Australian cricket risks losing its own top players and also missing out on the best players from India unless it opens up the #BBL to private investment, according to Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…

Cricket season is baaaaaaack. Konstas is baaaaaack. Let the debate begin. smh.com.au/sport/cricket/…

What exactly has Sam Konstas changed about his batting ahead of the #Ashes? theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…

Summer is the sound of Michael Neser hitting stumps/bails/pads for Queensland

How good's this from Neser: 1: Swings one in through the gate, almost bowls Dixon 2: Next ball, swings one away from Dixon, does bowl him

cricket.com.au Nothing unusual about that. Check out the 1990’s

Always wonderful to see Fitzroy beat Collingwood #AFLPiesLions

"A dedicated window." Cricket Australia wants to sell the Big Bash, and this is what an Indian Premier League investor would do with the Australian summer theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…

Ricky Ponting has argued Australia should consider moving vice-captain Travis Head up to three for the #Ashes, allowing allrounders Cameron Green and Beau Webster to bat alongside each other at five and six theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…

Sam Konstas notched another promising contribution ahead of the fight for an Ashes berth, but was stopped short of a third century in as many games as Nathan McSweeney dug in theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…

Sir Garfield Sobers regarded him as the best of all umpires, Dennis Lillee shared many a laugh with him and Merv Hughes called him a “legend”. Harold "Dickie" Bird was also a staunch opponent of DRSs technology for umpires theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…

England have named a 16-man squad for the #Ashes that has the capacity to blow Australia away with genuine fast bowling and high tempo batting. It also has the capacity to go down in a flaming heap of wickets and injuries smh.com.au/sport/cricket/…

What will Ashwin's price tag be to play for Sydney Thunder in the BBL? theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…