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England's unstoppable Ollie Robinson strikes with the first ball in Pakistan's second innings. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumDeadly seamer leads England towards Pakistan whitewash

Ollie Robinson starred with both bat and ball to hasten England's charge towards a 3-0 Test series clean sweep of Pakistan at Edgbaston.

Neil Squires

Zoe Goss OAM and Dennis Lille AM MBE at unveiling of WACA statues.

CricketPremiumWA trailblazers immortalised in new WACA statues

Statues of Dennis Lillee, Zoe Goss and Joseph Nogolo have been unveiled at the Nelson Crescent entrance to the redeveloped WACA Ground

Glen Quartermain

Perth Scorchers are likely to test the waters for privatisation.

CricketPremiumNo time frame set for Scorchers privatisation

WA Cricket has not set a time frame for deciding whether it opts in or out of privatising the Perth Scorchers, but CEO John Stephenson has flagged they may test the market first.

Glen Quartermain

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg this week, and right, the Scorchers' record WA crowd from the BBL final earlier this year.

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JOHNSON: Does CA really still have control over the BBL?

Cricket Australia says private investment in BBL clubs won’t affect its control over the competition, but that’s hard to believe. Control has a habit of being chipped away over time, writes Mitchell Johnson.

Mitchell Johnson

England's Dennis Amiss ducks a bumper from Dennis Lillee.

CRICKETPremium‘Tremendous honour’ for Aussie icon

One of Australia’s greatest fast bowlers has been immortalised at the venue where he sparked the most fear in opposition batters.

Tyler Lewis

England's Josh Tongue celebrates one of his four wickets after dismissing Pakistan's Ghazi Ghori. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumPakistan's new look but England inflict same old misery

Josh Tongue has taken four wickets as England piled yet more misery on Pakistan in the final Test of the one-sided series at Edgbaston.

David Charlesworth

Tony de Zorzi smacked 72 but was overshone by a remarkable ODI debut from his Proteas' teammate. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumProteas' new boy in record-breaking start to ODI career

South African Jordan Hermann has made a remarkable start to his one-day international career by hitting a record-equalling 150 to sink Namibia.

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Former Australia batter Leah Poulton will try to transform the fortunes of English women's cricket. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumAnother Aussie lands key job in English cricket rebuild

Former Australia batter and coach Leah Poulton has been appointed managing director of England Women's cricket.

Ian Chadband

Cricket Australia chief executive fronted the media on Tuesday in Sydney. Christian Gilles

UPDATEDPremium‘Worse off’: NSW slams BBL privatisation plan

The gloves are officially off between Cricket NSW and Cricket Australia over plans to allow private investment in the Big Bash League.

Tyler Lewis

The Sydney BBL rivalry between the Sixers and the Thunder always draws a huge crowd. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremium'Worse off': BBL sales slammed by Cricket NSW

Cricket Australia's decision to open up the Big Bash League to privatisation could lead to the sport being "worse off", according to Cricket NSW.

Oliver Caffrey

Steve Smith facing South Africa in 2022. He could again be a key figure in the coming Test series. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremiumWhy Australia believe Smith can thrive in South Africa

Australia's players are adamant crowd abuse won't faze them in South Africa as they return for the first Test series there since "sandpaper-gate" in 2018.

Scott Bailey

Pakistan's captain Babar Azam says he was unaware seven of his players were to be replaced. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumPakistan squad cull surprise to skipper Babar Azam

Pakistan captain Babar Azam says squad shake-up was a surprise to him but it has offered opportunities to other players in the third Test with England.

Rory Dollard

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CRICKETPremium‘They’ll kill him’: Fears for Imran Khan

The sister of Imran Khan has voiced fears that the former cricket icon turned Pakistan PM will be killed in prison without proper care.

Emma Kirk

Travis Head and Ben Stokes will be bunking together this summer

CricketAshes rivals turn roommates for Big Bash season

Ben Stokes is heading down under for the Big Bash, and he’s found an unlikely housemate with Australian opener Travis Head set to keep an eye on the former England captain.

Jake Santa Maria

Could this season be the last for the Perth Scorchers?

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CA open door for Big Bash privatisation with Renegades sale

WA Cricket said they are ‘carefully considering’ the future of the Perth Scorchers after Cricket Australia opened the door for privatisation with the sale of the Melbourne Renegades.

Jake Santa Maria

Perth Scorchers celebrate their Big Bash title.

SportCricket Australia set to confirm blockbuster BBL plan

The move will be formally announced despite strong opposition from multiple states.

Tom Morris

Perth will defend their Big Bash title with changes afoot for the white-ball competition. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremium'Pretty easy': inside CA's plan to defend Test summer

With private money set to roll into the Big Bash League, Cricket Australia plans to safeguard the Test schedule against new owners.

Oliver Caffrey

Temba Bavuma will lead South Africa against Australia in three ODIs this month. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremiumBavuma back to lead South Africa against Australia

Having been rested for the imminent matches against Namibia South Africa captain Temba Bavuma will be back to lead in the ODIs against Australia this month

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Mohammad Rizwan is one of the players sent home during Pakistan's difficult tour of England. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumNew twist in Pakistan's crisis-torn tour of England

Having axed the coach and recalled seven players the Pakistan Cricket Board is now to open an internal disciplinary inquiry into their Test tour of England.

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Cooper Connolly has been picked in Australia’s squad for a three-Test tour of South Africa.

CricketTop-order Test role not ruled out for Connolly after call-up

The possibility of Cooper Connolly being injected into Australia’s misfiring Test top order has not been ruled out after the WA star was selected in a squad which will head to South Africa later this month.

Josh Kempton

Marnus Labuschagne has been retained in Australia's Test squad for next month's South Africa tour. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremium'Confident' selectors back Labuschagne for South Africa

Marnus Labuschagne has been retained in Australia's Test squad for the three-Test series in South Africa despite a string of middling returns with the bat.

Steve Larkin and Sebastian Tan

Dewald Brevis struck 32 from 23 balls to help South Africa beat Zimbabwe in the Tri Nations final. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumSouth Africa clinch Tri Series win against Zimbabwe

South Africa have comprehensively beaten Zimbabwe by 48 runs to wrap up the T20 Tri Nations final.

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Malajczuk has already made his senior debut for WA.

CricketPremiumHarder, better, faster, stronger Mala hitting ‘next level’

At only 18 years old, Will Malajczuk has already given plenty of glimpses into his prodigious talent — and the emerging WA batter believes he is now ready to take his game to the next level.

Josh Kempton

The ball from 1981’s infamous ‘Underarm’ game is among the exhibits which will be on display at the WACA Ground’s new museum.

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The first look inside modernised WACA Ground museum

In recent years, some of WA cricket’s most historic artefacts have sat in storage — but they are now ready to be put on display again, with the final touches being applied to the WACA Ground’s new museum

Josh Kempton