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  • David Warner fined $5750 for twitter rant

    Australia's opening batsman David Warner was Wednesday found guilty of breaching the Cricket Australia (CA) Code of Behaviour and was fined $5,750 for his twitter rant. Warner, who pleaded guilty, received the maximum financial penalty for a first offence under rule 6 of CA's Code of Behaviour, CA said in a statement. "In hindsight, clearly I let my frustrations get the better of me and posted ...

  • Indian-origin man in Australia injured in accident

    An Australian man will face attempted murder charges after a horrific hit-and-run incident in Melbourne that left a 27-year-old Indian-origin man hospitalised in a serious condition. Amandeep Singh was hit by a car more than once when he was taking a walk on Chandler Road, Noble Park, in Melbourne Tuesday, local media reported. Shannon Marchant, 21, who was on the wheel of the Holden ...

  • Search on for Indo-Canadian man missing in Australia

    A frantic search is on for a 25-year-old Indo-Canadian man who went missing in a national park in Australia. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton in the Canadian province of Ontario was last seen May 13 parking his rental vehicle at village Charlotte Pass and entering the Kosciuszko National Park in the Australian state of New South Wales, according to local media. A law student of Bond University in ...

  • CA considering social media policy after Warner Twitter rant

    Cricket Australia (CA) chief James Sutherland has said the governing body might need to consider implementing a social media policy after Australian Test batsman David Warner's recent Twitter controversy. He said there had been no discussions about developing a social media policy for players, but admitted it is something that CA is considering. Sutherland insisted he will continue to ...

  • Enhanced contract payments for Australian cricket eves

    Cricket Australia (CA) Tuesday announced a restructuring of the contracting system for women players which will result in the Australian female cricketers becoming some of the best paid female athletes in the country. CA approved a restructure of the contract system with a move from a three-tier payment system to a squad-ranking system. The top player retainer increases substantially from ...


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  • States in scramble to attract Prince Harry when he visits Australia for Navy Fleet Review

    A FIERCE tug-of-war has erupted between the army and the governments of NSW, ACT and the Northern Territory for a piece of royal action when Prince Harry visits Australia in October. The four-way tussle to lure the playboy prince is centered around the third in line to the British throne visiting Sydney on October 3 as a guest of the Navy to take the Royal Salute during the Royal Australian ...

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  • David Warner fined for breaching Cricket Australias code of behaviour

    Australia Australia batsmen David Warner has been fined after being found guilty of breaching Cricket Australia's (CA) code of behaviour.Warner was handed the maximum fine of $5,570 at a teleconference hearing in Melbourne Wednesday evening, having been found guilty of breaching CA's rules regarding unbecoming behaviour following comments he made on Twitter at the ...

  • Cricket Australia fines Warner over tweets

    David Warner's twitter tirade at journalists has cost him a $5750 fine, the maximum financial penalty under Cricket Australia's behavioural code. The opening batsman on Wednesday night pleaded guilty to the charge that resulted from his social media outburst at leading cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. The 26-year-old also apologised for his offensive language but ...

  • Australia eye England swing with interest

    Michael Clarke knows his men will enter the Ashes as underdogs but they have taken some heart from the way England's batsmen struggled against New Zealand's swing bowlers in last week's Lord's Test. A group of Australia's Ashes and Champions Trophy squad members gathered in Sydney on Wednesday for a farewell event ahead of their departure for the one-day tournament and ...

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