The Champions Trophy is back after an eight-year hiatus. Here’s everything you need to know, including seven stars Australia must topple to snare one of the rare trophies not currently in their possession.
Matt Kuhnemann has been put through his paces by the International Cricket Council’s biomechanics team in a secret testing session. Full details on what it means for his future inside.
Sam Konstas insists there are more layers to his game than ramping against the new ball. But as BEN HORNE writes, his rogue approach is fast becoming a headache for Australian selectors.
The saga of Australian spinner Matt Kuhnemann’s suspect bowling action has taken a turn, with the under-fire star ruled unavailable for the upcoming Sheffield Shield round.
A fringe Australian spinner is fighting for his career while Virat Kohli escaped with a slap on the wrist for shoulder charging a rival player. The difference in treatment, as BEN HORNE writes, highlights the ICC’s hypocrisy.
Sri Lanka have completed a 2-0 sweep in the ODI series in dominant, record-breaking fashion as Australia’s batters fail in alarming scenes just a week out from the Champions Trophy.
Former Test captain Tim Paine has come out in support of Matt Kuhnemann, comparing the “flexion” in his action to that of Indian superstar Jasprit Bumrah.
Sam Konstas has responded to the Australian selectors’ message to “keep knocking the door down”, blasting a superb 116 from just 98 balls for NSW against Queensland.
Just days after bowling Australia to victory over Sri Lanka, Matthew Kuhnemann’s world has been flipped on its head. BEN HORNE questions how the system let things get this far?
Alarm bells are ringing around Australia’s hopes of winning the Champions Trophy without five of its biggest stars, after an embarrassing capitulation against Sri Lanka.
Matthew Kuhnemann’s dream tour of Sri Lanka has turned into a nightmare, with the spinner’s action raising the suspicions of match officials. And it could hurt the future of Australian cricket.
Australia’s Champions Trophy campaign looks set to take another hit, with the final member of its Big Three fast bowling brigade expected to miss the tournament. Full confirmed squad inside.
With the rise of Josh Inglis, the return of Cameron Green and a resurgent Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne’s spot in Australia’s Test XI is firmly under the magnifying glass.
The feud between the BBL’s two Sydney teams intensified to a new level this past season, with Sixers captain Moises Henriques revealing a cheap stunt from rivals Thunder angered his team.
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A Brisbane spin bowling star has made the surprise call to join the Melbourne Stars on a three-year deal, ending a decade with the Heat, as the BBL’s player movement deadline draws closer.
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Teacher Locky Price turned his summer SuperCoach hobby into a jaw-dropping payday, outsmarting 56,000 players to clinch the BBL14 title and top prize. Here’s how a game-changing new feature played a pivotal role in his stunning win.
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Meg Lanning is younger than the Australian captain who replaced her after her shock retirement and continues to show she could still be an international force.
After being crowned the best player in the country days after making history at the MCG, Annabel Sutherland says her all-conquering Australian team deserves more respect.
Spinners Alana King and Ash Gardner have terrorised England, sealing the first women’s Ashes whitewash with more than a day to spare in the MCG Test.
Annabel Sutherland made history as the first woman to score a Test century at the MCG, putting Australia within reach of a historic Ashes whitewash on a day where England produced a fielding horror show.
He has conquered Sri Lanka for the first time and rediscovered his best touch, but Steve Smith remains unsure what his long term future in the game looks like.
Don’t let the ease with which Australia beat Sri Lanka fool you; a quick look at the history books proves just how special a win this was, writes DANIEL CHERNY.
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South Australia coach Ryan Harris said the WACA pitch had the “thickest grass I have ever seen”. But it was his side who emerged victorious in just 127 overs against WA. Here’s how it played out.
Australian cricket’s teen phenom Sam Konstas showed there’s two sides to his game as he put the ramp shot away, but it didn’t last long as a Gabba master put an end to his return to the Sheffield Shield.
Beau Webster’s much-vaunted versatility came to the fore and Steve Smith’s smarts changed the game as Australia closed in on a drought-breaking series victory in Sri Lanka.
Cricket fans worldwide raved about the cavalier batting of Sam Konstas on debut. As DANIEL CHERNY writes, it’s why they can’t turn on Cooper Connolly after one rush of blood.
Even an umpire howler couldn’t save Marnus Labuschagne from another low score in the second Test in Galle. As DANIEL CHERNY writes, the Aussie No. 3 is on borrowed time.
Steve Smith enshrined his status as Australia’s Asian batting master as the skipper and Alex Carey drove the tourists towards the verge of a rare Test series win in the subcontinent.
Sam Konstas has landed in Brisbane as part of Australia’s grand plan to have him front and centre in the same city during the Ashes next summer.
Steve Smith was just the fourth Australian to have scored 10,000 Test runs. A former skipper is uncertain whether there will be a fifth.
Steve Smith became Australia’s most prolific gloveless catcher in Test history as Mitchell Starc powered through Galle’s humidity to stifle Sri Lanka’s resistance late on day one of the second Test.
In 2023, Todd Murphy looked to be the heir apparent to Nathan Lyon after a starring role in India. Two years later, the Victorian is the man on the outside, with no sign of Lyon slowing down.
Marcus Stoinis has dropped a bombshell on the eve of the Champions Trophy, retiring from ODIs despite being named in the squad for the tournament.
Cooper Connolly has only played four first-class games, but those who know him best aren’t surprised at all at how quickly he has risen through the ranks, writes DANIEL CHERNY.
Australia has called up five BBL stars for the Champions Trophy, with two key stars set to be ruled out of the tournament.
Scott Boland has further pressed his claims for selection in the World Test Championship by snaring a six-wicket haul in Sydney.
Australian cricket great Ricky Ponting has turned the flamethrower on a talented youngster and his current place in the squad.
Nathan McSweeney’s summer had its highs and lows – dropped, recalled, and tested by the best. But the young batter hopes his time in the baggy green is just beginning.
The Champions Trophy kicked off overnight but fans were left scratching their heads over what appeared to be a massive oversight.
A Sheffield Shield four-peat for WA is back on the table while a starring role from Scott Boland couldn’t stop a big defeat as results from round eight rolled in.
Soldiers with machine guns outside the team hotel isn’t the only concerning issue for the Australian squad at the Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Forty years ago, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the West Indies headed bush to play Victorian country teams in a month of cricket that left players and spectators with memories they’ll never forget, writes PAUL AMY.
Eyebrows were raised after a wild Sam Konstas SCG effort on Tuesday, but given a second chance to bat he went a different way, albeit with a similar result.
The Champions Trophy will begin in Pakistan with political tension clouding the ODI tournament and questions about the quality of the Australian team.
Sam Konstas has gone from a relatively unknown prospect to a household name this summer but his latest act has not gone down well.
A Dandenong District Cricket Association wicketkeeper turned tweaker remarkably took his second first-grade hat-trick inside two weeks. Here’s how it all played out.
There is a key detail missing from Australia’s squad for the Champions Trophy with the unusual line-up raising eyebrows.
Sam Konstas only needed one ball to get his eye in before trying to take down a Test teammate at the SCG but bowlers dominated around Australia with carnage at the Adelaide Oval.
Matt Kuhnemann last week was reported for a suspect bowling action but now things have got even worse for the Aussie spinner.
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