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“The 36-year-old, who played 18 international T20 matches, underwent an In Competition Doping Control test on July 18 while playing in Vitality Blast Finals Day matches between Northampton Steelbacks, Somerset and Hampshire Hawks in Birmingham, England’s…”

“Albanese joined the King and Queen and other Commonwealth leaders at a cricket match that pitted Caribbean leaders against counterparts from other Commonwealth nations.”

“It’s hard to think of a more compelling three-match Test cricket contest.”

“A day in which Australia were behind from the moment Pat Cummins sent South Africa in to bat finished with honours shared after Starc’s match-turning four wickets in the space of six deliveries.”

““The strong financial result was anticipated and largely driven by the delivery of a successful cricket season featuring the men’s Ashes series against England and the broadcast revenue associated with the men’s white-ball series against India,””

“While the Australian Cricketers’ Association has rejected the current privatisation model because it does not meet their requirements around the players’ share of any BBL windfall, Sthalekar said privatisation might eventually help to push the WBBL and the…”

““He came back in really good shape so he could work hard at his batting, which he probably hadn’t had the chance to do in the years prior because he was always either in England or on tours.”

“Test cricket’s only older teams were their opponents, the England teams of the 1920s spearheaded by Jack Hobbs, who had played his first Test match in 1908 and scored half of his 199 first-class centuries when he was past 40.”

“As Steve Smith continues to leave the cricketing world in bewilderment, two experts have revealed how the freakish fielding talents that wrestled the first Test against South Africa into Australia’s favour can be learned.”

“Durban: As smoke from a post-match braai wafted over Kingsmead, Australia’s Test team could be heard singing and carousing in celebration of a 214-run mauling of South Africa.”

“Nic Maddinson (48 from 38 full-blooded balls), Marnus Labuschagne (37 for the second time in the match), Alex Carey, Webster and Cummins all contributed proactively.”

“A winter spent playing club cricket in England was followed by his inclusion in a development tour to India as he sought to hone his craft.”

“Many of those celebrations have been captured by the camera crew documenting a fourth season of The Test, the Amazon documentary series that has been revived to follow overseas assignments in South Africa, India and England over the next 12 months.”

“I think it’s a great role model for not only our team, but for world cricket – how to be successful in Test matches.””

“…omoting the greatest pile of mediocrity that we’ve seen in a generation of cricket” by selecting Maddinson – who is without a first-class match to his name in 579 days – you suspect Bailey may have been feeling a little uneasy sitting in the Australian…”

“Those games also happen to be the last time a major Australian cricket centre hosted a Test match any earlier than November, with subsequent games played in boutique venues in the Northern Territory and far north Queensland.”

“Nevertheless, the shock of collision with Test cricket is always something else, and the reality of events in Durban on Friday was that neither Maddinson not Australia looked adequately equipped to put a substantial Test match total on the board.”

“We used to laugh at the English selectors for insisting a player needed 10 years of county cricket before being Test match ready.”

“Durban: For all the changes to the Australian team and international cricket since the fateful 2018 South Africa tour, one theme runs consistently from that episode to the one about to begin at Kingsmead.”

“Australia’s most heated rivalries are against England and India but for South African fans their most eagerly awaited series since their return to world cricket are against the men in the baggy green.”

“Durban: Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg has revealed he told curators at major venues to prepare flatter pitches for this summer and beyond, amid fears about a recent spate of two-day Test matches that have damaged the game’s finances.”

“In some ways, the motivation to return in glory is not dissimilar to what drove Smith to otherworldly levels of performance in England in 2019, with 774 runs in four matches.”

“Pat Cummins has opened the door for Mitchell Marsh to make a comeback to Test cricket as soon as the series in South Africa, believing the white-ball bruiser still has it in him to change red-ball games, like he did at Headingley in the 2023 Ashes.”