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Test cricket to be saved by multimillion-dollar fund
A proposal to create a fund to counteract the rise of Twenty20 franchise leagues by guaranteeing significant payments to Test players is set to be adopted by the ICC.
- by Malcolm Conn
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Indian boss to take over world cricket amid $4.5 billion TV rights fight
Jay Shah will take over as chair of the International Cricket Council after forcing the resignation of the incumbent Greg Barclay, amid a $US3 billion dispute with its major broadcast rights holder.
- by Daniel Brettig
Why Starc’s twilight years put him among Australia’s greatest
A decade ago, Mitchell Starc bought a framed print of the select club of Test bowlers to have taken 400 wickets. Now aged 34, he’s homing in on the fabled milestone himself.
- by Dan Walsh
Why white ball internationals are irrelevant as Cummins eyes India Tests
Pat Cummins believes he is more value to Australia using next month to prepare for this summer’s India Test series instead of joining the white-ball tour of the UK.
- by Malcolm Conn
Australia’s spy: Lyon brushes off Warne-style retirement
Nathan Lyon says he has no intention of imitating Shane Warne’s grand farewell after an Ashes tour in 18 months. Instead, he has been gathering inside information.
- by Malcolm Conn
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Boxing Day Test to be locked in at the MCG until 2031
Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test will be locked in for the next seven years, with Australia and England to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket in March 2027, as part of a complex web of deals between Cricket Australia and governments.
- by Daniel Brettig and Kieran Rooney
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Graham Thorpe’s family speaks about cricketing great’s death
Thorpe’s death was a shock to many when announced by the England Cricket Board.
- by Daniel Brettig
What Ben Stokes’ hamstring tear means for next year’s Ashes
After knee surgery, Ben Stokes hoped to be good as new at 33. But a hamstring tear shows he’s far from indestructible, a little over a year before the next Ashes series.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Australian cricket
‘I share an impatience’: The cricket culture wars Nick Hockley couldn’t win
When Nick Hockley secretly agreed to take over as Cricket Australia CEO in June 2020, few expected him to last more than nine months. His decision to exit hinted at the culture war bubbling under an apparently smooth surface.
- by Daniel Brettig
Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley quits cricket’s top job
Nick Hockley has resigned as chief executive of Cricket Australia and will leave the job at the end of this summer after five tumultuous years.
- by Daniel Brettig
No sixes, please: English club bans maximums due to neighbour complaints
Players at one of England’s oldest cricket clubs have been banned from hitting sixes after neighbours complained of damage to their property.