IPL crackdown:Grade Cricketer takes down hundreds of videos after receiving ‘legal letter’

IPL crackdown:Grade Cricketer takes down hundreds of videos after receiving ‘legal letter’

Indian cricket authorities have clamped down on The Grade Cricketer podcast,consumed by more than a million people around the world – compelling its creators to take down every single video they have produced for this year’s IPL.

  • byDaniel Brettig

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The more hostile the bowling,the more Keith liked it

The more hostile the bowling,the more Keith liked it

Keith Stackpole,who died this week,was a fierce competitor,a loyal teammate and a courageous opening batsman who loved facing the short stuff.

  • byGreg Chappell
‘He was scared of my face’:Andrew Flintoff sometimes wished he hadn’t survived Top Gear crash

‘He was scared of my face’:Andrew Flintoff sometimes wished he hadn’t survived Top Gear crash

In a new Disney+ documentary,the former England cricket captain describes the depression and trauma that rooted him to his living-room couch for seven months.

  • bySimon Briggs
‘The beauty of immigration’:Inside Khawaja’s heartfelt mission for change

‘The beauty of immigration’:Inside Khawaja’s heartfelt mission for change

As he reflects on his upbringing as a new Australian,Usman Khawaja delivers a telling insight into the changes needed in the nation’s cricket landscape.

  • byNick Wright
‘If you had a son like Keith Stackpole you’d be very proud’:Bill Lawry’s heartfelt tribute to ‘Stacky’
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‘If you had a son like Keith Stackpole you’d be very proud’:Bill Lawry’s heartfelt tribute to ‘Stacky’

Stackpole was an aggressive opening batter who was an important member of the Australian sides captained by Bill Lawry and Ian Chappell from 1966-74.

  • byAndrew Wu andJon Pierik
Banned by the Taliban,this is how Afghanistan’s women cricketers got back on world stage

Banned by the Taliban,this is how Afghanistan’s women cricketers got back on world stage

They fled the Taliban four years ago. But with support from Australian cricket powerbrokers,it looks like Afghanistan’s women’s cricketers will get to play as a team in international competitions.

  • byDaniel Brettig
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Revealed:New cricket boss Greenberg’s Boxing Day barney and how he is brokering peace

Revealed:New cricket boss Greenberg’s Boxing Day barney and how he is brokering peace

New Cricket Australia chief Todd Greenberg speaks on cricket’s dealings with Saudi Arabia,why he had a public argument during the Boxing Day Test,and the case for drop-ins at the SCG.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Cricket’s future was up for debate. Here’s what was decided

Cricket’s future was up for debate. Here’s what was decided

England wanted to rejig the points system for the world Test championship,but cricket chiefs had a raft of other proposals on the agenda at meetings in Zimbabwe.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Inside Australian cricket’s plan to make Big Bash No.2 behind the IPL

Inside Australian cricket’s plan to make Big Bash No.2 behind the IPL

US consulting giant Boston Consulting Group will explore both privatisation and expansion as possible ways to supercharge the BBL in an increasingly crowded T20 marketplace.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Hawke,Packer and ‘Supercat’:Cricket’s secret Kirribilli meeting and the end of apartheid

Hawke,Packer and ‘Supercat’:Cricket’s secret Kirribilli meeting and the end of apartheid

Forty years after the rebel tours of South Africa,we reveal one of the great sliding doors moments in Australian cricket.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘My journey ends’:Pucovski retires from cricket but payout talks continue

‘My journey ends’:Pucovski retires from cricket but payout talks continue

Victorian and Australian batsman Will Pucovski is still in talks with Cricket Victoria about the terms of his exit from the sport despite announcing his retirement from cricket after a long battle with concussion.

  • byTom Decent andDaniel Brettig