{"id":802943,"date":"2026-07-16T01:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/802943\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:20:13","slug":"cricket-australia-news-bbl-final-on-australia-day-angus-taylor-reacts-to-national-anthem-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/802943\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia news, BBL final on Australia Day, Angus Taylor reacts to national anthem claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cricket Australia<\/a> has fired back at a report claiming it has banned the playing of the national anthem at the Big Bash League<\/a> final, which will take place on January 26 next year.<\/p>\n

The BBL schedule was released earlier this week and marked a return to playing cricket on January 26, which is still Australia Day despite a social push in recent years to change the celebration\u2019s date.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Hardie of the Scorchers celebrates the wicket of Steve Smith of the Sixers.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Cricket Australia has not scheduled any cricket on January 26 for the past two years and stopped referencing Australia Day in official marketing campaigns five years ago.<\/p>\n

But after the schedule was released and January 26 was named as the BBL final date, a News Corp report claimed the national anthem would not be played at the event.<\/p>\n

It prompted federal opposition leader Angus Taylor<\/a> to take aim at Cricket Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it\u2019s welcome news that cricket will again be played on Australia Day, Cricket Australia\u2019s decision not to play our national anthem is yet more tone-deaf woke moralising,\u201d Taylor posted on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, our past is not perfect. But our nation\u2019s achievements far outweigh the wrongdoings, and our nation is worth celebrating.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of kowtowing to activists who want to make Australians feel guilty about our past and ashamed of our nation, Cricket Australia should proudly play our national anthem at the Big Bash final, reflecting the views of the overwhelming majority of Australians \u2013 and cricket fans \u2013 who love our country and feel profound gratitude for being Australian.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, Cricket Australia issued a statement denying a decision had been made on the national anthem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn response to some inaccurate reporting and commentary, it is incorrect to say the national anthem is being specifically excluded from this year\u2019s BBL final,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe play the national anthem at international matches, but do not usually do so at domestic matches including the BBL final.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs stated during our BBL schedule launch, decisions about on-field ceremonies and other formalities on Australia Day will be made closer to the game and in association with the relevant clubs and stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BBL season will begin in India for the first time with a match between the Renegades and reigning champions Perth Scorchers on December 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia has fired back at a report claiming it has banned the playing of the national anthem…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-802943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}