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Player safety vs entertainment debate at SCG: Vaughan leads calls for change in 'mindset'
"Our game shoots itself in the foot time and time and time again," Jason Gillespie says, while Harry Brook "just sat around waiting for it to be called off"
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Bangladesh
Cricket
Bangladesh bring back Taskin, drop Jaker from T20 World Cup squad
Bangladesh are scheduled to play their first three matches in Kolkata and the last one in Mumbai, but are expected to write to the ICC to switch their matches to Sri Lanka
England tour of Australia 2025/26
Root and Brook shine before afternoon gloom ends play early
Joe Root and Harry Brook shared an unbeaten 154-run stand before bad weather halted play with only 45 overs possible as Australia struggled in the absence of a spinner
Cricket
A year in fast-forward: shorter games, quicker results, Starc contrasts
A stats overview of 2025, when breakneck speed was the default
Mustafizur Rahman
IPL
Bangladesh look to move T20 World Cup matches from India amid Mustafizur row
BCB cites safety concerns with Sri Lanka a potential alternative host
Mustafizur Rahman
IPL
KKR release Mustafizur from IPL 2026 squad following BCCI instructions
BCCI secretary says KKR will be allowed to bring in a replacement player for Mustafizur Rahman
Big Bash League
Ward 90 trumps Warner 130* as Hurricanes top table
Sams gave Thunder a sniff in the chase before Chaudhary took the game away
Bangladesh Premier League
BPL round-up: Shanto's form, Ripon's Super Over heroics, and familiar controversies
All the highlights from the first week of the 2025-26 season of the Bangladesh Premier League
Sikandar Raza
SA20
Bereaved Raza makes a statement as first Zimbabwe player in SA20
The veteran has had to put aside the pain of losing his brother earlier this week
India
Cricket
Shreyas Iyer, Gill back in India's ODI squad for NZ series
Siraj also returns to the ODI set-up, having last played the format in October 2025 in Australia
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Injury setback for Ferguson ahead of T20 WC; Milne back with a bang
Ferguson suffered a calf injury while playing for Desert Vipers in the ILT20
Steven Smith
England in Australia 2025-26
Smith: Winning series 4-1 the target for Australia
Steven Smith looks ahead to the final Test match of the Ashes series amid discussions about the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Namibia
Cricket
Erasmus to lead young-looking Namibia at T20 World Cup
The squad of 15 has a host of players with very little international experience, and will have Gary Kirsten collaborating with Craig Williams in the back room
Ben Stokes
England in Australia 2025-26
Stokes reveals uncertainty over SCG pitch
England captain Ben Stokes looks ahead to the fifth and final Test match of the Ashes series.
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Cricket
Australia's big wins and near misses, Zimbabwe's year of plenty, West Indies' continuing spiral
In our second batch of team report cards for 2024: Australia, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, West Indies, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan
England
Cricket
For England, if the message has gone too far, what about the messenger?
On the eve of the final Test in Sydney, England nurse a result not as bad as that 4-0 four years ago, but are theoretically worse off
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Frontline spinners in focus for SCG encounter
Andrew McGlashan previews the 5th Ashes Test and sheds light on why the Test result is still relevant for both sides
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Punjab
Cricket
Gill's return to Vijay Hazare Trophy delayed due to food poisoning
He is understood to be recovering well and is likely to play Punjab's match on January 6, against Goa
Shreyas Iyer
New Zealand in India 2025-26
Shreyas Iyer could return to action on January 6 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy
India's ODI squad for the New Zealand series will be picked on Saturday
Australia
Cricket
The expectation and the frustration of being Cameron Green
Australian cricket has over-promised on what the allrounder can achieve, and he is under-delivering on what was promised so far
Australia
Cricket
Australia will keep door open if Cummins can be ready for T20 World Cup Super Eights
Selection chief George Bailey is hoping Josh Hazlewood and Tim David are fit for the start of the T20 World Cup
Australia
Cricket
'That was unfair' - Smith supports Khawaja on Perth preparation criticism
"He hates it, but we dropped him," Steven Smith says of leaving Usman Khawaja out of the team in the subcontinent - "maybe [it was] a blessing in disguise"
SA20
Pretorius, Baartman star as Paarl survive late scare to keep MICT winless
Linde and Rashid added 51 off 27 balls for the seventh wicket, but Paarl held on to take the thriller by one run
Cricket
Bangladesh to host Pakistan for two series in March and May
Bangladesh will play three ODIs against Pakistan in March, followed by New Zealand's six white-ball matches - three ODIs and three T20Is - in April and May
Cricket
Azizul Hakim to lead Bangladesh at Under-19 World Cup
Zawad Abrar will be the vice-captain as Bangladesh made just one change to the side from the recent Under-19 Asia Cup
