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Postponement of IPL leaves Australian players stranded in India
The sensational development came after a member of David Warner’s team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, became the latest player to test positive to coronavirus.
- by Andrew Wu and Malcolm Conn
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Clarkson papering over Hawthorn cracks: Cornes
Champion coach Alastair Clarkson is papering over a flawed list and must finally look to the draft, Kane Cornes says.
PM brands Slater's 'blood on hands' call absurd
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has branded 'absurd' comments from cricket great Michael Slater that he has 'blood on his hands' over the India travel.
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IPL
Raft of positive tests plunges IPL into further turmoil
The Indian Premier League has been rocked by another COVID-19 scare, with Kolkata Knight Riders players and staff isolating after multiple players fell ill.
- by Daniel Cherny and Malcolm Conn
Community leaders slam charter flight request to bring IPL stars home
Indian-Australian community members say bringing cricket stars home while thousands of Australians remain stranded would not be well received.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Lynn charter flight call 'rich': Taylor
Chris Lynn's call for Cricket Australia to charter a flight back from India was "a bit rich", former Australian captain Mark Taylor says.
CA’s cultural reviewer endorses Smith return to national captaincy
Dr Simon Longstaff, who led the probe of CA’s operations in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, also expressed disappointment with a delay in implementing a key recommendation.
- by Daniel Cherny
Volcanic ash forces re-think for Windies tour venues
Australia’s players are due to fly to the Caribbean in late June for a suite of white ball matches in the lead up to this year’s Twenty20 World Cup.
- by Andrew Wu
Opinion
IPL
‘We can give back’: Easy to condemn IPL from afar but far more complex for players
We can argue the case, but are our opinions at home really more important than a member of the IPL caravan living in a lockdown bubble amid a deathly crisis?
- by Malcolm Knox
‘They shut the avenue off’: Umpire Reiffel thwarted in bid to leave IPL
Former Test seamer turned umpire Paul Reiffel had his bags packed and tickets booked for a flight to Sydney from Doha only to be told he would have to stay in India.
- by Andrew Wu
Opinion
IPL
Cricket lurches on through India’s COVID crisis, but Olympics don’t have the same support
The IPL continuing amid India’s COVID tidal wave is a testament to the country’s attachment to cricket. Japan has no such attachment to the Olympics.
- by Peter FitzSimons