Mitchell Starc has decided against returning to the IPL after the tournament's postponement, potentially costing the superstar up to $750,000.
Scott Bailey and Joanna Guelas
Josh Inglis is still yet to decide whether or not he will return to India for the hasty resumption of the IPL, just two days out from his team’s next match, but another Australian star has pulled out.
Jackson Barrett
Cam Green can turn a lean run of batting form and leap above Australia’s top-order logjam in Gloucestershire’s four-day clash with Kent.
West Australian coach Adam Voges has declared the State can bounce back to the top of domestic cricket as he unveiled a contract list that does not include two Sheffield Shield champions. SEE THE FULL LIST HERE
South African players can now stay in the IPL until a week before the World Test Championship final, which the ICC has announced a big prizemoney boost for.
Scott Bailey
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.
Mitchell Johnson
As players weigh up whether to return to India for the delayed IPL, South African cricket bosses have made a demand on their Test players that Cricket Australia has not.
News Corp Australia
West Australian teenager Ines McKeon, who took last summer’s WBBL by storm, has earned her first full contract with the State. SEE THE FULL CONTRACT LIST HERE
Marcus Harris has missed out on a World Test Championship final place but has been given new responsibility as captain of struggling English county Lancashire.
Ian Chadband
South Africa's players have been told to prioritise beating Australia over playing IPL finals, as the Aussies are left to make their own calls on returning.
The long-term future of emerging star Sam Konstas is front of mind for Australian selectors chair George Bailey.
Western Australia has turned to New South Wales quick Ebony Hoskin to bolster their pace bowling stocks for next summer.
Former captain Jos Buttler heads a quintet of England players who are expected to choose representing their country ahead of the Indian Premier League.
Rory Dollard
Paceman Kagiso Rabada has been included in South Africa's squad for the World Test Championship final against Australia.
Staff Writers
The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced ex-New Zealand mentor Mike Hesson as their new white-ball coach.
South African cricket bosses have sledged a former Australian captain amid criticism of a short drugs ban for their star fast bowler.
Two years ago, the World Test Championship final against India raised the curtain on an Ashes series that carried more weight. But this cycle’s crescendo will be played in a vacuum, writes Jackson Barrett.
After just two Tests, Josh Inglis could open in the World Test Championship final after being thrown into the mix to partner Usman Khawaja.
Oliver Caffrey
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.
The Indian Premier League is to resume later this week following the India-Pakistan ceasefire but it is not clear how many Australians will return to the event.
Glenn Moore
Indian great Virat Kohli has retired from Test cricket after 123 matches and 9230 runs in the long format.
Indian cricket megastar and Australia’s nemesis Virat Kohli has officially pulled up stumps on his Test cricket career.
Aaron Kirby
Harry Conway and Liam Guthrie, two Aussie quicks, have helped Northamptonshire coach Darren Lehmann to a first win, against Marcus Harris's Lancashire.