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Ben HorneChief Cricket Writer

Ben Horne is Chief Cricket Writer for News Corp and CODE Sports and for the past decade has been covering cricket’s biggest series and stories. As the national sport, cricket has a special relationship with Australians who feel a sense of ownership over the Test team. From selection shocks to scandals, upset losses to triumphant victories, Ben tells the stories that matter in Australian cricket.

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Teammates rally around Aussie cricket great

Australian cricket legend Greg Chappell has fallen on hard times – but a host of former greats and celebrities are pitching in to help him in retirement.

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Key CA contract change could lead to docked wages

Cricket Australia has made a significant alteration to the contracts of its stars, which will give them the flexibility to financially dock players in future.

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England's Jonny Bairstow appears frustrated after being run out by Australia's Alex Carey during day five of the second Ashes test match at Lord's, London. Picture date: Sunday July 2, 2023. (Photo by Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images)

Angry Bairstow reopens Ashes stumping wounds

Jonny Bairstow has reopened wounds from his Ashes stumping in a new book where fellow Englishman Stuart Broad also relived the “chaos”.

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Shock contract calls could haunt Cricket Australia

Eight Australian Test cricketers were given multi-year contracts earlier this year. But as T20 franchises with big wallets begin to circle, will that force a change of thinking?

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 05: Kurtis Patterson of New South Wales looks dejected while leaving the field after being dismissed by Michael Neser of Queensland during the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Queensland at Cricket Central, on October 05, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mike Owen/Getty Images)

Sheffield Shield horror show to claim biggest victim

New South Wales has gone 14 Sheffield Shield matches without a win and selectors have lost patience with the struggling Blues, with a big name set to be dropped.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 12: Ellyse Perry (Left) and Phoebe Litchfield of Australia (Right) during game two of the womens One Day International series between Australia and the West Indies at Junction Oval on October 12, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Litchfield ready for the challenge of life without the ‘big three’

Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning have been the face of women’s cricket in Australia for nearly a decade, but the face of the new era is showing the future is in the safest of hands.

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Australia's captain Pat Cummins (L) celebrates with teammate Mitchell Starc after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Dunith Wellalage during the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) match between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

Starc rated second-best bowler of the past 20 years

Pakistan legend Wasim Akram, the greatest left-arm fast bowler to ever grace a cricket field, has heaped praise on Australia’s Mitchell Starc.

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Alyssa Healey and the ACA stand with our elite netballers.

‘As female athletes we use our voice’: Netball and cricket unite

Australian women’s cricket captain Alyssa Healy has spoken out in favour of the nation’s elite netballers – and she’s putting her money where her mouth is.

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Revealed: Gilly’s secret role in cricket’s Olympic push

With cricket joining the Olympic family, BEN HORNE reveals Adam Gilchrist’s role in pioneering and driving a dream that has the potential to change the sport forever.

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Aussie star faces World Cup axe amid burnout fears

Australian all-rounder Cameron Green is set to lose his World Cup spot ahead of their South Africa clash, with fears the superstar is mentally and physically exhausted.

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