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Veteran Peter Siddle has been a key bowler for the Melbourne Stars this summer.

How this peroxide-blond, vegan ex-Test star is bowling 140km/h at 41

Veteran paceman Peter Siddle has hit top speed ahead of a blockbuster Melbourne BBL derby at the MCG.

  • Danny Russell

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The possibility of playing a day-night Boxing Day Test is still being discussed.

‘Devalues the future of cricket rights’: How two-day Tests may dent next broadcast deal

Games that wrap up long before they are scheduled to have a significant financial impact on stakeholders such as Channel Seven and the Big Bash League.

  • Daniel Brettig
An inquisition on what should have been day three of the Boxing Day Test.

Two-day Test leaves $25 million revenue hole as MCC stands by curator

As Cricket Australia braces for a pitch fail from the International Cricket Council, its broadcast partners were on Sunday privately fuming as they count the cost of the second two-day Test of the Ashes summer.

  • Andrew Wu
Caoimhe Bray, 16, balances teenage life with her cricket career.

This cricket star just finished year 10. She’s also represented Australia in soccer

Caoimhe Bray is the youngest person to play in a Women’s Big Bash League match. She has also played for the Junior Matildas.

  • Siena Fagan
Sydney Sixers Lachie Shaw, left, and Melbourne Stars Liam Hatcher, right, with boat captain of URM Group.

How Elon Musk has revolutionised the Sydney to Hobart

Thanks to Elon Musk, three-time overall Sydney to Hobart race winner Tim Sellars plans to watch the cricket from the open ocean on Boxing Day.

  • Frances Howe
Steve Smith was among the Australian players celebrating their Ashes win in a “Ronball” T-shirt.

Strategy, smarts and people skills: The man behind ‘Ronball’ and why he’d hate the attention

I promise you Andrew McDonald would not have liked it when Travis Head rolled out those now-famous “Ronball” T-shirts to celebrate Australia’s Ashes victory in Adelaide this week, but I’m sure he would’ve laughed at the gag.

  • Mike Hussey
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‘He’ll have a long career for Australia’: Meet the future of the Baggy Green

As the leader of one of Australia’s most successful underage sides, Hugh Weibgen saw the makings of Sam Konstas, and a side of him not often seen publicly. 

  • Nick Wright
England’s Brydon Carse (right) with captain Ben Stokes on the first day of the Adelaide Test match.

‘Open mind’: The plan to let English cricketers play in the Sheffield Shield

England last won a Test match in Australia in 2011, and Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg says he’s willing to explore the prospect of England players taking part in the Sheffield Shield in future.

  • Daniel Brettig
Nathan Lyon was a surprise selection casualty once again.

Is Lyon’s snub a sign of a dying art? No chance, according to a Test ally

A subcontinent specialist slammed suggestions spin bowling was a fading trend, while a former Test quick believes a Gabba ploy should be used more regularly.

  • Nick Wright
Mitchell Starc (left) inspired Pakistan star Shaheen Afridi’s approach a decade ago.

How Starc triggered rise of a rival phenom a decade ago

As one of the world’s best rising quicks arrives in Australia, a former Test paceman believes a wounded star would still succeed Mitchell Starc in the future.

  • Nick Wright

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