Travis Head and Jake Fraser-McGurk provided the fireworks for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals as an Indian Premier League trend towards batting hyperdrive gathered still more momentum.
A rule change has India’s stars up in arms,with plenty of potential consequences for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup.
Seven-time World Cup winner and Australia’s most decorated captain Meg Lanning has explained why she ultimately walked away from the game at just 32 years of age.
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.
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.
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
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.
Steve Smith’s move up to opening was not a matter of universal consensus within the Australian team.
Alex Carey won a Test off his own bat for his country,but that’s not all he achieved in leading the way as Australia chased down 279 to beat New Zealand in Christchurch