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Following the appointment of Andrew Gale as head coach, Yorkshire announce they are going back to the rule where players born in the Broad Acres can only play for the club.

Cricket Straya chief James Sutherland announces his search for new batsmen will extend to County Cricket, discovering if any English players have any Australian heritage.

Hardy's Wine adverts withdrawn as no longer being funny after recent survey shows Stuart Broad is now more popular in Australia than any of the Australian Test Team

Following the emergence of Queensland opening batsman Matt Renshaw, any Yorkshire born players (or Australians born to Yorkshire parents) participating in State, Grade or Recreational Cricket will be fast-tracked for development.

"It is proven that a strong Yorkshire makes for a strong England and we believe that this can apply to Australia" says Cricket Straya CEO James Sutherland.

Faf Du Plessis in competition with Donald Trump to be the star of the new Tic Tacs marketing campaign

BCCI agree to request from CMS moderator to let the away side win the toss to avoid stress on sites bandwidth

Bhaveshgor joins The Verdict on Sky Sports, goes head to head with Bob Willis in epic rant.

Alviro Patterson wrote:Bhaveshgor joins The Rugrats on BBC 1, goes head to head with Tommy in epic tantrum.

Fixed.

ECB team up with Sylvester Stallone to make a new movie called "The Unselectables" where a Zimbabwean spymaster handpicks a team of mercenaries to carry drinks for a professional cricket team.

Starring Gary Ballance, Ben Duckett, Gareth Batty and Stephen Finn

Gary Ballance in a vest. Lovely.

Glenn Maxwell gets a start in what he hopes is a mew career for him. He always fancied himself as a bit of a James Bond.


The foray is short-lived, as he tells a shady Zimbabwean to shove it. "I'm not getting a lower billing than Gary bloody Ballance"' were his last words.

If I'm reading the comments right, it's Keaton Jennings who is the mercenary.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:If I'm reading the comments right, it's Keaton Jennings who is the mercenary.

I had the mercenary down as Colin De Grandhomme

Borthwick and Stoneman, for me

tossers!