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Ben Stokes bowled with a torn shoulder in Manchester.

Ben Stokes thinks he’s Superman, but his body is falling apart with the Ashes in sight

Ben Stokes is the world’s leading all-rounder and England’s inspirational captain, but he has bowled himself into the ground against India and now has a torn shoulder.

  • Daniel Brettig

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Nathan Lyon at Edgbaston in 2023.

‘Get them out’: Lyon has a dig at England over Manchester tantrum

Nathan Lyon was trying to be careful, but there was no denying the sting in his assessment of what England might have done instead of throwing a tantrum at the end of the drawn Manchester Test

  • Daniel Brettig
Glenn Maxwell in the BBL.

Biggest revolution since Packer: Cricket Australia told to sell off BBL clubs after $2 billion England windfall

Should the game’s bosses follow through on the advice to sell off stakes in BBL teams, it will be the most revolutionary moment in Australian cricket since Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket breakaway in 1977.   

  • Daniel Brettig
Glenn Maxwell’s amazing assist.

Brilliant fielding, ferocious batting: Maxwell’s night out makes it 4-0 in St Kitts

Having played a strictly supporting role so far in the West Indies, Glenn Maxwell had a night out in St Kitts. And what a night it was.

  • Daniel Brettig
David Warner is still playing white-ball cricket around the world, and is the Sydney Thunder captain when he’s playing in the Big Bash League.

The Fyre Festival of cricket: Warner among 16 Australians left in lurch as Caymans league collapses

The cricketers, caught up in the collapse of a T10 league, have been left fuming over non-payment.

  • Daniel Brettig
Ben Stokes with Harry Brook.

Are England too nice? They think so – and this is how they’re changing it

England’s Harry Brook has disclosed the dressing room conversations that led the Ashes combatants to take up premeditated, tactical sledging against India, as Ben Stokes’ team gears up for the trip to Australia this summer.

  • Daniel Brettig
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Pat Cummins leading off the Australian Test team.

A T20 Champions League is coming, and so is crunch time for Test cricket

Cricket bosses face major decisions in coming months as they try to capitalise on the rising popularity of T20 while charting a sustainable future for the game’s most traditional format.

  • Daniel Brettig
England's Jofra Archer, right, celebrates the dismissal of India's Washington Sundar.

Have England turned nasty in pursuit of the Ashes?

From a battery of fast bowlers to premeditated sledging, Lord’s told us that England will do whatever it takes to win the urn.

  • Daniel Brettig
New Cricket Australia chief Todd Greenberg.

Top Cricket Australia execs out as Greenberg swings the axe to save cash

New Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg has tightened the belt in his first few months in the job, cutting 15 staff members.

  • Daniel Brettig
Ahead of their respective world cups, Annabelle Codey and Ashleigh Gardner (centre) and their teams meet in North Sydney Oval.

The $1.5 billion effect Australia’s female athletes want to cash in on

Wallaroos player Annabelle Codey says social media’s amplification of the women’s game is beneficial, but downsides permeate.

  • Frances Howe

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