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Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Scott Boland and  Mitchell Starc.

The star bowler most likely to make way for Boland

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Scott Boland must be included in the Test team for the foreseeable future, but which ageing quick needs to make way for him?

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Steve Smith made a great T20 century while Ashleigh Gardner destroyed England with the ball on Sunday.

This cricketing summer is far from over

GEORGIE PARKER: Steve Smith showed us why he is a legend of the game as a new Ashes battle gets underway.

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The McGrath Foundation continues to grow and help more cancer sufferers each year.

What never ceases to amaze me about Glenn McGrath

JUSTIN LANGER: His role off the pitch has probably become more important than it ever was on.

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Jasprit Bumrah, India Coach Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma at the SCG before the fifth Test.

The crucial error Indians made during Aussie series loss

MITCHELL JOHNSON: There are a lot of what ifs from the Border Gavaskar trophy but there is one key decision the visitors made I did not agree with.

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Cooper Connolly, Sam Konstas and Matthew Renshaw should all tour Sri Lanka.

The next gen batters that must tour Sri Lanka

Never has a tour of the island nation been as important with a chance to shape the team’s future beckoning for selectors.

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Virat Kohli, Beau Webster, Ben Stokes could face off more often with the proposed Test format shake-up.

The price of messing with global Test format

LISA STHALEKAR: After the best home series in living memory fans are chomping at the bit to see the major nations play each other more often, but is it really a good idea?

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Bowlers always come out on top when tempers flare.

There can only be one winner in cricket’s war of words

MITCHELL JOHNSON: When tempers flare in the middle, some players would be wise to let their batting do the talking, none so more than Sam Konstas.

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Sam Konstas' run-in with Jasprit Bumrah has divided fans.

The most worrying aspect of the Sam Konstas circus

GEORGIE PARKER: The teen sensation is just the tonic the cricketing public were looking for, but his youthful exuberance comes at the risk of alienating him from those he needs most.

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 A view of the scoreboard showing total attendance  during day five of the fourth Test.

If you think this Test series is big, wait ‘til next summer

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Australia and India has become the most-watched Test series, and when you look at the population of India, that makes sense

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 02: Mitchell Marsh of Australia is seen during an Australia nets session at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 02, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

2025 to herald start of a new era of Australian cricket

Remember it was about this time last year that we celebrated and cried with Mitch Marsh as he accepted and spoke about what it meant to win the Allan Border Medal as the best Australian male player of 2023

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 Nick Kyrgios is not happy about Jannik Sinner of Italy being handed a minimal ban for doping.

Tennis facing a PR disaster over doping punishments

GEORGIE PARKER: The penalties tennis players face are often seen as arbitrary and seem influenced by factors such as their reputation.

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Keep cricket away from Christmas Day, please.

Please, make the right call on a Christmas Day BBL match

LISA STHALEKAR: While Test cricket will always take centre stage in this country, what has been pleasing to watch is the resurgence of Big Bash. However, let’s not go too far.

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Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp, speaks during The Wall Street Journal's WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Foxtel offloaded to UK streamer for $3.5b

Foxtel has been sold in a $3.5 billion deal that will bring UK sports entertainment juggernaut DAZN to Australia’s shores — and catapult local codes such as AFL and NRL onto a bigger global stage.

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Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney all failed at the Gabba.

The under fire batter we should cut some slack

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Boxing Day is looming as D-day for Australia’s top three but selectors should show more patience with one of them, despite his failure to fire this series against India.

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Steve Snith, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

Why it’s hard to admit the end of the road is near

Several cricket legends are facing a moment of truth this summer with one having to face the toughest call of all.

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