Everything falls new skipper’s way
It wasn’t a bad start for Pat Cummins’s captaincy — it was a brilliant one.
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Wisdom of Gilly sets Carey on his way
It was Adam Gilchrist who had the honour of presenting Alex Carey with his baggy green cap, but really, the honour was all Carey’s
‘Pretty special’: Teen star on super catch
Teen star Jake Fraser-McGurk reveals what he was thinking when he took the catch of the BBL season so far.
First-class on a day of firsts
Mitchell Starc took a wicket with the first ball of the Ashes series as Test captain Pat Cummins had a dream first day in the job at the Gabba.
Cummins chops up 126 years of history at Gabbatoir
Debutant captain Pat Cummins is in the box seat to become the first fast bowling skipper to lead Australia to a Test victory after ripping apart England at the Gabba. Re-live all the Day 1 action here.
Olympian Bradbury tells PM: ‘Stand up to China’
Australia’s best-known Winter Olympian has called for Australia to announce a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Games.
After so many dark days it’s Pat’s time to shine in the Ashes
Pat Cummins and Steve Smith’s relationship began when they were teenagers and continues today as they lead Australia into an Ashes series
Test legends go in to bat for McGowan
Two legends of West Australian cricket have thrown their support behind Mark McGowan’s handling of the Ashes Test impasse.
Vaughan: Root’s most vital job is not his leadership
Joe Root’s captaincy does come in for some heat from time to time, but former England leader Michael Vaughan says he only needs to worry about one thing.
Border relives his worst captaincy nightmare
Allan Border has backed Pat Cummins to be a success in the captaincy role – but the warm words came with a warning.
The Cummins creed: ruthless not rude
With the first Ashes Test at hand Pat Cummins sets out what he expects from his side and promises a great contest.
Sneaky tactics exposed in Anderson injury twist
England has denied initial claims about an injury to express paceman Jimmy Anderson and missing the Gabba Test, instead revealing they could be saving him for something else.
An opportunity to create history
History is at hand with Pat Cummins to captain his first Test and Joe Root hoping to captain his first successful Ashes campaign.
‘Playing it safe’: England’s shock Ashes call
He hardly bowled a ball in the 2019 Ashes, and now the star England seamer won’t play in the opening Test at the Gabba.
Will it be third time lucky for Root?
Joe Root was not asleep at the wheel when the Ashes were lost four years ago in Sydney, but he was asleep.
Stokes narrows the gap between these sides
No form of cricket journalism feels quite so unnecessary as the Ashes preview. The Ashes predates and will outlive us all.
PM weighs in on fifth Ashes Test debate
NSW and Victoria have made big money bids to snare the fifth Ashes Test, but the Prime Minister has thrown his weight behind another contender.
Thunder master tough wicket to turn tables on Heat
It’s been a good couple of days for the two Sydney teams in BBL11, with first the Sixers and now the Thunder rolling to wins that sound an ominous warning to title rivals.
Ashes bromance will melt your heart
They’ve played together for years at state level, they live around the corner from each other, and now Alex Carey and Travis Head are about to become Test teammates.
Radical proposal to fast track quarantine for BBL stars
After a humbling start to their Big Bash campaign, the Melbourne Stars are hatching a unique plan to get two big-name overseas recruits into their next line-up on Friday night.
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