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Pat Cummins is expected to resume playing for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.in India amid a fragile ceasefire.
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Mitchell Johnson

JOHNSON: No amount of money from the IPL is worth dying for

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Every player must do what is right for them, but there is no way I’d be heading back to India if I still played in the IPL.

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Mitchell Starc arriving home in Sydney on Sunday and now must decide if he returns to India after the conflict with Pakistan exploded last week into violence.
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Ben McClellan

The IPL has a major trust issue after security farce

BEN MCCLELLAN: The decision to continue the tournament - and to do so in harm’s way - could play a role in which Australian players return to India.

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Cam Green is back in Australia’s Test squad.
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Cricket
Jackson Barrett

Green named in squad as Marnus, Konstas to battle for spot

West Australian all-rounder Cam Green has been named in Australia’s squad for the World Test Championship final and is set to play five-day cricket for the first time in 16 months. 

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Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy at Sydney Airport on Sunday.
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Oliver Caffrey and Glenn Moore

Healy reveals the ‘scariest part’ of fleeing India

The Australian women’s captain has recalled in chilling detail the chaos at the cricket ground officials feared might be bombed. Her account comes as the IPL is set to resume but it is unclear which Aussie stars will return.

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Virat Kohli will retire from Test cricket.
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Aaron Kirby

Aussie cricket nemesis confirms retirement bombshell

Indian cricket megastar and Australia’s nemesis Virat Kohli has officially pulled up stumps on his Test cricket career.

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Bob Cowper has died aged 84.
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Glenn Valencich

Australian cricket mourns death of another great aged 84

A triple-ton Ashes hero has died just weeks after one of his famous teammates at the same age.

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Peter Dutton would be going through a range of emotions after losing the Federal Election on Saturday.
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Justin Langer

I know the pain Dutton is feeling right now

JUSTIN LANGER: Being ‘dropped’ by the nation would be incredibly hurtful, but politics like sport is not for the faint of heart.

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Josh Inglis and the Australian contingent are heading home from India.
Cricket
Jackson Barrett

IPL postponed: Aussies on way back home as league hits pause

The world’s biggest cricket tournament — the Indian Premier League — has been postponed and Australian players are set to return home, amid growing military tensions. 

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The match involving Ricky Ponting’s IPL team was abandoned overnight due a power outage linked to the India-Pakistan conflict.
Cricket
Aaron Kirby

Punter at centre of IPL chaos amid India-Pakistan conflict

India’s showpiece sporting event, the Indian Cricket League, could be put on hiatus as Australian and overseas players reportedly scramble to leave the country amid mounting tensions with Pakistan.

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Steve Zemek

Stuart MacGill learns fate over drug deal

Cricketing great Stuart MacGill has been sentenced after he was found guilty of playing a role in a drug deal.

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Kagiso Rabada’s secret drug ban is a very bad look for cricket.
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Mitchell Johnson

I’d hate to see cricket follow AFL’s bad example

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Kagiso Rabada’s secret drug ban has the hallmarks of something we might see in the AFL and cricket can’t let it happen again.

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Sam Konstas is expected to not be chosen as an opener in Australia’s next Test squad.
Cricket
Jackson Barrett

Konstas at centre of Aussies’ surprise selection call

Australia are poised to make a major reshuffle of their Test team for next month’s World Test Championship final.

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Kagiso Rabada (right) is serving a provision ban after testing positive to a recreational drug.
Cricket
Digital Staff

Drugs bombshell rocks World Test Championship final

‘I am deeply sorry to all those that I have let down.’

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Justin Langer visiting the Namgyal Monastery and Temple in McLeod Ganj, in Dharamsala, at the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India.
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Justin Langer

What a visit to the Dalai Lama’s home taught me

JUSTIN LANGER: During a visit to the Namgyal Monastery and Temple in McLeod Ganj, in Dharamsala, I heard four words I will never forget.

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A sad trudge from Rajasthan's wonder boy Vaibhav Suryavanshi after his two-ball duck against Mumbai. (AP PHOTO)
Cricket
Ian Chadband

Dravid’s wonderkid warning plays out earlier than anyone thought

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14-year-old sensation of Indian cricket, has suffered a deflating reality check, three days after his amazing IPL ton.

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