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Indian Express
3 days ago
- Business
- Indian Express
Cricket Australia Chief says Big Bash League to let in private investment to make it 2nd best league after Indian Premier League ‘unashamedly'
Since 2011, there have been ideas floating around about Australia's Big Bash League allowing private investment into their league. However, the resistance has come as Cricket Australia wanted to keep 100 per cent control over the league and scheduling control for the broadcasters. However, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) was commissioned by CA have assess the current situation of the BBL. Last week, BCG submitted their report and also suggested a change in the scheduling of the league, which at this point starts mid-December annually. CA CEO Todd Greenberg acknowledged allowing the private investments to make the league the next best league behind the Indian Premier League, and also that it would not go ahead if it were to displace the traditional Sydney New Year's Test and Boxing Day Test in Melbourne 'I hail from Sydney so I'd like to return back there at one point in time,' Greenberg said on SEN Radio on changing the SCG Test. 'So, no, it's certainly not on the agenda.' 'Well that's certainly the vision of everyone in cricket here in this country is to make sure that we run a league and we run a T20 tournament that is sitting just beside or behind or adjacent to the IPL,' Greenberg said. 'It's going to be very hard to chase the IPL, given the scale of cricket in India, but unashamedly, we want to run a league that comes second. And to do that we're going to need to make sure that player availability and player salaries are commensurate with everything else that goes on around the world, and there's one thing you need for that, you need money, you need investment. We'd be naive if we weren't asking ourselves these questions and making sure we've got an eye on what's next,' he added. Greenber did suggest that BBL Is in a good state: 'Nothing has been decided at this point in time. The report does tell us that the BBL is in a very healthy position, but one thing we're sure of is we don't want to take that for granted. So it's incumbent on us, as leaders of the sport, to look at what the future might hold for us.'
The Age
24-06-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Green light for long-term No.3 as Cummins reveals Australian XI to face West Indies
Bridgetown: Test skipper Pat Cummins says Cameron Green is being viewed as Australia's long-term No.3 after the all-rounder was once again named at first drop for Wednesday's opening Test against the West Indies. After making just four runs from five balls across two innings against South Africa in the World Test Championship final, Cummins confirmed to reporters in Barbados that Green would stay at No.3, with Josh Inglis coming in at No.4 while Steve Smith recovers from a finger injury. Sam Konstas gets his first opportunity at the top of the order since the SCG Test against India in January, while Travis Head, Beau Webster and Alex Carey round out Australia's middle order. Australia have resisted the temptation to play two spinners, meaning Matt Kuhnemann will have to wait his time for a game on this tour as Josh Hazlewood edged out Scott Boland for the final fast bowling spot. With Marnus Labuschagne now out of Australia's XI and consigned to extra batting practice at the end of training, Cummins said every effort was going into ensuring Green prospers at No.3, having batted mostly at No.6 in his career. Green made 174 not out against New Zealand batting at No.4, but first drop appears to be his spot to lose. The 26-year-old, who averages 34.52 from 29 Tests with the bat, is not bowling as he recovers from a back injury. 'We see that [Green at No.3] as a long-term option,' Cummins told reporters at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on match eve. 'He's hitting the ball really well. He's moving really well.
Sydney Morning Herald
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Green light for long-term No.3 as Cummins reveals Australian XI to face West Indies
Bridgetown: Test skipper Pat Cummins says Cameron Green is being viewed as Australia's long-term No.3 after the all-rounder was once again named at first drop for Wednesday's opening Test against the West Indies. After making just four runs from five balls across two innings against South Africa in the World Test Championship final, Cummins confirmed to reporters in Barbados that Green would stay at No.3, with Josh Inglis coming in at No.4 while Steve Smith recovers from a finger injury. Sam Konstas gets his first opportunity at the top of the order since the SCG Test against India in January, while Travis Head, Beau Webster and Alex Carey round out Australia's middle order. Australia have resisted the temptation to play two spinners, meaning Matt Kuhnemann will have to wait his time for a game on this tour as Josh Hazlewood edged out Scott Boland for the final fast bowling spot. With Marnus Labuschagne now out of Australia's XI and consigned to extra batting practice at the end of training, Cummins said every effort was going into ensuring Green prospers at No.3, having batted mostly at No.6 in his career. Green made 174 not out against New Zealand batting at No.4, but first drop appears to be his spot to lose. The 26-year-old, who averages 34.52 from 29 Tests with the bat, is not bowling as he recovers from a back injury. 'We see that [Green at No.3] as a long-term option,' Cummins told reporters at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on match eve. 'He's hitting the ball really well. He's moving really well.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Rohit Sharma retires from Tests: Why writing was on the wall since the Boxing Day Test vs Australia
On the eve of the Boxing Day Test vs Australia, India captain rolled a desperate dice when he decided to return to top of the order. In the Tests preceding that fixture, Rohit, who joined the side from the second Test due to birth of his second child, was batting in the middle order to not upset the successful combination of KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now While that move was in the team's interest, it didn't work the way Rohit, the batter, would have liked. Single digit outings in Adelaide and early departure in his only innings of the Brisbane Test meant Rohit was done with the middle-order gig. He made up his mind, had that tough talk with Shubman Gill, who had to miss out on a Playing XI spot due to the shuffle, and was back as an opener in front of a capacity crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. India's XI changed, batting order changed but Rohit's returns remained the same. Two more single digits, India lost the Test and pressure on the Indian captain peaked. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! The build-up to the Border Gavaskar Trophy wasn't ideal as India were whitewashed by New Zealand at home and the MCG result, coupled with Rohit's desperation which resulted in a young batter losing his Playing XI spot, didn't sit well with the men who matter. The mid-series retirement of R Ashwin further irked them as the Indian cricket team didn't look in good space. Rohit Sharma's Final Test Practice: Exclusive Farewell Visuals "This is shocking to say the least. First R Ashwin's mid-series retirement then what happened with Shubman Gill in Melbourne. You are letting the narrative slip out of your hands. About time someone makes that tough phone call," a senior Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official told the last year. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Clearly Rohit was not fitting in the Playing XI and his mid-series movement in the batting order didn't help the stability of the side. The inevitable happened after the New Year as he wasn't in the Playing XI for the SCG Test. The Indian camp and Rohit maintained he had "opted out" but the hard fact of him not deserving a place in that XI wasn't spelled out. In a mid-match interview with the broadcaster, Rohit put speculation on his Test future to rest but the writing was on the wall. Rohit had played his last Test for India at the MCG because a new World Test Championship cycle was going to start with the England tour and clearly Rohit wasn't expected to last the distance. Rohit Sharma Unplugged: Funniest Press Conference Moments The runs in the longest format had dried up and the baggage of captaincy, especially when the results didn't go the team's way, was further weighing him down. Yes, there was success in white-ball but the selectors were in no mood to confuse formats. The idea was clear - have a captain they expect to last the series and majority of the WTC cycle. Chaos was the last thing they wanted in England and both the BCCI top brass and selectors had an eye on the future. There was a sense of leadership vacuum, which came up for discussions too, but the thinktank seemed ready to groom a young leader rather than having any stop-gap fixes for the new WTC cycle. Rohit, the batter. And Rohit, the captain. Both didn't fit in the scheme of things.
