Test cricket
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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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
Konstas in limbo as Australia set to stick with Khawaja for Ashes
The veteran appears set to retain his place at the top of the order for the Ashes opener but his younger partner has been told to prove himself again at domestic level.
- Tom Decent
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
Lara, Lloyd and Richards called into emergency talks after West Indies disaster
The president of Cricket West Indies has acted swiftly after the Calypso Kings were bowled out for 27 by Australia in Jamaica.
- Tom Decent
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- Australian cricket
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
‘He can have it’: Boland’s selfless moment after rare Test hat-trick
Scott Boland took a Test hat-trick but said Mitchell Starc deserves the match ball. It says everything about the humble Victorian.
- Tom Decent
- Analysis
- Australian cricket
Series won 3-0, but there were flops and stars in the Australian team
It was a comfortable series win for Australia, but questions remain before this summer’s Ashes series. Here’s how the players rated.
- Tom Decent
- Analysis
- Australian cricket
CSI Jamaica: The forensics of the fastest five-wicket haul in Test history
All 15 balls, five wickets, statistics and all-time records of Mitchell Starc’s historic demolition of the West Indies in his 100th Test match.
- Dan Walsh
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- Australian cricket
Five wickets in 15 balls: Starc’s stunning spell and Boland’s hat-trick seal series win over West Indies
The Australian quick finished with six wickets, including his 400th, as Australia crushed the West Indies.
- Tom Decent
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