Category: Australia Cricket

Australian captains Pat Cummins and Sophie Molineux have thrown their support behind privatisation of the Big Bash League, after Cricket Australia confirmed on Tuesday a plan to allow states to sell shares in their BBL teams.

Cricket Australia has officially welcomed private ownership to the Big Bash League after months of back and forth between the states and the national body over the domestic T20 competition’s future.

Kevin Pietersen has joined England’s white-ball coaching team as a “specialist mentor” in the build-up to next year’s World Cup, 12 years on from the controversial end to his international career.

Australian great Jason Gillespie has delivered a scathing assessment of the man behind Pakistan cricket’s “volatile and chaotic” current state – and revealed he’s still owed “thousands” from his stint as coach.

It was an act borne of frustration, a release of emotion more than 12 months in the making, the moment in Mackay where Marnus Labuschagne signalled enough was enough.

Australian domestic cricket is set to radically change, with Cricket Australia pushing ahead with plans to privatise the Big Bash League despite protests from several states.

Umpires had to intervene as a brutal onslaught from wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in Indian domestic cricket prompted a heated on-field interaction with a rival captain.

Marnus Labuschagne’s reprieve from Australia’s selectors might not be all it seems as a host of questions arise from the 16-player squad to tour South Africa next month announced on Monday.

Marnus Labuschagne has been handed a reprieve from Australia’s selectors in a stunning show of faith as a 16-man squad was named for next month’s three-Test tour of South Africa.

Forget 12 months. Travis Head has issued a seven-month calendar to help cricket fans keep track of the Summer of the Century on Kayo SPORTS.

Former cricketer Will Pucovski has reached a settlement with Cricket Australia and Cricket Victoria over the series of concussions that ended a promising career.

Aussies dreaming of attending an Ashes Test abroad next year will not only have a revitalised Ollie Robinson to deal with after a major price hike in tickets that English great Michael Vaughan has described as “pure greed” and “really poor”.

Ten years ago, Pakistan cricket stood on top of the world.

Pakistan’s tumultuous tour of England has been embroiled in further drama, amid reports players sensationally axed with one Test to go were forced to remain in the country to meet King Charles II.

County Championship side Hampshire backed out of playing New Zealand fast bowler Scott Kuggeleijn in their four-day Division One clash with Warwickshire on Wednesday due to fan backlash.