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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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‘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
‘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
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
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
‘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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- Australian cricket
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
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
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- Australian cricket
‘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
‘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