Big Bash
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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‘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
- Exclusive
- 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
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
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
- Mr Cricket
- Australian cricket
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
‘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
‘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
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
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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