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Warner was the most heavily punished of the three players involved in the 2018 ball-tampering incident against South Africa in Cape Town – alongside Steven Smith and Cameron Bancroft – with him prevented from holding any leadership position in Australian cricket for the rest of his career. However, there is growing sentiment in the game

More international cricket on the menuEven as new franchise T20 leagues sprout up like mushrooms during the monsoon – the South African and UAE variety will debut in January – the ICC’s new FTP contains an increased number of international matches during the 2023-27 cycle. From 694 matches in the current FTP (2019-23), the 12

Amid the rapidly changing landscape created by T20 leagues, the ICC has announced the men’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the next four years. Australia will play India more than ever, but beyond that there are other noteworthy elements to how the schedule has played out after lengthy negotiations. Mind the BBL gapCricket Australia have

After a celebrated commentary career spanning 45 years, Ian Chappell has decided to put down his mic. The 78-year-old former Australia captain, who is widely admired for his incisive views on the game and his forthright manner of expressing them, told the Sydney Morning Herald that he had been contemplating the decision for a while.

The BCCI is set to resume the India A programme in early September, with incoming tours from New Zealand, and possibly, Australia. It will be helmed by VVS Laxman and his NCA support staff group of Sairaj Bahutule and Sitanshu Kotak. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that New Zealand A will arrive in India by the end

Cricket Australia has targeted the inclusion of the sport at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics as part of a strategic plan to expand participation and maintain the game’s position at the heart of the country’s sporting culture. The ambitious “Where the Game Grows” plan released on Monday aims to double the number of children aged five

Organisers of the UAE’s ILT20 are working with their counterparts in Australia and South Africa to minimise the impact of scheduling clashes with their competitions, Mubashshir Usmani, the general secretary of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), has said. The ILT20, which launches in January, will be the second-most lucrative T20 league after the IPL in

Mel Jones will step down from Cricket Australia’s board in October to focus on her media and other work commitments. Jones has served as one of nine board directors since December 2019 but also works as a cricket commentator in Australia and abroad, primarily with Sky Sports in England. She is also an advocate for

The league also said that its six franchises – owned by Reliance Industries, Kolkata Knight Riders, Capri Global, GMR, Lancer Capital, and Adani Sportsline – have finalised contracting players through the ‘directly acquire players’ option, though the details of who has gone to which team is not yet known. Some of the other latest signings

Australia coach Andrew McDonald believes they can avoid situations like Ben Stokes‘ ODI retirement and Trent Boult‘s New Zealand contract release by managing their multi-format players carefully. Boult’s decision to walk away from his NZC contract on Wednesday was another example of the challenge national teams face with multi-format international players, especially when they are

Cricket Australia could stand in the way of Chris Lynn‘s participation in the ILT20 while the challenge the BBL faces recruiting overseas talent has been laid bare after headline acts from the overseas draft, including Alex Hales and James Vince, were unveiled as signings for the new league which runs head-to-head with the BBL in

Sophie Devine had a memorable tournament on the personal front, while leading New Zealand to a bronze-medal finish. Devine hit 177 runs, only behind Mooney’s tally, and picked up six wickets at an economy rate of 6.59, to stay atop the allrounders’ table. Ash Gardner, meanwhile, has moved up to No. 2, crossing Nat Sciver

Australia 161 for 8 (Mooney 61, Lanning 36, Gardner 25, Renuka 2-25, Rana 2-38) beat India 152 (Harmanpreet 65, Rodrigues 33, Gardner 3-16, Schutt 2-27) by nine runs Australia gave yet another lesson in closing out games under pressure and crushed India’s dreams to clinch gold at the Commonwealth Games 2022. With India needing 44

“Winning ugly” might be a fairly new facet of Australia’s game, but given that it worked in their Commonwealth Games semi-final, they won’t be afraid to go there again when they face India for the gold medal. Beth Mooney, who combined with Tahlia McGrath to lift the title favourites from another troubled start for the

Big picture Two years after they played the T20I World Cup final in front of 88,000 fans at a packed MCG, Australia and India will square off in the gold-medal match at the Commonwealth Games 2022. The setting is perhaps a little less intimidating, but Edgbaston will likely be sold out to its 25,000 capacity.

