Cricket Australia

2022 - 10 - 10

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Cricket's soft opening the price of October World Cup (The Sydney Morning Herald)

At the same time, CA's choices in rescheduling the West Indies and England T20 matches after South Africa's January ODI series was cancelled raised queries ...

The national selectors made their objections clear to an itinerary flying players from Brisbane to Perth for just one game and then to Canberra for two before another flight back up to Brisbane ahead of a World Cup warm-up game against India. Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell were all spelled from the Perth game and will return to action in Canberra on Wednesday night. Either way, internationals are only being played this early in the season because of the World Cup’s proximity. Crowds of about 4000 for the opening game and then fewer than 8000 at the Gabba were hardly the best way to commence a fresh compact between Cricket Australia and its broadcasters in the first non-COVID season out of three. By splitting the squad into three groups to minimise the number of players who had to make the trip. Meanwhile, no seats behind the bowler’s arm robbed attendees of the best spot from which to watch the game.

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'Fifteen f***ing seconds': Aaron Finch's R-rated rant caught out (Fox Sports)

Australian captain Aaron Finch has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council for using an “audible obscenity” during the first T20 against ...

“We’re going to keep trying things. After this little burst, especially (with) guys coming off a lot of injuries as well … you have to be prepared. New to Kayo? Every T20 Live & Exclusive to Fox Sports on Kayo. Finch has now been officially reprimanded for breaching Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which relates to the “use of an audible obscenity during an international match”.

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What will Cricket Australia do? Pressure growing to lift Warner ban ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Cricket Australia is facing a hand-wringing call on the leadership ban of their star batter as Aaron Finch replacement options run out.

But he’s a great man to have in the squad.” “I’ve had to get the body right for this World Cup. [David Warner as perhaps the leading candidate](https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/captaining-australia-in-all-three-formats-not-realistic-for-cummins-as-warner-puts-hand-up-to-lead-odi-team-c-8225400), although that would require [Cricket Australia](https://7news.com.au/sport/australian-cricket-team) (CA) to overturn his leadership ban imposed in the wake of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal. “Probably not to be honest, I’m out of the race,” he said. [Aaron Finch after his retirement](https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/world-cup-hero-aaron-finch-retires-from-odis-after-growing-pressure-following-form-slump-c-8188872) from one-day cricket, says he would prefer to focus on his personal game rather than taking the leadership role. [Australia’s](https://7news.com.au/sport/australian-cricket-team) search for a new limited-overs captain has not got any easier with Mitchell Marsh ruling himself out of the job.

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