Cricket Australia racked up a first this week, away from the MCG and the embarrassment that was the MCC cricket team (we’d call them England, but England disowns them) and its capitulation in the Boxing Day Test.

CA was first out of the blocks in the now perennial January woke offensive on Australia Day.

Talking to the left-leaning Age and Sydney Morning Herald (naturally), Cricket Australia’s indigenous adviser (every major sport has one now), Justin Mohamad, insisted the sport’s national ruling body will not back down on its refusal to honour Australia’s national day, and will simply call it 26 January when...