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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

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Nathan Lyon with a young cricket fan in Orange.

‘I’d love to make spin bowling cool’: Inside the passion project driving Nathan Lyon

As he recovers from serious injury and tries to force his way back into the Test side, Nathan Lyon has spent weeks driving through country NSW and Victoria trying to shore up the future of spin bowling.

  • Tom Decent
Pat Cummins.

‘Something has to give’: Cummins flags IPL sacrifice before Ashes mission

Cummins is back home after another IPL campaign, where he came up against “impressive” 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

  • Tom Decent
Cameron Green.

Why Cameron Green is being considered for a huge role change

Cameron Green is in contention to become Travis Head’s opening partner this summer, as Australia’s selectors ponder how to keep both Green and Beau Webster in the Test team.

  • Daniel Brettig
Bad light stopped play at the SCG Test in 2023, 2024 and 2026.

Pink ball in play to stop bad light delays in Tests this summer

Cricket authorities may decide to allow the pink ball to be interchangeable with the red ball during Test matches, in order to avoid stoppages due to bad light and extend playing hours.

  • Daniel Brettig
Steve Smith bowled by Josh Tongue during the MCG Ashes Test that ended in two days.

‘Sparked a conversation’: Cricket Australia to hold summit on batting woes

Australian coach Andrew McDonald wants to ensure conditions at domestic level are not just producing one type of cricketer.

  • Daniel Brettig
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Pat Cummins.

The $4 million man: Cummins offered monster deal as rivals come after cricket stars

CA has also been in talks for similar deals with the likes of Travis Head, who, alongside Cummins, was offered around $10 million to take up franchise cricket full-time.

  • Daniel Brettig
Mitchell Starc in full flight during the fifth Ashes Test in January.

Cricket bible honours Mitchell Starc, lashes England team for Ashes capitulation

The esteemed cricketing journal described England as “feckless, reckless and legless” on its bumbling Ashes tour to Australia.

  • Glenn Moore
Sam Konstas has been left of the Cricket Australia contract list.

‘It’s been insane’: Konstas won’t let Cricket Australia contract snub derail his plans

Sam Konstas understands he is on a journey and is prepared to take the good with the bad after missing out on a central contract.

  • Tom Decent
Harper’s attitude to batting at the top of the order, facing the new ball, has helped him reinvent himself.

‘I can get hit in the head and be fine’: The mindset of a reinvented cricketer

At a time when batting in Australia has become so difficult against the new ball that teams have sent tailenders in to open – as seen on Boxing Day – Sam Harper is bucking the trend.

  • Andrew Wu