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Warner to return for NSW, Smith still out

Superstar David Warner will return in Thursday’s one-dayer between NSW and South Australia at Adelaide Oval.

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Australia's death bowling being tested by Kiwis

Daniel Sams is cannon fodder at the death, while Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Kane Richardson remain Australia’s best options in these dying overs in T20s.

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Australia's death bowling being tested by Kiwis

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The second innings of Rohit Sharma's Test career

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For Australia's sake, India need to continue dominating England

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Tamil Nadu finally gets the hero it craved and deserved

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When does Aaron Finch’s form become a World Cup worry?

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Has the World Test Championship made Test cricket better?

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Daniel Sams underlines all-round credentials and proves World Cup worth

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Assuming your right, this tour is a great place for him to either get over his nerves or for Finch and the Aussie brains…(more)

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Daniel Sams underlines all-round credentials and proves World Cup worth

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Daniel Sams underlines all-round credentials and proves World Cup worth

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Australia fall agonisingly short in second T20 despite Stoinis heroics

Australia have lost the second T20 against New Zealand by just four runs, some incredible late-order hitting from Marcus Stoinis and Daniel Sams not enough to get the side home.

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Australia fall agonisingly short in second T20 despite Stoinis heroics

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Australia fall agonisingly short in second T20 despite Stoinis heroics

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Australia lost spin battle against Kiwis, but they can win the war

Spin pair Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar have been key to Australia’s T20 resurgence so it was odd to see captain Aaron Finch seemingly lose faith in them as the Aussies were beaten by New Zealand on Monday.

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Australia lost spin battle against Kiwis, but they can win the war

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Australia lost spin battle against Kiwis, but they can win the war

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Australia's Christchurch capitulation poses daunting World Cup questions

It might have been the first game of a five-match T20 series against New Zealand, but Australia’s capitulation after a strong start proves there is a mountain of work to be done ahead of back-to-back T20 World Cups.

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Australia's Christchurch capitulation poses daunting World Cup questions

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Australia's Christchurch capitulation poses daunting World Cup questions

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Kiwis' next superstars face Australia in T20s tomorrow

New Zealand look set to field a T20 side featuring their two most hyped emerging players when their five-match series against Australia starts in Christchurch.

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Kiwis' next superstars face Australia in T20s tomorrow

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Kiwis' next superstars face Australia in T20s tomorrow

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Nathan Lyon finally finds form, but Victoria's fringe players make Sheffield Shield statement

Sporting scripts were made to be not followed, and Victoria upheld that line as they triumphed over the stacked New South Wales team at the Sydney Cricket Ground during the re-launch of the Sheffield Shield.

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Nathan Lyon finally finds form, but Victoria's fringe players make Sheffield Shield statement

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Nathan Lyon finally finds form, but Victoria's fringe players make Sheffield Shield statement

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Nic Maddinson and the curse of premature selection

If runs are the only currency of value in Australian cricket, Nic Maddinson should open his own mint.

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Nic Maddinson and the curse of premature selection

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Nic Maddinson and the curse of premature selection

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Baggy green opening pairs: The best, and why

How do you measure an Australian opening pair’s success, and which pair would then claim first place? This article attempts to answer both questions.

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Can England bounce back against India?

No one really gave England a chance to win a game in India even though they won a remarkable Test series in Sri Lanka just a week or so ago.

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A full breakdown of every Australian in the 2021 IPL

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England’s best Test side of the last 50 years

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The Test series that flew under cricket fans’ radars

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The ultimate fielding XI

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O Captain! My Captain Cummins!

Picture the scene – the Aussies have assembled in Brisbane, scanned their QR codes, donned their masks and sanitised their hands.

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India vs England: Highlights from the first two Test matches

Congratulations to England and India for putting on a good show in Chennai over the past two weeks.

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Australia and South Africa should co-host their next Test series

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Why are England so stubborn about turning pitches?

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Did England have a bad wicket or just play bad cricket?

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How T20 cricket has enhanced Test cricket

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Behind the scenes look at why IPL team snubbed Steve Smith for Glenn Maxwell

Royal Challengers Bangalore have released a series of videos with a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in the bidding war for cricket players in the IPL auction. Glenn Maxwell ended up receiving $2.5 million for his services despite a shocking IPL last year where his highest score was 32 with the bat and he […]

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Behind the scenes look at why IPL team snubbed Steve Smith for Glenn Maxwell

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WA quick rips through Tassie's top order with back-to-back peaches

Western Australia opening bowler Taneale Peschel produced an incredible spell of bowling in the Women’s National Cricket League, knocking over two Tassie batters with superb deliveries in consecutive balls.

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WA quick rips through Tassie's top order with back-to-back peaches

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Steve Smith teases James Pattinson with leave on the way to another ton

Steve Smith just keeps on scoring runs in all formats after bringing up a century for New South Wales against Victoria in the Marsh Cup.

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Steve Smith teases James Pattinson with leave on the way to another ton

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WATCH: Tim Paine opens the bowling and takes a wicket in Tasmanian cricket

The Aussie captain bowled 10 overs of pace and spin for University of Tasmania.

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WATCH: Tim Paine opens the bowling and takes a wicket in Tasmanian cricket

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Steve Smith pays tribute to BCCI, Cricket Australia after winning Allan Border Medal

Steve Smith is your 2021 Allan Border Medallist, the batting superstar pipping Pat Cummins’ for Australian cricket’s most prestigious award. Smith paying tribute to Cricket Australia for facilitating a full home summer of cricket despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Board of Control for Cricket in India for their part in ensuring […]

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Steve Smith pays tribute to BCCI, Cricket Australia after winning Allan Border Medal

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The weirdest bowling action in cricket history ends exactly as you'd expect

When your bowling action works like this, you can’t be surprised when you fall over!

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The weirdest bowling action in cricket history ends exactly as you'd expect

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One-in-a-million bat flip scenes before BBL Challenger wows the crowd

Once is unlikely… but TWICE in a row?

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One-in-a-million bat flip scenes before BBL Challenger wows the crowd

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Nic Maddinson blasts six sixes in boundry-laden Victorian grade cricket cameo

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