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Daniel Brettig

Daniel Brettig

Daniel Brettig is The Age's chief cricket writer and the author of several books on cricket.

Australia’s cricketers celebrate the Ashes.

‘You’ve let the fox into the henhouse’: Inside the fight for cricket’s future

When Australian cricket powerbrokers gathered for a soirée at the Paddington home of Sydney businessman and Cricket NSW chair John Knox, fault lines were already starting to form.

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Pat Cummins is Australia’s highest IPL earner, at Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The big fear driving revolt against BBL sale plans

Australian cricket’s biggest state fears that privatising Big Bash League clubs will expose the national game to club versus country tensions that have been evident in other Twenty20 leagues around the world.

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Cricket Australia chair and former NSW premier Mike Baird is a central figure in the Big Bash drama.

D-Day for Australian cricket as massive BBL call goes down to the wire

The power play over Cricket Australia’s push to sell off stakes in BBL teams, which would be the biggest upheaval in Australian cricket since Kerry Packer’s World Series revolution, goes all the way to the top.

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Sam Konstas has been left of the Cricket Australia contract list.

Konstas was the fresh face of Australian cricket. Now he’s lost his contract

Sam Konstas has been formally relegated to the fringes of Australian cricket after being cut from the list of central contracts handed out by Cricket Australia on Wednesday.

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Pat Cummins and Travis Head.

Why Cricket Australia will cut player contracts despite 20 Tests in 12 months

Australia is set to slash its contract list to be able to pay a premium to the likes of captain Pat Cummins and freewheeling deputy Travis Head ahead of an unrelenting schedule of 20 Test matches within 12 months.

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Henry Thornton celebrates a wicket during Victoria’s collapse on the final day of the Sheffield Shield final.

Victoria call for Shield final DRS after dominant season disintegrates in 53 minutes

Victoria disintegrated in the space of 53 minutes on the final morning of the Sheffield Shield final to hand South Australia back-to-back titles for the first time in the state’s history.

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Travis Head in action during the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, with Bet365 advertising in the background.

Sell off the BBL, or sell out to sports betting: Cricket’s huge call

Australian cricket will consider raising millions more from wagering to bring the national game closer to the huge levels of gambling revenue scooped up by the NRL and the AFL.

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Steve Smith salutes during this summer’s BBL.

Why Cricket Australia’s $800 million plan is on the verge of collapse

Cricket Australia bosses want to sell multimillion-dollar stakes in every Big Bash League club, but not everyone is happy with the plan.

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Adelaide Oval and night cricket.

Adelaide plot to pinch showpiece World Cup final from MCG

The MCG has traditionally been seen as the host of major events due to its sheer size, but other Australian venues are emerging as competitors for major cricket.

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India lifts the World Cup trophy.

When will their dominance end? India’s batters monster Kiwis in World Cup final

With the spur of 2023 to help them, India are now making the very most of their unrivalled talent pipeline, and hoovering up global trophies as quickly as the ICC can put them up

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