All I Want For Christmas Is You earns about $8.5 million (£6.6 million) every year; and has spent 140 weeks in the UK's top 100. Carey's lawyers asked the court to dismiss the case last August ...

Carey will get to rest up after the final before being needed for the Test tour of the West Indies and the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord’s.

Test wicketkeeper Alex Carey hit a superb century against Queensland as South Australia completed the highest successful fourth-innings chase in a Sheffield Shield final to end a 29-year title ...