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King Charles and Queen Camilla have been invited to Australia for the match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket. West Indian cricket great Viv Richards (pictured with them this week) is also on the guest list.

King Charles on the invite list for Test cricket’s MCG celebration

King Charles and Test cricket royalty from across the globe have been invited to the MCG to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket, along with the sport’s most revered trophy – the priceless Ashes urn.

  • Greg Dundas

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Iranian Women’s national soccer team coach Marziyeh Jafari (left) and captain Zahra Ghanbari during the Women’s Asian Cup Iran press conference at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast on Sunday. The team is in Australia to compete in their second Women’s Asian Cup.

Football, cricket, F1: World of sport adjusts as Iran conflict erupts

England captain Ben Stokes and predecessor Andrew Flintoff are among foreign nationals looking to get out of the Gulf region.

  • Daniel Brettig and Emma Kemp
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

‘Terrible what they are doing to him’: Chappell, Gavaskar, Border, Waugh make humanitarian appeal for Imran Khan

Fourteen former international cricket captains from five Test teams have appealed to the Pakistan government to request better prison treatment for Imran Khan.

  • Daniel Brettig
The golden era of England’s test cricket team is over, and analysis from Australian economists shows it wasn’t that golden to begin with.

Naked Sport: Why a crime reporter is investigating England’s Ashes fiasco

There is a precedent. After all, Richie Benaud had a stint as a crime reporter.

  • John Silvester
Harry Brook speaking in Sri Lanka on Wednesday.

‘He just clocked me’: Harry Brook details pre-Ashes bouncer incident

The problems for the star batter began before the England team arrived in Australia for the recently completed Ashes series.

  • Tom Morgan
England’s three key leaders: Director of cricket Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum, and captain Ben Stokes.

‘Bazball’ failed spectacularly in the Ashes. But one key architect appears safe

There are already some signs of cultural and coaching changes being put in place by England after their disastrous Ashes rout.

  • Will Macpherson and Tom Morgan
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Alyssa Healy belligerent innings at the top of the order set up Australia’s win in the Twenty20 World Cup final at the MCG in 2020. She hit 75 off just 39 balls.

How Alyssa Healy took her chance and launched a golden era for Australian women’s cricket

Like Adam Gilchrist before her - and Travis Head this summer - Healy made a major impact when she moved to the top of the Australian batting order.

  • Daniel Brettig
Bazball: England’s Ben Stokes, Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum.

The inside story of the booze-fuelled Ashes tour that divided Stokes and McCullum

In truth, England’s Ashes dream was unravelling before Ben Stokes even landed on Australian soil and joined the tour.

  • Nick Hoult and Will Macpherson
‘It’s a pretty good gig’: Brendon McCullum in Adelaide after England’s defeat left them 3-0 down in the Ashes.

Brendon McCullum’s latest absurd claim should spell the end of his tenure

The England coach’s insistence his players “handled themselves pretty well across the board” in Australia – just before the Harry Brook news broke – was the most damning statement in a tour full of them.

  • Oliver Brown
Australia claimed a 4-1 victory in one of the more bizarre Ashes series.

This was the modern art Ashes series. It was as intriguing as it was baffling

Idiosyncratic doesn’t nearly begin to cover it. Abstract, certainly, if not downright obtuse. Let’s take a tour of the gallery.

  • Greg Baum