‘So complicated for them’:Americans don’t understand cricket - but they’re into it

‘So complicated for them’:Americans don’t understand cricket - but they’re into it

It was once the most popular sport in America,but can the T20 World Cup push cricket to the forefront of US sport?

  • byMalcolm Conn

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How the NYPD became one of US cricket’s biggest supporters

How the NYPD became one of US cricket’s biggest supporters

The ICC turned to an unlikely source for participants in its Twenty20 World Cup trophy tour of New York – a police department youth program.

  • byMalcolm Conn
‘Fearless’ Warner chasing grand slam of world titles with Australia at T20 cup

‘Fearless’ Warner chasing grand slam of world titles with Australia at T20 cup

Australia are aiming to add the world Twenty20 trophy to go alongside their Test championship and one-day cup triumphs over the past 12 months.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Fraser-McGurk,Short eye World Cup warm-up games amid IPL crunch

Fraser-McGurk,Short eye World Cup warm-up games amid IPL crunch

Young IPL sensation Jake Fraser-McGurk and Big Bash League dominator Matt Short will have the chance to showcase their skills in a pair of World Cup warm-up games as part of a threadbare Australian squad.

  • byMalcolm Conn andDaniel Brettig
Police have given up on fat bikes

Police have given up on fat bikes

In Gwandalan,we have a plethora of unlicensed underage riders,often without helmets,riding noisy,unregistered two-wheeled machines,who even ride at speed on one wheel through the shopping area.

Systemic mental health failures are on repeat

Systemic mental health failures are on repeat

The only 100 per cent “safe” strategy is to keep people in hospital forever,but,apart from forensic psychiatry,that is unfair to the person and requires resources we do not have.

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Cricket Australia postpones Afghanistan series in support of women’s rights

Cricket Australia postpones Afghanistan series in support of women’s rights

Cricket Australia has maintained its position of not playing Afghanistan’s men’s team in bilateral series,citing deteriorating human rights for women and girls under the ruling Taliban.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Australia,England lobby ICC for increased payments to help save Test cricket

Australia,England lobby ICC for increased payments to help save Test cricket

The Ashes foes have joined forces to take a proposal to the ICC for minimum Test match payments that will make cricket’s traditional form more attractive to players.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Big crowds mask the inequality threatening Test cricket,but there is hope

Big crowds mask the inequality threatening Test cricket,but there is hope

A sell-out in Wellington,a record Gabba crowd,a showdown in Hyderabad:Test cricket has hope,but the sport desperately needs to get its funding model right.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Australia’s World Cup champions snubbed in team of the year

Australia’s World Cup champions snubbed in team of the year

Only two Australians have been chosen in the International Cricket Council’s one-day team of the year despite a comprehensive World Cup victory over India in India.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Banks must show respect over deaths of loved ones

Banks must show respect over deaths of loved ones

The very last institution you inform of a loved one’s passing is their bank. Only inform the bank once you know you have access to funds in your own name to support yourself.