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ESPNcricinfo previews the second Twenty20 international between Australia and India in Melbourne

Cricket Australia’s chief executive James Sutherland has raised the prospect of playing longer Twenty20 series in future after 59,659 spectators turned out to watch Australia’s victory over India at Stadium Australia on Wednesday

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Yorkshire, once known for only selecting players born within the county borders, hope their attempts to bring in former Australia international Phil Jaques as a non-overseas player won’t be blocked by the ECB

Matthew Wade’s punchy 72 pushed Australia to 4 for 171, a steep target for India on a tacky pitch in the first international match at Stadium Australia in Sydney, which hosted events during the Olympics in 2000

South Australia have picked two debutants in their Bupa Sheffield Shield squad to take on Victoria at Adelaide Oval starting Thursday.

In the early 20th century, Australia was gripped by a sectarian conflict between Catholics and Protestants, one which was believed to play a part in Donald Bradman not being so popular among some of his team-mates. Before Bradman’s time, cricket wasn’t free of this divide and it was captured through a sensational divorce trial between a Test cricketer, Arthur Coningham and his wife Alice Dowling, who he claimed was seduced by a Catholic priest Denis O’haran in Sydney. It was a trial which changed Coningham’s life, for the worse. Sriram…

Former Australia fast bowler Jeff Thompson talks to Rohit Bhaskar on bowling to Sir Don Bradman, meeting George Best and the best batsmen he bowled to. More from the Hindustan Times. It was at Adelaide in 1977-78, when India was touring Australia. Sir Don was batting in a suit, no pads, no gloves, just a bat. He must’ve been around 70 and hadn’t batted for almost 30 years and he was still so good. It was a turf wicket, and I bowled within myself, but there were a couple of…

The fast bowler Pat Cummins is aiming to be part of Australia’s tour of the West Indies but has all but been ruled out of the Commonwealth Bank Series due to his heel injury

From Paul Leary, United Kingdom The battle for supremacy of a sport such as Test cricket can never and must never be compressed to a single game