Cricket Australia's shock decision to ban Ashes stars from talking to the ABC was driven by the players themselves, it has been reported. The national broadcaster was told no team members would be made available for interviews after day two of the Sydney Test due to anger over remarks made by former fast bowler Stuart Clark. Clark said: 'James Allsopp who runs cricket in Australia, the head of cricket, community cricket, is a grade club cricket coach that throws underarm balls to kids. Now a report claims the decision was driven by the players, not the top brass at Cricket Australia. In that time Australia have won their maiden T20 World Cup, an ODI World Cup in India, a World Test Championship final, retained the Ashes in England and beat both them and India at home.

Source: Daily Mail January 10, 2026 23:19 UTC