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A rift has emerged between the ABC and Cricket Australia after former Test fast bowler and Cricket NSW board member Stuart Clark openly criticised the sporting authorityās bigwigs on-air.
Cricket Australia have sensationally banned ABC from speaking to players during the Ashes following a rant from one of their commentators. Stuart Clark, a former player and Cricket NSW board member, launched a scathing attack on Australiaās senior leadership group during the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Australia created history in the fifth Test against England at MCG as they put up a marathon effort with the bat. Steve Smith and Travis Head scored centuries as the hosts broke a 134-year-old Ashes record while achieving a feat only India has done in Test cricket history.
Four Australians make it to our best Test XI of the year, but at its helm is the World Test Championship final winning captain Temba Bavuma The 2025 calendar year threw up some brilliant Test cricket, plenty of memorable performances, several new records ā and one notable non-record.
Frustrated Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg vowed Monday to take up "archaic" bad light rules with the sport's governing body after a third of the opening day at the fifth Ashes Test was lost."There's a lot of things that I get frustrated with in cricket but bad light's one of them,
England looking for back-to-back wins after two-day victory in Boxing Day game at MCG; Australia have retained Ashes, lead 3-1 after victories in first three Tests at Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide; Usm
Spinner Todd Murphy will have to wait to find out if he will get his first taste of test cricket on home soil on Sunday after captain Steve Smith said Australia were keeping options open for the fifth Ashes clash with England.
Ex-Australia cricket star Damien Martyn has made a sudden turnaround since coming out of an induced coma while in a Gold Coast hospital with meningitis. Cricket Australia said the 54-year-old Martyn,
Damien Martyn has emerged from an induced coma and is now awake and communicating, marking a significant improvement in his condition after being hospitalised with meningitis.