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Cricket Australia female contracts probed by FairWork

Australia's workplace oversight body, the FairWork Ombudsman, has queried Cricket Australia's contract clauses around female players

17-Dec-2016•Daniel Brettig

Arthur defends Pakistan team selection, backs senior batsmen

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has defended the selection of three left-arm fast bowlers in the attack for the first Test at the Gabba, where Australia piled on 429 in the first innings

17-Dec-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Australia strike twice after setting 490 to win

There was no mayhem this time, no clatter of wickets in a giddy rush, or frenzied burst of noise from the Gabba's biggest crowd ever outside the Ashes

17-Dec-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Handscomb stays back to take career forward

When Peter Handscomb danced down the pitch and lofted Yasir Shah over long-on for the first six of Australia's innings, you wouldn't have believed he was on the verge of a maiden Test century

16-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Pregnancy policy under review - Sutherland

James Sutherland has stated that pregnancy policies around women cricketers will be addressed in the current round of MOU negotiations with the ACA

16-Dec-2016•Daniel Brettig

Australia's quicks blow Pakistan away

Pakistan went into free fall in the final session on day two at the Gabba, against the the swinging, bouncing, pink ball under lights

16-Dec-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Smith owns up to edge on 97

Steven Smith said he did edge the ball to the wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed when he was on 97 but felt it was a bizarre that nothing came off it

16-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

No one noticed Smith's edge - Azhar Ali

Sarfraz Ahmed had dropped Steven Smith on 53. Then when he did catch the Australian captain on 97, no one appealed

15-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

Renshaw saves parents a dash across Brisbane

Matt Renshaw's dismissal for 71 meant that his parents did not need to make a trip across Brisbane to get to the ground

15-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale in Brisbane

John Hastings to have knee surgery

Australia fast bowler John Hastings will undergo surgery on his right knee to repair a tendon his injured during a Sheffield Shield game last week

15-Dec-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Smith century puts Australia ahead on first day

Steven Smith and Peter Handscomb capitalized on the platform laid by Matt Renshaw with an unbroken 137-run stand to take Australia to 288 for 3 at stumps

15-Dec-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Australia ponder playing four quicks

Australia have left open the possibility of playing four fast men and leaving out offspinner Nathan Lyon at the Gabba, choosing not to name their XI on the eve of the match

14-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

Pink ball, pace, Gabba an explosive combination

The pink ball, floodlights and the Gabba's often lively pitch will make for a high octane contest between two sides well stocked with speed

14-Dec-2016•The Preview by Daniel Brettig

'Very Australian' Khawaja set to take on country of birth

Usman Khawaja was a young child when moved to Sydney from Islamabad with his family; now he's set to play his first Test match against the country of his birth

13-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale

Australia losing grip of Gabba stronghold

The search for a more commercially successful Brisbane Test is likely to end the tradition of the Gabba hosting the first Test of the Aussie summer

13-Dec-2016•Daniel Brettig

Adelaide to host maiden Ashes day-night Test

The first ever Day-Night Ashes Test will be staged at Adelaide Oval next year, following the announcement of the 2017-18 Ashes schedule

12-Dec-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Shouldn't 'overkill' day-night Tests - Lyon

Nathan Lyon has said Test cricket should be kept "as traditional as possible with the odd pink ball game"

12-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale

Lyon hopes to extract more bounce from the Gabba

The offspinner has set his sights on hitting the splice of the bats, and bringing the close-in catchers into play in the day-night Test in Brisbane

12-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale

More senior CA staff defect to Perth stadium

Mike McKenna has poached CA's long-serving head of events Chris Loftus-Hills to help oversee Perth's new stadium, which is set to host an Ashes Test next summer

12-Dec-2016•Daniel Brettig

Post debut duck, Maddinson set for second go

Nic Maddinson has the chance to get off the mark in Test cricket in the first match against Pakistan, after failing to do so in the third against South Africa

11-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale

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