The Guardian
29-01-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Sri Lanka v Australia: first men's cricket Test, day one
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Australia enter this series without spearhead and captain Pat Cummins, who has sent his superhero cape to the dry-cleaners and stayed home for the birth of his second child while plotting the next step in Australia conquest of the cricketing world. With Josh Hazlewood also sidelined, the bowling attack Australia's selectors go with here in Galle is the subject of heated conjecture. Veterans Mitchell Starc and spinner Nathan Lyon seem certain to play. But who partners each? Will people's hero paceman Scott Boland get a chance alongside Starc with the new ball? Or does uncapped NSW firebrand Sean Abbott get his opportunity at last? Perhaps the medium pace of SCG Test hero allrounder Beau Webster is promoted up the bowling order? Given the dry spinning wickets here in Galle, it's also possible Australia could opt for a three-prong spin attack. Will Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann or rookie Cooper Connolly partner Lyon? Or will Australia pick just one of that trio and trust the part-time tweak of Travis Head who took a handy 4-10 to clinch the first Test for Australia in 2022? There is risk with all three spinners, with Murphy not having played a Test in over a year, left-armer Kuhnemann recovering from thumb surgery and Connolly a veteran of just four first-class games. Share The playing XIs for this match will be confirmed shortly, with plenty of debate over who will start and where they'll bat/ bowl if picked. Australia dropped a bombshell yesterday by confirming Travis Head will replace Sam Konstas as opener. Will the 19-year-old Boxing Day Test hero move down the order or drop out of the XI entirely? If the latter, who fills that vacant middle-order spot? Will Nathan McSweeney – a specialist No 5 at home – be recalled? Or are local reports on the money saying dynamic wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis is set to win a Test debut a month shy of his 30th birthday? Feel free to drop me an email with your tuppence worth at any stage today. Or simply rhapsodise about Konstas in prose or poetry so we can get under Barney Ronay's skin ahead of the Ashes… Share There is deep intrigue surrounding this series, with key personnel missing from both squads, several stars believed to be playing injured and a host of fresh faces bracing for baptism in the pressure cooker of Test cricket. Both sides had a good 2024, with Sri Lanka boasting a 6-4 win-loss record and Australia 7-2-1. However, Australia still have their tail up after defeating India 3-1 to win back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade, whereas Sri Lanka finished the year with a 2-0 away loss to South Africa, losing both Tests by hefty 233-run and 109-run margins. Here's how Geoff Lemon previewed the first Test… Share Greetings cricket fans! Welcome to the Guardian's over-by-over coverage of the opening day in the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka at Galle International Cricket Stadium. Angus Fontaine here with you for the opening stages before Rob Smyth takes you home to stumps. These two nations have been playing Tests against each other since 1983. In the 33 Tests over those 42 years, Australia has won 20 to Sri Lanka's five, with eight draws. Overall, in 14 series, Australia has won 11 and Sri Lanka just two, with their sole triumphs coming at home in 1999 and 2016. However, the pendulum has swung back to Sri Lanka of late. Of the seven Tests contested in the past decade, Sri Lanka lead 4-3 (no draws). If you're looking for a form guide for 2025, look no further than the most recent two-Test showdown in 2022, the only drawn series ever staged between these countries, both played at Galle, today's battleground. Australia won the first Test by 10 wickets inside three days, with Nathan Lyon taking nine scalps and Travis Head 4-10 in the second innings. Sri Lanka then staged an epic fightback in the second Test. After Marnus Labuschagne (104) and Steve Smith (145) led Australia's to 364, Dinesh Chandimal (206) swept Sri Lanka to 554 before Prabath Jayasuriya (6-59) rolled the visitors for 151 to seal victory by an innings and 39 runs. It was a stunning reminder of how formidable Sri Lanka can be at home and why Australia are wary. Despite beating India 3-1 in the home summer and securing their berth at the World Test Championship in July, the No 1 Test side in the world somehow enter this 2025 series as underdogs . The stage is set, the fuse is lit, and action gets under way at 3.30pm AEST. Share
