99 not out:Cricket signs seven-year radio deal with the ABC

99 not out:Cricket signs seven-year radio deal with the ABC

The public broadcaster will carry radio coverage of the men’s Twenty20 cricket for the first time in a decade and share rights with commercial stations.

  • byMathew Dunckley

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Tests or T20? Top players may skip BBL after India showdown

Tests or T20? Top players may skip BBL after India showdown

Australia’s showdown with India and a bid for back-to-back world Test titles may keep all but a handful of Pat Cummins’ team from featuring in the Big Bash League this season.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Fluid build-up in the brain,stroke and ICU:Cricketer’s Hawaiian holiday nightmare

Fluid build-up in the brain,stroke and ICU:Cricketer’s Hawaiian holiday nightmare

Renegades and South Australia wicketkeeper Josie Dooley spent a month in hospital in Hawaii before she was well enough to fly home to Australia after suffering a stroke while on holidays.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Why a South African leader is poised to unlock Australia’s opener debate

Why a South African leader is poised to unlock Australia’s opener debate

An old foe is taking the reins of an Australian cricket nursery. Can he unlock its potential and end the nation’s opener debate?

  • byNick Wright
Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost

Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost

Australian cricketers in women’s domestic competitions will earn an average salary of $160,000 as Cricket Australia announces a new Twenty20 competition and a change to the WBBL under a new multimillion-dollar plan to bolster growth in women and girls cricket.

  • byCarla Jaeger
Power play:Billionaire racehorse owner leads push to oust directors at Racing Victoria meeting

Power play:Billionaire racehorse owner leads push to oust directors at Racing Victoria meeting

Five Racing Victoria directors face being axed at a special general meeting on Wednesday,as racehorse owners demand change at the top. The push comes as former AFL chief Gillon McLachlan weighs up a decision to join the board.

  • byDanny Russell
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‘Unbelievable’:Heat stun Sixers in one-sided BBL final as Johnson bags four wickets

‘Unbelievable’:Heat stun Sixers in one-sided BBL final as Johnson bags four wickets

The Brisbane Heat are Big Bash champions for the first time in 11 years after a comfortable 54-run victory at the SCG.

  • byTom Decent
Brown’s ‘freak’ innings sends Heat into BBL decider

Brown’s ‘freak’ innings sends Heat into BBL decider

The Brisbane Heat opener made the highest score in a BBL finals game and equal second-fastest hundred in tournament history.

  • byMurray Wenzel
‘Carrot and stick’:Bold bid to expand BBL and shake up Cricket Australia

‘Carrot and stick’:Bold bid to expand BBL and shake up Cricket Australia

A multimillion-dollar battle is being waged behind the scenes of Australian cricket that could change the shape of the men’s and women’s big bash competitions as well as the ownership of cricket in Australia.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Henriques hits Sixers to last-ball win over Scorchers

Henriques hits Sixers to last-ball win over Scorchers

Sydney Sixers captain Moises Henriques has helped his team avert a late disaster and secure the coveted BBL finals double-chance,beating the Perth Scorchers in a last-ball thriller at Optus Stadium.

  • bySteve Barrett
Unsung hero’s national chance beckons as Heat sweat on Test star

Unsung hero’s national chance beckons as Heat sweat on Test star

Having battled a host of back injuries,the chance for an Australia call-up is nearing for a breakout quick,as Brisbane await a verdict on their Test star.

  • byNick Wright