cricket Victoria chief executive Tony Dodemaide has revealed he plans to step down, coming at a time when a rival ticket wants to challenge the governing body's board of directors.
Hussey rapt with 'frustrating' pay dispute set to end
Australian cricket's biggest industrial war since World Series Cricket is almost over.
Moeen hat-trick seals huge England win
Spinner Moeen Ali finished off South Africa with a hat-trick as England completed a crushing 239-run victory in the third Test at the Oval to move 2-1 ahead in the series.
Cricket pay war nearing end after marathon talks
The industrial war that has paralysed Australian cricket is all but over with the game's warring parties set to strike a new pay deal that would lift the game out of crisis.
Cross-code stars expected to put WBBL before AFLW
Cross-code stars Jess Cameron and Emma Kearney will be expected to fulfil their cricket engagements should the AFL Women's season start on the same weekend of the Women's Big ...