'It's always been a little show': Aussie greats split over Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell's surprise omission from the Australian one-day squad has divided opinion, with Jeff Thomson arguing "he can't play" in a scathing assessment.
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'I got here at 3am and there were people in front of me'
Cricket fans line up in the early hours of the morning to secure seats.
Australia look to keep England winless in Ashes
Follow live action from day one at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
How an Australian Aboriginal team became cricket pioneers
Before the first Ashes, a remarkable team paved the way in 1868.
Sixers' poor form continues in Geelong
The Sixers suffered their fifth straight loss of the Big Bash on Wednesday, clobbered by the Renegades in Geelong.
Renegades keep firing by thrashing Sixers
The Melbourne Renegades suffocated the Sydney Sixers in their BBL clash to claim their third win from four matches this season.
Steve Waugh's classic hundred relived at the SCG
Fifteen years ago Australian captain Steve Waugh, battling to save his Test career, hit a century in Ashes Test at the SCG on the final ball of the day's play. It was for ...
Sixers lose in super over amidst farcical finish in WBBL
The Melbourne Renegades needed a super over to beat the Sixers on Wednesday after a premature final-ball celebration.
Smith smackdown of Maxwell exposes story behind axing
With 18 months to go until the next World Cup, the Victorian all-rounder is on the outer and for various reasons.
WBBL: Renegades escape after farcical ending
The Women's Big Bash League descended into high farce in Geelong on Wednesday after a premature celebration from the Melbourne Renegades almost cost them victory against the ...
Leg-spinner who played for NSW to debut for England in Sydney
Four years ago, amid the ruins of a failed Ashes campaign, England turned to a young leg-spinner, Scott Borthwick, as they hunted a consolation win. This time, it's Mason ...
The Ashes Effect: Barmy Army saving Sydney tourism
"For a group following a team that has lost so heavily, they are remarkably upbeat".
Simply the best: The SCG should resist the pitch for change
The Sydney Cricket Ground craps all over Australia's other Ashes venues. No apologies are necessary for the c-word: cricket. But the SCG will hold its premier position only ...
The records that could move Smith closer to Bradman
The door is wide open for Steve Smith to finish a golden Test summer in the company of Don Bradman.
Poor pitch rating a wake-up call for MCG: Smith
The Test captain says the Melbourne stadium can't afford to prepare another substandard wicket.
Behrendorff might not be back til after summer
Perth Scorchers coach Justin Langer says Canberra quick Jason Behrendorff's summer could be over.
SCG Test: Starc to return for fifth Test
Mitchell Starc has pulled up well and will play the Ashes series finale that starts at the SCG on Thursday.
Pride can help Starc beat the pain barrier for fifth Test
Australian paceman knows the SCG conditions and how to use them.
'Waste of $$$$': Warner slams ex-England spinner
Chris Lynn and Brendon McCullum may have put on a show at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday night, but the biggest shot of the night game not via the willow, but by the ...
Sixers spinner O'Keefe to miss rest of BBL
Steve O'Keefe's bid to return to the Australian cricket fold has been dashed by an ankle injury which will rule him out for the rest of the Big Bash League season.
Woakes to miss fifth Ashes Test, Crane to debut
Legspinner Mason Crane's hopes of making his Test debut in Sydney have been boosted with paceman Chris Woakes in doubt for the Ashes series finale.
Maxwell axed from Australian one-day squad
Test wicketkeeper Tim Paine was confirmed as the ODI gloveman, unseating Matthew Wade, but selectors dropped a bombshell with the omission of Maxwell.
England must learn to manage young bowlers' workloads
Playing in pain is part of the job – the trick is to figure out how to cope in the long-term.
Perth Scorchers pace duo officially ruled out for BBL season
After a promising start to the season, the Scorchers are set to lose Jason Behrendorff and Nathan Coulter-Nile for the remainder of the season.
BBL live: Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers
Follow the action live as the Renegades and the Sixers go head to head.
Swepson reveals Warne's advice
He's Mitchell Swepson's most high-profile and outspoken supporter, and Shane Warne has also helped the emerging Queensland leg-spinner with the mental side of bowling.
Maxwell lashes 'putrid' Stars
Glenn Maxwell launched into a scathing assessment of the Melbourne Stars' showings to start the Big Bash League season, repeatedly describing their early-season cricket as ...
Stars in trouble after crushing loss
James Faulkner claimed in the lead-up to this match that things hadn't yet reached "panic stations" for the Melbourne Stars.
Wade makes way for Paine for ODIs
Tim Paine is set to be handed the gloves for Australia for the upcoming one-day series against England in a development that would cement him as the country's leading ...
It's official: ICC rates MCG pitch as 'poor'
The Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch on which the Boxing Day Test was played has officially been labelled "poor" by the International Cricket Council, in a highly embarrassing ...