Australian cricket captain Steve Smith’s play during the recent Ashes saw him hailed as one of the greatest Australian players. So what do the numbers say?
In the final episode of our three-part cricket video series, we look at bowlers and how they find their rhythm and develop a game plan, and why left-armers are so successful.
Simply taking the most wickets or scoring the most runs doesn’t make you the best player. Here’s how to judge players based on how much they contribute to winning.
Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation and Amanda Dunn, The Conversation
Ever wondered how cricket captains make all the decisions they need to make in a test match? In the first of a three-part series, we look at what goes through a captain’s mind on the pitch.
Lack of trust between Australia’s cricketers and the game’s governing body delayed negotiations in their protracted pay dispute. This relationship will need to be rebuilt in the coming months.
Professional sports is bucking major trends in industrial relations, such as a marked decline in both union membership and industrial disputes over recent decades.
Jenni Henderson, The Conversation and Josh Nicholas, The Conversation
Business Briefing: following the money in cricket
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Rather than just admiring a good hit or delivery, there’s another way to analyse what’s happening on a cricket pitch. Cricket players are actually business people, in the sense that they’re weighing up…
Cricket has experienced its fair share of industrial drama over the years – and the 2017 dispute looks like a re-run of a brawl that enveloped the sport in Australia 20 years ago.
Negotiations for the new media rights for cricket in Australia could see a change in how we watch games, and even be linked to a drop in people actually playing the game.
South Africa’s cricket is on the rise again, now represented by players of all the country’s races. One of them is Temba Bavuma. His first test century in 2015 knocked a few perceptions for a six.