Daniel Cherny

Australian selectors' investment in Joel Davies is set to continue with the all-rounder to be included in a squad to train at Chennai's MRF Academy next month.

The Sheffield Shield will return to Perth Stadium after an eight-year hiatus but a potential clash with the Australian Grand Prix could force Victoria to host a potential final interstate.

Australia's top white-ball players are set for Big Bash League pay rises as Cricket Australia takes a step to guard against the threat of an exodus to rival competitions.

When Jack Crisp's streak of 279 consecutive matches started 12 years ago to the round, playing for the Brisbane Lions against the Guy McKenna-coached Gold Coast Suns, the footy landscape was vastly different.

Collingwood's Friday night match-winner Tim Membrey accepts he will need to bide his time before re-signing with the Magpies, mindful that the Pies have a host of other veterans ahead of him in the pecking order.

In a warped sort of way, it is fitting that just as the glass ceiling has been broken with the staging of the first women's Test at Lord's, Ash Gardner's name was thrust into the headlines for very much unwanted reasons.

The Australian women's cricket team is in crisis mode with claims vice-captain Ash Gardner's marriage broke down due to an affair with national teammate Georgia Voll.