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New world threat to Ashes

New world threat to AshesGideon Haigh

What protects the Ashes has at least as much to do with cents as sentiment.

    Captain talks up Wade

    Australian cricket captain Steve Smith speak to the media during a press conference ahead of first Sheffield Shield match of the season between NSW and SA, at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Thursday, October 26, 2017. (AAP Image/Macmahon) NO ARCHIVINGPeter Lalor

    Steve Smith’s job description for the Australian wicketkeeper this season appears to be a blow for Peter Nevill.

      Perry ban doesn’t stop Stars

      Ellyse Perry of Australia receives the ball during the second One Day International match between Australia and England at Coffs Harbour International Stadium in Coffs Harbour, Thursday, October 26, 2017. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAPWill Swanton

      Australia bowler Ellyse Perry was last night controversially forced out of the attack for dangerous bowling.

        Wade wants runs on the board

        Australian cricketer Matthew Wade plays a shot during the fifth one-day international cricket match against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on October 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / PUNIT PARANJPE / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT

        Matthew Wade is confident he will weather a mighty challenge to his place in Australia’s Test XI.

          Carey gets gilt-edge chance

          South Australian Redbacks player Alex Carey is seen before a press conference ahead of the first Sheffield Shield match of the season between NSW and SA, at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Thursday, October 26, 2017. (AAP Image/Ben Macmahon) NO ARCHIVING

          Wicketkeeper Alex Carey will get a golden chance to push his Test claims against star-studded NSW from today.

            Bulls hopefuls stumble early

            QLD v VIC - Sheffield Shield: Day 1

            Queensland’s trio of Ashes hopefuls stumbled in their pink-ball Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria.

              Gayle ‘scared around women’

              West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle arrives to the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney, Thursday, October 26, 2017. Gayle alleges Fairfax Media wrongly suggested he had exposed himself to a woman. (AAP Image/David Moir) NO ARCHIVINGSAM BUCKINGHAM-JONES, LAURA O’SHANNASSY

              Chris Gayle has become ‘very reserved and scared’ since being accused of exposing himself, his close friend believes.

                Gayle ‘scared’ around females

                West Indies' cricketer Chris Gayle arrives to the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney, Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Gayle alleges Fairfax Media wrongly suggested he had exposed himself to a woman. (AAP Image/David Moir) NO ARCHIVINGSAM BUCKINGHAM-JONES, LAURA O’SHANNASSY

                Star cricketer Chris Gayle feels everyone is out to get him after being accused of flashing a female masseuse, a court has heard.

                  Masseuse ‘plotted’, Gayle claims

                  Leanne Russell arrives to the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney, Wednesday, October 25, 2017. West Indies' cricketer Chris Gayle alleges Fairfax Media wrongly suggested he had exposed himself to a woman. (AAP Image/David Moir) NO ARCHIVINGSAM BUCKINGHAM-JONES, LAURA O’SHANNASSY

                  The massage therapist at the centre of lurid claims against Chris Gayle has been accused in court of plotting to have him sacked.

                    Shield to urn their Ashes spot

                    (FILES) This file photo taken on November 26, 2015 shows a pink cricket ball seen on the Adelaide Oval ground ahead of the first day-night cricket Test match between New Zealand and Australia in Adelaide. Australia will play two day-night Tests against South Africa and Pakistan next southern summer in a revamp of home international scheduling, a report said on April 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN / --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE--Peter Lalor

                    The Sheffield Shield is back today in a round that is one of the most important in recent memory.

                      Project Pat is ready to relaunch

                      Pat CumminsPeter Lalor

                      If ever there was a resource this country’s cricketing boffins were keen to rebuild, Pat Cummins is it.

                        Smith reveals bar room gamble

                        Australian Test cricket captain Steve Smith poses for a photograph at the launch of his book "The Journey", at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Tuesday, October 24, 2017. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVINGPeter Lalor

                        Steve Smith captaincy and technique were thought bubbles which wandered in from stage left.

                          Ashes series rides Matildas’ wave

                          Australia v England - 1st Women's ODIWill Swanton

                          Even schooner-guzzling old blokes went a little slack-jawed when Alex Blackwell steered Australia home on Sunday.

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