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Cricket Australia bans Russell's black bat

Andre Russell's jet-black bat has been banned by Cricket Australia after discovering that the bat left visible marks on the ball

21-Dec-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sixers seal derby win after Thunder's batting slump

Moises Henriques commanded a focused Sydney Sixers to a nine-wicket win over Sydney Thunder in the opening match of BBL 2016-17

20-Dec-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Cartwright bolts into Boxing Day Test squad

Western Australia allrounder Hilton Cartwright has been included in the Australia squad for the second Test against Pakistan at the MCG

20-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale and Daniel Brettig

Batting for Change grows with BBL

Batting for Change, a cause put together by the Sydney Sixers' Ryan Carters and the LBW Trust, is an effort to further the cause of education for women and has grown with the BBL over the last four seasons

20-Dec-2016•Daniel Brettig

Confusion between Smith and umpires led to extra time

Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth thought Australia wanted to bowl Pakistan out on the fourth day based on an earlier conversation they had with Steven Smith

19-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

Pakistan's terrific chase ends 40 short

Pakistan's bid for a world-record chase fell a mere 40 runs short, allowing Australia to exhale after coming close to coughing up a match they had dominated over the first four days

19-Dec-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Australia player pay talks break down

Scheduled pay meetings between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association have broken down

19-Dec-2016•Daniel Brettig

Australia assistant coach unhappy with extra half hour

Australia's assistant coach, David Saker, has questioned the wisdom of an extra half hour being taken on the fourth evening at the Gabba as Australia sought in vain to wrap up victory over Pakistan.

18-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

Asad Shafiq and tail make Australia toil

Asad Shafiq scored his tenth Test hundred and found support from Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz to keep Australia on the field late into the night on the fourth day at the Gabba

18-Dec-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Shaun Marsh unlikely for Boxing Day Test

Shaun Marsh, who broke his finger in the Test series against South Africa, is not expected to be in contention for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan

18-Dec-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Luck not with 'cult hero' Lyon - Khawaja

Nathan Lyon's place in the Australian team has been in doubt since the series loss to South Africa, but Usman Khawaja thinks he's bowled much better than the numbers suggest

17-Dec-2016•Melinda Farrell in Brisbane

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

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