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Fraser-McGurk to be Warner World Cup reserve as Green, Maxwell fire
Jake Fraser-McGurk is likely to be a travelling reserve for Australia at the T20 World Cup, as Cameron Green showed why the 22-year-old couldn’t be squeezed into a 15-man squad.
- by Daniel Brettig
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‘You wrote the rules, you idiots’: Inside Australia’s dressing-room reaction to Bairstow stumping
Australia’s immediate debrief in the aftermath of the controversial Jonny Bairstow stumping and a flurry of abuse in the Lord’s Long Room, is revealed by the latest season of the Amazon Prime documentary.
- by Daniel Brettig
The cricketer who averaged 207
Norman Callaway was just 18 when he made his scintillating first-class debut, and appeared destined for greatness. But then the world turned to chaos.
- by Ross McMullin
Boycott threat by cricket’s biggest states forces women’s T20 change
Australia’s two most populous cricket states, Victoria and New South Wales, considered boycotting a new women’s Twenty20 tournament and playing matches among themselves before reaching a compromise with Cricket Australia on the competition format for this season.
- by Daniel Brettig
Why a South African leader is poised to unlock Australia’s opener debate
An old foe is taking the reins of an Australian cricket nursery. Can he unlock its potential and end the nation’s opener debate?
- by Nick Wright
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Australian cricket
His career pre-dates YouTube and Facebook, now Anderson’s exit sets stage for a Bazball Ashes assault
They admired his skill and sometimes were taken aback by his sledging. How Jimmy Anderson was seen through Australian eyes.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Australian cricket
Reeve dreams of wearing the baggy green, but the number of south Asian cricketers at the top is going backwards
The number of Australian cricketers with south Asian heritage is growing at the grassroots and junior levels, but not in the elite teams. But there is a plan to help kids like Reeve Bal Pannu follow in the footsteps of Usman Khawaja.
- by Daniel Brettig
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England
‘It’s been an incredible 20 years’: Ashes foe Anderson confirms end of England career
The pace ace’s record-breaking 22-year international career will finish at Lord’s in July, which means one of Australia’s great Ashes adversaries will not feature at next year’s series.
- by Will Macpherson
Lyon: We’d have won the Ashes 4-0 if I’d been fit
Nathan Lyon believes Australia would have won the 2023 Ashes series 4-0 if he hadn’t broken down with injury.
- by Ian Chadband
In just 19 balls, Fraser-McGurk heaps more pressure on Australian selectors
He wasn’t deemed good enough for Australia’s T20 World Cup squad, but Jake Fraser-McGurk’s responded in the best possible way with another IPL batting blitz.
- by Glenn Moore
Batting phenom Fraser-McGurk opens up on World Cup snub
Australian short-form batting sensation Jake Fraser-McGurk said he didn’t feel he had earned a place in the T20 World Cup squad despite his recent pyrotechnics in the Indian Premier League.Â