Sport
Cricket
Australia’s IPL cricketers home safe. CA promises help for those reluctant to return to India
Shaken Australian players will be defended by Cricket Australia should they refuse to return to the Indian Premier League on safety grounds
- by Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
Latest
Vale Bob Cowper, the only man to score a Test triple-ton at the MCG
Bob Cowper had a short but impressive stint in Test cricket, then retired at 28 to launch a lucrative business career and make an indelible mark on his sport off the field.
- by Daniel Brettig
Exclusive
Australian cricket
Australian cricket stars narrowly escape missile strike in Pakistan as IPL and PSL suspended
A charter flight carrying some of Australia’s best cricketers has made it safely out of Pakistan just hours before missiles targeted the same airport.
- by Tom Decent
Updated
Australian cricket
Indian Premier League postponed amid India-Pakistan conflict
Indian board chiefs met on Friday and chose to postpone the world’s biggest Twenty20 tournament.
- by Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
Opinion
IPL
The IPL needs to be stopped, or at least moved, due to India-Pakistan conflict
Dozens of players from Australia, England, New Zealand and the West Indies are stuck in extremely difficult situations.
- by Darshak Mehta
Marnus firms to pip Konstas for opening role as Australian squad for Test final takes shape
Marnus Labuschagne is favoured to join Usman Khawaja at the top of the order and tip out Sam Konstas when Australia faces South Africa to bid for back-to-back World Test Championship titles at Lord’s next month.
- by Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
Is this the end of cricket between India and Pakistan?
India’s coach Gautam Gambhir, a former politician, has declared that India should stop playing all cricket against Pakistan following a recent militant attack on tourists in Kashmir.
- by Daniel Brettig
Analysis
Test cricket
Illicit drugs can attract a four-year ban, but Rabada only got a month. This is why
There is a lot of flex in global rules about illicit drug use among athletes. Former WADA director-general David Howman explains why
- by Daniel Brettig
Updated
Australian cricket
Rabada free to face Australia in Lord’s Test final after one-month drugs ban
The South African received a one-month ban after testing positive to a “substance of abuse”.
- by Daniel Brettig
Star spearhead Rabada banned for recreational drug use
South Africa’s star quick Kagiso Rabada has been hit with a ban after testing positive for a recreational drug. Read his comments here.
- by Daniel Brettig
How India’s 14-year-old batting wizard sounded an early warning to Australia
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has turned the heads of Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist and even Formula 1 hero Oscar Piastri, but Australia had already been given an arresting glimpse of the budding Indian cricketer.
- by Daniel Brettig
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