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0 for $630,000: The most expensive player ever can’t buy a wicket
Starc’s record IPL auction price of $4.43 million back in December has not translated to on-field success for the Aussie pace bowler.
- by Malcolm Conn
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Smith all but guaranteed to open in India Tests
Australia’s selectors have all but guaranteed Steve Smith will stay at the top of the order for next summer’s Tests against India, leaving a race among the next rank to be called up whenever Smith or Usman Khawaja decide to retire
- by Daniel Brettig
Head stars as records tumble in 523-run IPL game
The Australian batsman blasted 62 off just 24 balls as part of a 68-run second-wicket stand for the Sunrisers … which lasted less than four overs.
Beyond Boxing Day: MCG Test crowds targeted for growth
Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test has been identified alongside Perth as two of the most underperforming games on the cricket calendar - not because of bumper crowds on December 26, but for the sharp drop-off afterwards.
- by Daniel Brettig
Cricket Australia ‘would love to’ host India-Pakistan blockbuster … but not next summer
India and Pakistan will be in Australia at the same time early next season, but Cricket Australia ruled out hosting a tri-series as the full season schedule was released on Tuesday.
- by Malcolm Conn
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Australian cricket
Revealed: Winners and losers in Cricket Australia’s six-year Test schedule
Perth and Brisbane have been vying to host the first Test of the summer, while Adelaide wanted the pre-Christmas Test.
- by Malcolm Conn
WA debutant Connolly falls for 90 in Shield final
Connolly (90 off 115 balls) was the last man out in WA’s first innings score of 347 on a green-tinged WACA Ground wicket.
- by Justin Chadwick
Cricket Australia postpones Afghanistan series in support of women’s rights
Cricket Australia has maintained its position of not playing Afghanistan’s men’s team in bilateral series, citing deteriorating human rights for women and girls under the ruling Taliban.
- by Malcolm Conn
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Australian cricket
Revealed: Where the Tests will be played against India next summer
Perth will be the big winner when Cricket Australia announces the schedule for next summer’s blockbuster series.
- by Malcolm Conn
Australia, England lobby ICC for increased payments to help save Test cricket
The Ashes foes have joined forces to take a proposal to the ICC for minimum Test match payments that will make cricket’s traditional form more attractive to players.
- by Malcolm Conn
Carey bounces back from Ashes death threats as McDonald defends Smith
The abuse Alex Carey received on social media after stumping Jonny Bairstow when he left his crease at Lord’s last year also included threats to his family.
- by Malcolm Conn