It has infuriated fans and fuelled countless memes - and now Joel Wilson’s poor umpiring record has caught up with him.
A global Twenty20 league bankrolled by the oil-rich state has been devised by an influential Australian cricket figure to address cricket’s most pressing issues.
Australia avoided a repeat of the Jonny Bairstow saga after deciding to withdraw an appeal during their Champions Trophy clash with Afghanistan in Lahore.
Australia were sitting pretty against Afghanistan – with a rampant Travis Head and Steve Smith in complete control – before heavy rain hit Lahore.
Cricket Australia will not boycott Friday’s game in Lahore but has previously called off bilateral series against Afghanistan after the Taliban regained power in 2021 and imposed bans on women playing the sport.
Just days after bowling Australia to a groundbreaking series win in Sri Lanka,Australian spinner Matt Kuhnemann’s Test future is under a cloud after suspicions were raised about his bowling action.
Australian Geoff Allardice resigned as chief executive of the International Cricket Council after being told he would have to re-apply for his job.
Travis Head has agreed to give up Twenty20 franchise opportunities outside the Big Bash League and the IPL,while the Afghanistan women cricketers who take the field in Melbourne this week know their game is about more than runs and wickets.
Andy Pycroft – who also presided over the Cape Town Test in 2018 – charged Kohli with a level-one offence for “inappropriate physical contact”,the most lenient grade of the ICC’s code of conduct.
Mohammed Siraj gave a short reply to questions about the flashpoint during the second Test after he and Jasprit Bumrah were the only bowlers not to train with the Indian team on Tuesday.