Meet Australian cricket’s overnight millionaires

Meet Australian cricket’s overnight millionaires

Glenn Maxwell again commanded big bucks at the Indian Premier League player auction,but it was two express-paced fast bowlers whose lives have suddenly changed.

  • byAndrew Wu

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Smith among big names with eye on $35 million IPL pie

Smith among big names with eye on $35 million IPL pie

Cricket Australia’s goal of winning a maiden men’s Twenty20 title is served by having more of its stars plying their trade in the IPL;less so its aim of retaining the Ashes.

  • byAndrew Wu
‘Very much in my prime’:Glenn Maxwell eyes Test recall

‘Very much in my prime’:Glenn Maxwell eyes Test recall

Glenn Maxwell has rubbished suggestions he has quit red-ball cricket and hopes to return to the Test squad next year when Australia have three tours through Asia.

  • byJon Pierik
Cricketers sweating on approval to play in upcoming IPL season

Cricketers sweating on approval to play in upcoming IPL season

Now the tour of South Africa has been scrapped,cricketers are awaiting anxiously as to whether they will be allowed to take part in the Indian Premier League.

  • byJon Pierik
‘India’s time has come’:Can a cricket team go in to bat for a troubled economy?

‘India’s time has come’:Can a cricket team go in to bat for a troubled economy?

They have been called ’the Unbreakables”. Rahane’s team may have had reached their zenith at the Gabba,but their rise has been propelled for years by rising Indian confidence.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Warne tips Renegades cult hero for IPL stardom

Warne tips Renegades cult hero for IPL stardom

Leg-spinner Peter Hatzoglou has become an overnight sensation and Shane Warne has declared his next stop will be the Indian Premier League.

  • byJon Pierik
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Chris Gayle first to hit 1000 Twenty20 sixes

Chris Gayle first to hit 1000 Twenty20 sixes

Chris Gayle wrote his name into the history books on Friday when he became the first player to smash 1000 Twenty20 sixes.

That's'weird':IPL franchise leaves injured Marsh in the dark

That's'weird':IPL franchise leaves injured Marsh in the dark

Mitch Marsh injured his ankle while bowling for Sunrisers Hyderabad but the IPL franchise opted to not pass on the results of scans to Cricket Australia.

  • byJon Pierik
'It's a real tough day':Brett Lee returns to TV hours after trying to save Dean Jones

'It's a real tough day':Brett Lee returns to TV hours after trying to save Dean Jones

The former Australia fast bowler performed CPR on Jones in a desperate attempt to revive him at their Mumbai hotel.

  • byChris Barrett
'Deano's'passing will leave the cricket world a greyer place
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'Deano's'passing will leave the cricket world a greyer place

Australian and world cricket has been left stunned by the sudden death of Hall of Famer Dean Jones.

  • byGreg Baum
Mitch Marsh scrambling for a flight as injury ends his IPL campaign

Mitch Marsh scrambling for a flight as injury ends his IPL campaign

Mitch Marsh will return home from the Indian Premier League but finding a flight and quarantine issues must be resolved before he can leave the UAE.

  • byJon Pierik