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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.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Connolly’s maiden ton delivers Australia much-needed win in Bangladesh
Australia’s faith in the young batsman was rewarded, as he fought the heat to produce a match-winning innings against Bangladesh.
- by Steve Barrett
Aussies down South Africa in flying start to World Cup
Georgia Wareham starred as Australia blasted out a powerful statement of intent for the women’s T20 World Cup in Manchester.
- by Ben Findon
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.
- by Daniel Brettig
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.
- by Daniel Brettig
Ben Stokes dropped after nightclub incident as Joe Root named captain
Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been dropped by England for their second test against New Zealand while investigations continue into an incident at a nightclub.
- by Steve Douglas
Opinion
Big Bash
Will Indian Australians really flock to a team owned by an Indian conglomerate? Good chance they won’t
The decision to merge Melbourne’s BBL teams and prepare for a sale is impulsive and commercially naive.
- by John Wylie
First-ball duck, dropped catches: Bangladesh beat Australia for first time in 21 years
Australia have crashed to their first ODI loss against Bangladesh in 21 years, crushed by 86 runs in the opening match of their three-game series.
‘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.
- by Daniel Brettig
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.
- by Daniel Brettig
Inside the nightclub incident that could cost Ben Stokes his job as England captain
Ben Stokes swore off alcohol last year and appeared to have put his disciplinary issues behind him. Now his captaincy, and indeed Test career, hang by a thread.
- by Nick Hoult, Will Macpherson and Charles Richardson