Cricket

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Health & Medicine

Nervous nineties or nerves-of-steel nineties?

Cricketers, on the verge of scoring a century, are often described as being in the ‘nervous nineties’ – a new study uses data to sort fact from fiction

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Politics & Society

When sports chatter becomes social commentary

From sandpapered cricket balls and football punches, to domestic violence, 2018 reminded us how sport can be a prism to confront uncomfortable social issues

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Politics & Society

Why ‘winning without counting the costs’ must end

The ‘withering’ findings in the review of Cricket Australia’s culture and governance have implications for all Australian sports

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Politics & Society

Banning cricket cheats: How long is long enough?

Banning Steve Smith and David Warner for 12 months is a serious statement from Cricket Australia

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Arts & Culture

A corrupt contest - how sport is fighting the fixers

A cocktail of organised crime and corruption is continuing to infiltrate sport at the highest levels

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