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Cricket returns to competitive action in Australia this weekend with a T20 carnival in Darwin that marks an important milestone for the game amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And not only will cricket be back on the field, fans will also be in attendance. The CDU Top End T20 is a round-robin carnival that will see 15 games played across the Queen's Birthday long-weekend on June 6-8. The tournament will feature the seven Darwin Premier Grade clubs, with the eighth team an Invitational XI

Cricket Australia has finalised four venues for hosting the Test series against India later this year. Earlier, it was being speculated that whether the series against India will go ahead or not due to the coronavirus, but Cricket Australia seems to have worked out a potential schedule for the series. Brisbane has been picked to host the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India and the match will take place from December 3-7, cricket.com.au reported. The second Test of the series will

Cricket Australia chairman David Peever has stepped down from his post after encountering criticism from all quarters. The chairman submitted his resignation after mounting pressure from the findings of the Longstaff review. Earlier this week, the review results were made public, and it led to severe backlash. Deputy chairman Earl Hiddings will assume the position of David Peever on an interim basis. After the embarrassing cheating scandal that took place in the Cape Town Test between Australia and South Africa, many of the senior position holders in Australian cricket had to vacate their seats. Captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner, head coach Darren Lehmann, CEO James Sutherland were the noted casualties. Cricket Australia chairman