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Daniel Brettig is The Age's chief cricket writer and the author of several books on cricket.

‘Not laughing’: Starc still sore from Afghanistan cup snub

‘Not laughing’: Starc still sore from Afghanistan cup snub

Mitchell Starc has spoken of his unhappiness at being dropped for Australia’s T20 World Cup game against Afghanistan and has criticised the tournament’s format.

  • by Daniel Brettig

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‘Needs more oxygen’: Call for Amazon to share women’s World Cup with free-to-air network

‘Needs more oxygen’: Call for Amazon to share women’s World Cup with free-to-air network

Amazon should simulcast Australia’s matches for the upcoming women’s Twenty20 World Cup with a free-to-air network to maximise its audience, according to the former executive who oversaw the WBBL’s rise to the fourth most-watched sporting league in the country.

  • by Daniel Brettig
Global warning: Test cricket may shrink to six teams within four years
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Test cricket

Global warning: Test cricket may shrink to six teams within four years

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.

  • by Daniel Brettig
His dad is Modi’s right-hand man. India’s Jay Shah may soon be running world cricket
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India

His dad is Modi’s right-hand man. India’s Jay Shah may soon be running world cricket

Why was Jay Shah on the podium when India won the Twenty20 World Cup? There is an election coming up.

  • by Daniel Brettig
The Bazball reality: England entertain, but their opponents win
Opinion
England

The Bazball reality: England entertain, but their opponents win

England’s lofty Bazball rhetoric is divorced from the reality that Ben Stokes’ team faces. They entertain; their opponents win.

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‘Jonny will hate me saying this’: Root admits Lord’s stumping was fair

‘Jonny will hate me saying this’: Root admits Lord’s stumping was fair

Jonny Bairstow was dropped from the England Test team this week, and has now had a big-name teammate admit his Lord’s stumping was fair.

  • by Daniel Brettig
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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.

  • by Daniel Brettig
‘Gut wrenching’: South Africa’s choke puts India on top of T20 World

‘Gut wrenching’: South Africa’s choke puts India on top of T20 World

India had all the advantages in this World Cup, but it still took an extraordinary collapse by South Africa and a marginal umpiring decision to secure the trophy in Barbados.

  • by Daniel Brettig
At arm’s length: MCC members pay the price for Lord’s Bairstow fracas
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At arm’s length: MCC members pay the price for Lord’s Bairstow fracas

Marylebone Cricket Club are custodians of cricket’s laws and CEO Guy Lavender says the Australians did nothing wrong despite the outcry over Jonny Bairstow’s stumping.

  • by Malcolm Conn and Daniel Brettig
Chokers no more? South Africa break 32-year cup curse

Chokers no more? South Africa break 32-year cup curse

Thirty-two years of World Cup hurt were wiped away in the couple of hours it took South Africa to hammer Afghanistan.

  • by Daniel Brettig
Drama and farce reign, but Australia didn’t deserve a World Cup semi-final

Drama and farce reign, but Australia didn’t deserve a World Cup semi-final

Afghanistan sealed Australia’s World Cup fate at 1.05am Caribbean time, but the defining moment of a failed campaign arrived well before then.

  • by Daniel Brettig

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