Solution to Big Bash howlers on the way Cricket Australia concedes the standard of umpiring in the Big Bash has prompted a call on the use of technology to eliminate inexcusable decisions.
Cricket by Sam Landsberger
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Subscriber only Cricket Australia has given its strongest indication yet that a form of DRS will be added to the Big Bash League - but not in time for the finals series, which begins next Friday. The BBL quietly navigated an alarming umpire shortage this season with multiple games being staged without a fourth umpire as several became stranded in Sydney due to the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 at the Northern Beaches.
Will Pucovski and Cameron Green are the two most promising players to join Australia’s Test batting line-up since David Warner debuted nine years ago. Now they must be given a long rope by the selectors. Australian media and fans are so accustomed to a merry-go-round batting line-up that most new players have barely creased their […]
It doesn’t feel like all that long ago India were rolled for 36 in Adelaide and anything less than a 4-0 series win for Australia would have looked ordinary. But here we are, just a few weeks later, and India will return home with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, having pulled off one of the greatest underdog […]
Looking back at the era of Smith, Warner, Lanning and Perry, and who s next for Australian cricket
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Steve Smith and Meg Lanning are icons of the past decade.
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The Test series loss by the Australian men s cricket team to India will trigger a period of reflection, as players, fans and selectors wonder what s next.
The loss comes about 10 years after Australia s four most senior players made their debuts: Tim Paine (2010), Steve Smith (2010), Nathan Lyon (2011) and David Warner (2011).
It s been a rollercoaster decade: highs like holding onto the Ashes in 2019 after the cheating incident, but also multiple home series defeats against both India and South Africa.