Australia 145 for 5 (Mooney 36, McGrath 34, Tahuhu 3-20) beat New Zealand 144 for 7 (Devine 53, Kerr 40, Schutt 3-20) by five wickets Megan Schutt‘s three wickets and another steadfast display from their batters saw Australia to victory against New Zealand in the second semi-final of the Commonwealth Games. New Zealand were left

The potential presence of nine overseas players per team in the UAE-based ILT20 has ruffled the feathers of several Full Members, who fear it has the potential to disrupt global cricket’s ecosystem. Their concerns were raised at the recent ICC AGM in Birmingham, but have acquired urgency since it became clear the amount of money

Glenn Maxwell has revealed he was “shattered” to miss out on selection for Australia’s most recent Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, but it has only reignited his desire to play Test cricket again with a tour of India on the horizon early next year. Maxwell was close to playing in the first Test in

David Warner is unlikely to play in the UAE’s inaugural International League T20 (ILT20) in January, and looks set to remain in Australia with negotiations ongoing to have him play in the Big Bash League (BBL) for the first time since 2013. Warner, who is contracted to Cricket Australia but doesn’t hold a BBL deal,

Won Hampshire the Blast title twice, holding his nerve in extraordinary scenes after being called for a no-ball, to cap a tournament where his death bowling stood out. Making a strong push for the T20 World Cup squad, which he has spoken about after his late call to the Hundred to replace Riley Meredith.

Kurtis Patterson‘s desire to spend Christmas at home with his newborn son has prompted the opening bat to leave Perth and return to the Sydney Sixers. Patterson was unveiled as the Sixers’ new signing on Tuesday, inking a fresh three-year deal with the club he played a sole match for on debut in 2012. Born

Former Queensland and Australia allrounder Phil Carlson has passed away after a long illness at the age of 70. Carlson played two Tests and four ODIs for Australia, all against England, in the summer of 1978-79 during the height of the World Series Cricket schism. He was called into the debut for the final two

BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly is set to return to the cricket field nearly seven years after his last competitive game, when he plays in the second season of Legends League Cricket (LLC). Ganguly said in a post on Instagram that he was playing a “one-off charity fund-raising game” to mark 75

Australia Women 157 for 7 (Gardner 52*, Harris 37, Renuka 4-18) beat India Women 154 for 8 (Harmanpreet 52, Shafali 48, Jonassen 4-22) by three wickets Women’s cricket got off to a spectacular start in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with Australia giving India a reminder that you can never write them off, even in

But Langer’s move will likely cause some intrigue as he comments on the team that he departed from in messy circumstances earlier this year. Langer had wanted to continue coaching Australia’s men’s team long-term, but was only offered a six-month contract extension in February after relationships with players and staff had become strained over the

Sridharan Sriram will end his six-year tenure as an assistant coach with Australia’s men’s national team in order to focus on his coaching role with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. “After being on the road for six years it’s with a heavy heart I have decided to move on from my current role as

Adam Gilchrist believes it would be “commercial suicide” for Cricket Australia to allow any of their contracted players to play in the UAE or South Africa T20 Leagues that are set to clash with the BBL in January. Speaking on SEN Radio on Wednesday, Gilchrist was discussing a report in The Australian that said David

Nathan Ellis will continue to push his case for a spot in Australia’s T20 World Cup squad in the Hundred after signing a deal with London Spirit. Ellis, 27, was a travelling reserve in the squad that won the title in the UAE last year and starred for Hampshire in their T20 Blast win earlier

Liam Livingstone looks likely to be a Platinum pick in the upcoming BBL overseas draft as the headline act of 70 Englishmen who have nominated themselves, but availability will be a key consideration for teams, with a number of players likely to head to other leagues halfway through the tournament. Livingstone is set to be

Former Australian chairman of selectors and Western Australia opening batter Laurie Sawle has died at the age of 96. Sawle played a significant role in shaping Australia’s great teams of the 1990s and 2000s, having been a national selector for 13 years between 1982 and 1995, acting as chairman for 11 of those years. He