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Mike Baird.

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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Cooper Connolly raised his maiden century in international cricket.

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.

  • Steve Barrett
Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner, right, celebrates with teammates Alana King and Annabel Sutherland, left, after taking the wicket of South Africa’s Nonkululeko Mlaba to win the game during the Women’s T20 World Cup match between Australia and South Africa at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Saturday June 13, 2026. (Nigel French/PA via AP)

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.

  • Ben Findon
Matt Short was bowled offering no shot in the one-day international against Bangladesh.

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.

  • Daniel Brettig
Cricket Victoria CEO Nick Cummins.

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
Bangladesh’s players celebrate the wicket of Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne (second from left).

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.

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Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg says selling off stakes in BBL teams is still firmly on the agenda.

‘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.

  • Daniel Brettig
The forlorn figure: Ben Stokes in Australia.

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
Club captains Will Sutherland and Marcus Stoinis with the Melbourne mace.

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

  • Daniel Brettig
Cricket Victoria’s plans for the Melbourne Renegades and the Melbourne Stars have sent the sport into disarray.

Have your say: The three new names Cricket Victoria has trademarked to replace the Stars

The Melbourne Rangers is one of three names put forward by Cricket Victoria as a potential new moniker for the Stars.

  • Andrew Wu