Indian cricket’s latest flex has targeted Pat Cummins and other top Australian players by threatening two-year bans if they skip the IPL for any reason other than injury.
The giant all-rounder is so pivotal that his absence would require the selectors to replace three roles:top four batter,quality change bowler and impassable gully fielder.
Former Australian coach Justin Langer is the latest big name to suggest Steve Smith should move back down the Test batting order.
Star’s pursuit of a massive World Cup rights discount is life-threatening for the likes of Pakistan,South Africa and the West Indies. It will hurt Australia too.
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.
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.
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.
Glenn Maxwell is in line for a long-awaited return to Australia’s Test team this summer,as the national selectors ponder a radically altered line-up.
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.
Test cricket may be played by as few as six countries within a few years without greater equalisation measures by its richest boards – India,England and Australia.
Why was Jay Shah on the podium when India won the Twenty20 World Cup? There is an election coming up.