Will Pucovski is yet to fully shake off symptoms of his latest concussion,delaying the meeting of a medical panel to help decide on his cricket future.
Glenn Maxwell is taking an indefinite break from the IPL following a down patch in form off the back of the tournament of a lifetime at last year’s World Cup.
BBC correspondent and former England player Jonathan Agnew says “it’s sad” the game now refers to all players as batters.
Mitch Marsh has returned home from the IPL with a hamstring tear ahead of the T20 World Cup in June,but there may be a silver lining for Jake Fraser-McGurk.
Jack Clarke,the Cricket Australia chair who oversaw the introduction of the Big Bash League and a major overhaul of the governing body’s board of directors,has died in Adelaide.
Starc’s record IPL auction price of $4.43 million back in December has not translated to on-field success for the Aussie pace bowler.
Australia’s selectors have all but guaranteed Steve Smith will stay at the top of the order for next summer’s Tests against India,leaving a race among the next rank to be called up whenever Smith or Usman Khawaja decide to retire
The Australian batsman blasted 62 off just 24 balls as part of a 68-run second-wicket stand for the Sunrisers … which lasted less than four overs.
Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test has been identified alongside Perth as two of the most underperforming games on the cricket calendar - not because of bumper crowds on December 26,but for the sharp drop-off afterwards.
India and Pakistan will be in Australia at the same time early next season,but Cricket Australia ruled out hosting a tri-series as the full season schedule was released on Tuesday.
Perth and Brisbane have been vying to host the first Test of the summer,while Adelaide wanted the pre-Christmas Test.