CRICKET PLAYERS – AUSTRALIA

Second Smith hit could be catastrophic: expert

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Original article by Jill Margo
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 20-Aug-19

Dr Adrian Cohen says Steve Smith should not be allowed to play in the third Ashes cricket test, which starts on 22 August. Smith was hit on the neck during the second Test and became the first player to be replaced under international cricket’s new concussion substitution rule. Cohen is the founder of concussion research and advocacy organisation Headspace. He says the brain needs around eight to 10 days to recover from concussion, and any blow to Smith’s head or neck before the end of that period could prove fatal.

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Fixers say they paid off Aussies

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Original article by Peter Lalor
The Australian – Page: 32 : 28-May-18

Australian cricket players have been embroiled in a match-fixing scandal. An investigation by broadcaster Al Jazeera has raised allegations that two unidentified Australians were paid to score runs slowly during a Test match at Ranchi in India in 2017. The match-fixers are also alleged to have doctored the pitch for a Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Galle in 2016. Cricket Australia has released a statement saying that it is not aware of any "credible evidence" to suggest that Australian players are involved in match fixing, and that it will fully co-operate with an investigation by the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Unit.

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Smith won’t fight against year in exile

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Original article by Peter Lalor
The Australian – Page: 32 : 5-Apr-18

Disgraced former cricket captain Steve Smith has advised that he will not challenge a 12-month ban on playing international and state cricket. Cameron Bancroft has also indicated that he will not contest a nine-ban over his role in the ball-tampering scandal, while David Warner must decide on 5 April whether to appeal against his 12-month ban. Smith and Warner will be eligible to play club cricket during the 2018-19 season, and their international bans will be lifted prior to an Australia A tour of England in 2019, which will be followed by the Ashes series.

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Bounced out: Smith, Warner unfit to lead

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Original article by Peter Lalor
The Australian – Page: 1 & 8 : 29-Mar-18

Cricket Australia has banned Steve Smith and David Warner from all forms of cricket for 12 months, while Cameron Bancroft has been banned for nine months. In addition, Smith will be barred from the captaincy role for an additional year after his ban is lifted, while Warner faces a life-time ban from leading his country. Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has told a press conference that Smith, Warner and Bancroft were the only members of the Test team who had any knowledge of the ball-tampering strategy. It has also been revealed that Bancroft had used sandpaper rather than adhesive tape to alter the condition of the ball.

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Axe looms for Lehmann over tampering

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Original article by Peter Lalor
The Australian – Page: 1 & 7 : 27-Mar-18

There is speculation that Cricket Australia is poised to sack coach Darren Lehmann in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, while Steve Smith has stood down as captain of Indian Premier League team the Rajasthan Royals. Smith and David Warner are at risk of losing lucrative IPL contracts due to their role in the controversy. CA could also potentially impose 12-month bans on both players, in addition to penalties already announced by the International Cricket Council. Meanwhile, the Australian team’s tactics have come under further scrutiny, with English fast bowler Stuart Broad raising concerns about possible ball-tampering during the 2017-18 Ashes series.

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Smith’s shame

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Original article by Peter Lalor
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 26-Mar-18

The International Cricket Council has fined Steve Smith his entire match fee for the current Test against South Africa in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal. Smith will also be banned from playing in the final Test of the series. Batsman Cameron Bancroft has been fined 75 per cent of his match fee after admitting that he had attempted to change the condition of the ball using adhesive tape. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says it "beggars belief" that the Australian cricket team has cheated, while Michael Clarke and Adam Gilchrist are among the former players to have expressed outrage over the team’s conduct.

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Australian women and cricket: 200,000 not out!

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Jun-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 200,000 Australian women aged 14+ (two per cent) reported playing cricket either regularly or occasionally in the year to March 2016. This is 22 per cent higher than in the year to March 2015 (164,000). The survey also shows that the number of women aged 25-34 who play cricket on a regular or occasional basis has risen from 30,000 to 51,000. However, the number of women aged 35-49 who play cricket has fallen from 41,000 to 37,000. Overall, cricket is the 13th-most popular sport/exercise in terms of women’s participation.

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Phillip Hughes death: ‘Very rare, very freakish’ condition

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Original article by Melanie Kembrey
The Age – Page: online : 28-Nov-14

Doctors have commented on the nature of the sports injury that led to the death of a cricket player in Sydney. Peter Brukner, the team doctor of the Australian national squad, said the incident in which a ball struck the neck of 25-year-old Phillip Hughes and split his vertebral artery was "incredibly rare". The victim suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage and died in St Vincent’s Hospital despite having been resuscitated at the scene of the accident. Brukner said the hospital staff and the paramedics attending did a very good job under the circumstances

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Immediate treatment offers best healing chance: doctors

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Original article by Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 3 : 26-Nov-14

Anthony Cross, president of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, has commented on a sports injury suffered by a cricket player. He said the immediate medical treatment Phil Hughes received after the incident was significantly boosting his chances of recovering from the head trauma. Cross noted that helmets usually protect cricketers from the sort of impact seen in vehicle accidents or as a result of alcohol-fuelled violent assaults

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