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Alastair Cook RETIRES: England’s former captain will quit international cricket after the fifth Test (Image: GETTY) Cook captained England for four years, leading them to a famous Test series triumph in India within 12 months of his reign. The opener stepped down as captain of the Test team two years ago and will now hang […]
OLYMPIC star Colin Jackson told yesterday how he turned to athletics after his dreams of becoming a cricketer were hit for six – because he suffered so much with hay fever. The former world champion hurdler was a talented all- rounder who played county cricket for Glamorgan as a junior
FORGET about what happens to the commentary teams as cricket switches channels. The big question is what happens to that “Wide World of Sports cricket theme” which became as synonymous with cricket in Australia as the voice of the late Richie Benaud. For years, the opening bars of the music literally trumpeting the start of […]
CRICKET Australia is reportedly set to give Channel Nine the flick in favour of a bumper Foxtel offer said to be worth at least $ 1 billion over the next six years. The reported move means Nine will lose broadcasting rights to the pay-TV provider who was said to be in talks with Channel Seven […]
DAVID Warner was expected to go down swinging as he looked likely to appeal the 12-month ban handed down to him by Cricket Australia. He has however decided to follow in the footsteps of former skipper Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft. Warner tweeted that he had “fully accepted” Cricket Australia’s ban handed down following his […]
Video Joe Hilde-rants on the cricket cheating scandal2:49 Following Australia’s cricket cheating scandal this week, Joe Hildebrand looks at how we can recover from it and move forward. March 29th 2018 12 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Network News/National/ Cricket Joe Hilde-rants on the cricket cheating scandal2:49 March 29th 2018 3 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Network News/National/ Will Burns and […]
Getty Images Two of the biggest stars in world cricket have been banned for a year because of a massive ball-tampering scandal. Australia’s captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner now face a year on the sidelines. Australian cricket captain Steve Smith and vice-captain Dave Warner have both been banned from playing elite cricket for […]
A journalist has received a torrent of abuse after being mistaken for his namesake, disgraced Australian cricket captain Steve Smith, who admitted cheating during a match in South Africa over the weekend. Aussie cricketer Smith, 28, resigned as his country’s captain after admitting that ball tampering by batsman Cameron Bancroft during the test against South […]
“Following discussions with Steve Smith and David Warner they have agreed to stand down as captain and vice-Captain respectively for the remainder of this Test match,” a statement from Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland said. After apparent ball-tampering was shown on the big screen during the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town, Smith and team-mate […]
IT’S MORE than two decades since Harold “Dickie” Bird stood in his 66th and final Test match between England and India in 1996 but Britain’s best-loved umpire, now approaching his 85th birthday, is still one of the most recognisable faces in cricket.
