International Cricket Council
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
Latest
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
Updated
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.
Systemic mental health failures are on repeat
The only 100 per cent “safe” strategy is to keep people in hospital forever, but, apart from forensic psychiatry, that is unfair to the person and requires resources we do not have.
Cricket Australia postpones Afghanistan series in support of women’s rights
Cricket Australia has maintained its position of not playing Afghanistan’s men’s team in bilateral series, citing deteriorating human rights for women and girls under the ruling Taliban.
- by Malcolm Conn
Australia, England lobby ICC for increased payments to help save Test cricket
The Ashes foes have joined forces to take a proposal to the ICC for minimum Test match payments that will make cricket’s traditional form more attractive to players.
- by Malcolm Conn
Analysis
Australian cricket
Big crowds mask the inequality threatening Test cricket, but there is hope
A sell-out in Wellington, a record Gabba crowd, a showdown in Hyderabad: Test cricket has hope, but the sport desperately needs to get its funding model right.
- by Daniel Brettig
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