International Cricket Council
Analysis
Australian cricket
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.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Exclusive
Test cricket
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.
- by Malcolm Conn
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Broadcast rights
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.
- by Daniel Brettig
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.”
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Racism
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.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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
‘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?
- by Malcolm Conn
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.
- by Malcolm Conn
Analysis
ICC Men’s World 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.
- by Malcolm Conn
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ICC Men’s World Cup
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.
- by Malcolm Conn and Daniel Brettig
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.
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