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Mitchell Starc was among the wickets again as the batsmen struggled on a lively MCG wicket.

‘He would be nervous’: Pressure mounts on SCG curator after MCG debacle

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg says the spotlight is on the SCG pitch ahead of the Ashes finale.

  • Tom Decent

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The great pace race: Inside Brett Lee’s 20-year quest to bowl 160km/h

From blasting David Boon out as a whippet-thin teenager to squaring off with Shoaib Akhtar and chasing the speed gun his entire career.

  • Dan Walsh
Gout Gout

Silver lining: Why this was the defeat Gout Gout didn’t know he needed

There are several good reasons the young sprint sensation’s second place behind Lachie Kennedy at the Maurie Plant Meet wasn’t the tragedy it might have seemed.

  • Peter FitzSimons
boxing day

Warne, Tendulkar, Muralitharan and (even) Gladstone Small: Eleven Boxing Day Test memories

A red-letter day on the Australian sporting calendar has proven a fitting stage for some memorable cricket moments.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Brett Lee calls time on his career: Brett Lee celebrates his first Test wicket after bowling Indian opener Sadagopan Ramesh at the MCG in 1999.

How a Warnie spoiler alerted Brett Lee his Test debut was coming before Waugh got the chance

Brett Lee’s blistering Test debut against India happened at the Boxing Day Test 25 years ago. Now another talented young New South Welshman is poised to follow in his footsteps by making his debut at the MCG.

  • Daniel Brettig
Bowlers  Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc,  and Nathan Lyon.

Why Australia’s record-breaking awesome foursome are entering a bowling golden age

A 30-year Cricket Australia research program that keeps fast bowlers stronger for longer means the Test team’s current attack could be at the top of the game for years to come.

  • Malcolm Conn
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Jeff Thomson

Breaking the speed limit: Why fast bowlers have reached peak pace

Why does Jeff Thomson still rank as one of the fastest bowlers of all time despite decades of improvement in sports science, fitness and training since the 1970s?

  • Michael Koslowski
Michael Clarke and partner Jade Yarbrough in happier times.

Clarke bracing for hip pocket pain as fracas sends deal up in smoke

The collateral damage has already begun after Michael Clarke’s romantic entanglements exploded in a blazing row in Noosa.

  • Andrew Hornery, Zoe Samios, Carrie Fellner and Jocelyn Garcia
Australian cricket all-rounder Cameron Green: Bowler, fieldsman and batter.

All-rounder Green casts a giant shadow on Boxing Day

As a child, Cameron Green could not separate Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee as his heroes. So he tried to become both.

  • Daniel Brettig
Brett Lee tried to save Dean Jones' life in Mumbai.

'It's a real tough day': Brett Lee returns to TV hours after trying to save Dean Jones

The former Australia fast bowler performed CPR on Jones in a desperate attempt to revive him at their Mumbai hotel.

  • Chris Barrett