Daniel Brettig
Daniel Brettig is The Age's chief cricket writer and the author of several books on cricket.
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- Australian cricket
Cricket Australia board to be overhauled, BBL sale greenlit after crunch meeting
The decision means Victoria will be able to carry on with plans for selling a BBL licence.
- Daniel Brettig
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Australia lose an ODI series to Bangladesh for the first time after horror collapse
The Australian top order was unable to recover from an embarrassing 3-0 start in the second of a three-match series.
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- Exclusive
- Big Bash
Victoria backs down from explosive confrontation over BBL sale
Cricket Victoria has backed down from the potentially explosive call to send chief executive Nick Cummins to the meeting where Australian cricket’s leaders meet to decide the fate of the BBL privatisation project.
- Daniel Brettig
‘Best and most effective way’: Cricket Australia boss triples down on BBL sell-off
CA chief executive Todd Greenberg declared that selling stakes in Big Bash League clubs is “comfortably the best and most effective way” to preserve Australian cricket’s future – with backing from the game’s broadcasters.
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- Opinion
- The Ashes
I want to see Ben Stokes in one more Ashes showdown. That’s why he should quit the captaincy
The last thing cricket wants to see is Stokes retiring from the international game in circumstances where he looks and sounds fed up with the morass of responsibilities that come with leadership.
- Daniel Brettig
Players consider BBL contract release requests following Melbourne merger
Multiple Melbourne Stars and Renegades players are seeking urgent one-on-one meetings with Cricket Victoria over last week’s sensational merger of the two BBL clubs, amid questions over the status of their contracts and the identities of the teams
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Warnie and Liz put the box office into the BBL. Now their club is gone
Melbourne’s Stars and Renegades are finished as we know them, Australian cricket is divided, and it’s all about money. The franchise revolution is upon us.
- Daniel Brettig and Chloe Saltau
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- Australian cricket
Baird, Greenberg challenged by blindsided state chiefs in key BBL meeting
Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird and chief executive Todd Greenberg denied approving Cricket Victoria plans to merge the Stars and Renegades to free up a Big Bash licence to sell to private investors.
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- Big Bash
‘What a cluster’: Furious states call crisis meeting as BBL merger leaves players confused
The shock BBL merger has left players in limbo, prompted former Stars powerbrokers Eddie McGuire and John Wylie to question the wisdom of retiring the glamour club’s established brand, and blindsided other states.
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- ODI
Green, Renshaw and teen star Peake stand tall to level series in Lahore
This could easily have been another case of Australian stumbles against spin, particularly after Alex Carey dragged on, first ball of the match.
- Daniel Brettig