Cricket rights cash fight threatens lifeblood of the game

Cricket rights cash fight threatens lifeblood of the game

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.

  • byDaniel Brettig

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Test cricket to be saved by multimillion-dollar fund
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Test cricket to be saved by multimillion-dollar fund

A proposal to create a fund to counteract the rise of Twenty20 franchise leagues by guaranteeing significant payments to Test players is set to be adopted by the ICC.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Indian boss to take over world cricket amid $4.5 billion TV rights fight

Indian boss to take over world cricket amid $4.5 billion TV rights fight

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.

  • byDaniel Brettig
The Ukrainian cricketers who ditched their bats to save their country

The Ukrainian cricketers who ditched their bats to save their country

“As strange as it sounds,what I want to be doing most of all right now is playing cricket. But I have a sniper’s rifle in my hands right now instead of a bat,and a grenade instead of a ball.”

  • byRob Harris
Batter to boat-rocker … and neither Khawaja nor Dutton will back down
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Batter to boat-rocker … and neither Khawaja nor Dutton will back down

As a breed,Australian cricketers are generally on the conservative side of things,but the softly spoken opener has shattered the convention.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Afghanistan’s women cricketers are in exile in Australia,unable to play. This is their plea

Afghanistan’s women cricketers are in exile in Australia,unable to play. This is their plea

The cricketers want the game’s power brokers to fund formation of a team outside Taliban control.

  • byDaniel Brettig
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‘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
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.