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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
Pink-ball Test matches can be a lottery for batters.

Pink-ball Tests can be a lottery. This one hurt Test cricket

The souped-up pink Dukes ball, a desperately poor West Indian top order and a fired-up Mitchell Starc made for a perfect storm.

  • Daniel Brettig
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Beau Webster falls to Shamar Joseph.

Starc strikes once after Australia bowled out for 225

The Australians are chasing a clean sweep of the West Indies in the Frank Worrell Trophy, but their task won’t be easy as they face the swinging pink ball in a day-night Test.

  • Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
The MCC has acted on a spike in misuse of members’ cards.

MCC crackdown looms for members letting others use their cards

After a spike in ‘misconduct’ the club has proposed an overhaul of rules that will make punishment easier.

  • Hannah Hammoud and Brittany Busch
Tommy Freeman celebrates a try for the Lions.

Lions series won’t be won on penalties and collapsed scrums

We had some fun at league fans’ expense last week. Their response – that rugby is a boring snooze-fest – just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny any longer.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Steve Smith at Lord’s with Australian bowling coach Dan Vettori.

‘Pretty ill’: Smith reveals how he suffered sickening finger injury

Steve Smith says he misjudged the Temba Bavuma edge that left him with a compound dislocation of his finger – and at risk of missing the West Indies series.

  • Daniel Brettig

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