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Lyon: We’d have won the Ashes 4-0 if I’d been fit

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

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In just 19 balls, Fraser-McGurk heaps more pressure on Australian selectors

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

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. 

The joy of six has not been entirely lost, but it’s getting there
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The joy of six has not been entirely lost, but it’s getting there

Cricket is overdoing a good thing with sixes. It is one thing to reinvigorate a sport to stay in line with the times, another to indulge it to death.

  • by Greg Baum
‘A little bit of magic’: Marsh’s X-factor and how Cummins helped mould Australia’s new T20 skipper

‘A little bit of magic’: Marsh’s X-factor and how Cummins helped mould Australia’s new T20 skipper

The bond between Mitch Marsh and Pat Cummins is a key plank of the recent success of the Australian side, underlining how the environment built by the Test captain has enabled the likes of Marsh and others to find their best, after years of inconsistency.

  • by Daniel Brettig
No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad

No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad

Despite glowing praise from chairman of selectors George Bailey, exciting white-ball tyro Jake Fraser-McGurk missed Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup squad.

  • by Malcolm Conn
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Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost

Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost

Australian cricketers in women’s domestic competitions will earn an average salary of $160,000 as Cricket Australia announces a new Twenty20 competition and a change to the WBBL under a new multimillion-dollar plan to bolster growth in women and girls cricket.

  • by Carla Jaeger
Aussie bowler infamous for crude graffiti declares interest in England defection

Aussie bowler infamous for crude graffiti declares interest in England defection

Daniel Worrall, a former Sheffield Shield quick best known for a crude sketch in 2014, could become the first player in 125 years to represent both Australia and England.

  • by Vince Rugari
‘T20 batting at a new level’: The Australian youngster pushing for World Cup selection

‘T20 batting at a new level’: The Australian youngster pushing for World Cup selection

Just days before Australia name their T20 World Cup squad, Jake Fraser-McGurk pulverised the Mumbai Indians attack to the tune of 84 off just 27 balls, including a half-century off 15 deliveries.

  • by Ian Chadband
125 runs in six overs: Australian fireworks as Head, Fraser-McGurk star in IPL run-fest

125 runs in six overs: Australian fireworks as Head, Fraser-McGurk star in IPL run-fest

Travis Head and Jake Fraser-McGurk provided the fireworks for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals as an Indian Premier League trend towards batting hyperdrive gathered still more momentum.

  • by Daniel Brettig
The ‘gimmick’ that has sparked a cricket culture war
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The ‘gimmick’ that has sparked a cricket culture war

A rule change has India’s stars up in arms, with plenty of potential consequences for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup.

  • by Daniel Brettig