This Month
Olympian turned doctor takes the plunge in $1.4b ice bath market
Matt Guest has brought in former Australian cricket captain Tim Paine and is raising $2 million to make an easy-to-use backyard ice plunge a reality.
February
Adelaide Oval’s new chair pushes for February BBL window
Cricket Australia is continuing to negotiate what the future of the BBL looks like. Adelaide wants more content, particularly in February.
January
Australian cricket legends fire up funding for European cricket dream
Amsterdam Flames is seeking $US3 million from investors at a $US20 million pre-money valuation.
England cricket’s drinking culture and loose ways must be cleaned up
English cricketers have enjoyed a beer as long as I can remember, and I’m in no position to criticise them for that. But there is a time and a place.
England’s ‘Bazball’ exposed by Australian economists after Ashes loss
Analysis of the Ashes shows that England’s tactics were flattered by a run of weaker opponents and flatter pitches, and are now floundering.
His body broken, Ben Stokes finally looks a beaten man
While Jacob Bethell’s wonderful century brought a luminous ray of sunshine on Wednesday, England’s captain hobbled through the final act in torment.
Bethell’s maiden century stalls Australia’s march towards victory
22-year-old Jacob Bethell led England’s resistance, but his batting partners continued to find unusual ways to get out.
Head, Smith centuries put Australia on front foot in final Ashes test
There was disappointment, however, for the retiring Usman Khawaja, who managed only 17 runs before falling to a full toss.
Australia’s Head stars as England collapse again
England fell from a strong position after a culpable stroke from wicketkeeper Jamie Smith, before Travis Head continued his run scoring ways.
Sydney will ease the Ashes financial blow, but it won’t be enough
The Sydney Test looks set to run at least four days. It’s not enough to fix Melbourne’s financial blow, but the pain for Cricket Australia and TV networks may ease.
‘Some sort of miracle’: Cricketing great wakes from coma
Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn has woken from a coma in a miraculous recovery from meningitis, his former teammate declares.
Police with long-arm rifles to patrol SCG for final test
Heavily armed police, including riot squad officers, will patrol the Sydney Cricket Ground for the final Ashes Test, although they say there is no active threat.
December 2025
Ex-Test cricketer Damien Martyn in ‘induced coma’
The former Test cricketer is seriously ill in a Brisbane hospital in an induced coma after becoming unwell on Boxing Day.
Bradman’s baggy green cap goes under the hammer
One of Don Bradman’s baggy green caps is up for auction at Lloyds Auctions, with bidding opening at $1 and set to close on January 26.
All eyes on SCG after Melbourne Test delivers $10m shortfall
Melbourne Cricket Club curator Matt Page is under fire and Cricket Australia bracing for heavy financial losses after the Boxing Day Test finished in two days.
England’s win proves Australia’s batsmen are ordinary
England’s victory in the fourth Test only goes to show what might have been had the tourists thoroughly prepared for this series.
Short-circuit Test to cost CA millions as Stokes lashes MCG pitch
Cricket Australia is counting the cost of the lopsided Ashes contest after the Melbourne pitch was slammed by captains Ben Stokes and Steve Smith
Bowlers dominate before record-breaking crowd on Boxing Day
Twenty wickets fell on day one of the test, with even former quicks criticising the pitch for being too much in the bowlers’ favour.
When Gilly entered the Aussies’ inner sanctum he brought this drink
Bottles of El Arquero arrived in the Australian dressing rooms after the Ashes cricket victory in Adelaide, accompanied by the company’s part-owner.
Optional training, family: How England’s Ashes flops spend Christmas
With Boxing Day a staple part of the series’ calendar, December 25 takes on a strange position on an Ashes tour.
