Steve Smith is the latest signing for the second season of Major League Cricket in the US. It’s another intriguing shift in the global cricket landscape.
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From what sports you can watch with an old aerial, to what apps you’ll see when you switch on a new smart TV – sports lovers can expect big changes ahead.
When Six Nations’ broadcasting deal with the BBC and ITV ends in 2025, there are fears the tournament could move to a subscription service.
India changed its visa rules after the 2008 Mumbai massacre to make it more difficult for Pakistanis to visit.
The climate crisis poses an existential threat to cricket. Governing bodies like New Zealand Cricket need to up their sustainability game.
Summer in Australia is often set to the soundtrack of a Test cricket match. That sentimentality can get in the way of seeing cricket for what it is: a hyper-commercial cash machine.
This is South Africa’s fifth semi-final at the tournament. Is 2023 the year they reach the finals and win?
Why the speed of fast bowling in cricket seems to have stalled.
Statistics show how a change of approach by England’s team marks a dramatic break with the history of Test cricket.
Season 3 of Bluey features an episode called Cricket, in which Bandit explains to Bluey why cricket is much more than just hitting a ball around the grass
The laws by which the game is played are laid out in black and white. The ‘spirit of cricket’, however, is a much more nebulous concept.
We found that class prejudice is extensive in cricket. Racism is still entrenched. Women are marginalised and routinely experience sexism and misogyny.
The ‘nervous nineties’ captures the idea that batters with 90 or more runs become anxious as get close to scoring a century. But is it true?
Bazball is aggressively attacking, highly entertaining and piles pressure on opponents by scoring runs quickly.
It is time, combined with an uncertain outcome, that leads us to experience anxiety.
While playing the old enemy for the Ashes is for many the pinnacle of Australian cricket, Australia-India is developing as a modern rivalry.
Cricket was a significant bridge between England and ‘home’ in the Caribbean, making the sport an important part of the black Atlantic cultural exchange.
Michelle Grattan and politics editor Amanda Dunn discuss the latest interest rate rise, the polling reaction to the Super tax hike, the PM's visit to India and the Monique Ryan/Sally Rugg court case
The Bodyline summer of 1932-33 tilted the cricket world off its axis. Cricket’s reputation was well and truly tarnished. And these teams of women were the good news story that fixed it.
Disturbing findings of a new report reveal the extent of racism in Scottish cricket.
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