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[ad_1] The 2024 NBL Championship Series is set, with the Tasmania JackJumpers once again featuring as they look to win their first-ever title against Melbourne United. Read on for a full wrap of how both teams got there, with Tasmania making a statement against Perth while United held off a plucky Illawarra outfit. Watch every … Read more
[ad_1] A pair of Peel Thunder players have been suspended, with one stood down for the entire season, over lewd incidents at a WAFL pre-season camp. The West reports 19-year-old Jack Ilott was suspended for the year after making an inappropriate sexual comment towards a woman who is associated with the club. His teammate, 20-year-old … Read more
[ad_1] Last weekend in Perth, Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland moved beyond emerging star to superstar with a Test double-hundred which oozed class. Now the 22-year-old all-rounder is India carrying the pressure and expectation of a mammoth $364,000 contract, the second-highest among the 13 Australians playing in the second edition of the Women’s Premier League T20 … Read more
[ad_1] Confirmation from Australian captain Mitch Marsh that Travis Head will open alongside David Warner in a T20 in Auckland today could spell trouble for champion batsman Steve Smith’s World Cup hopes this year. Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that if Smith is not used as an opener in the format, his value diminishes … Read more
[ad_1] Tim David looms as one of Australia’s most crucial figures ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup, with captain Mitchell Marsh predicting the 27-year-old will play a big part in the marquee tournament. Since making his Australian debut in September 2022, David has cemented his spot at No. 6 in the national T20I side, … Read more
[ad_1] After Annabel Sutherland’s immense double-century on day two of the first-ever Test between Australia and South Africa, the visitors need a miracle to overhaul a deficit of 432 runs when they resume on 3/67. Australia declared late in the day at 9-575 – the highest Women’s Test innings score in history – with a … Read more
[ad_1] Property mogul Ross Pelligra has been confirmed as Perth Glory’s new owner. The Melbourne multi-millionaire – who also owns Italian third division club Catania as well as baseball, basketball and ice hockey teams in Adelaide and Canberra – intends to re-establish the Glory as “a benchmark club of Australian football”. The Pelligra Group will … Read more
[ad_1] Australia is looking to turn their dominant day one performance into an unbeatable position when they resume action in the first-ever Test against South Africa at the WACA. The Aussies sit 5/251 after day one, with a lead of 184 runs after skittling the visitors – who are without an ill Marizanne Kapp – … Read more
[ad_1] Test cricket returns to the WACA for the first time in seven years this week, with the Australian women’s team facing South Africa for a four-day contest that gets underway on Thursday. The iconic Perth venue has not hosted Test cricket since the 2017/18 Ashes, while the national women’s side hasn’t played there since … Read more
[ad_1] Aussie cricket champion David Warner has played his last game in Australian colours on Australian soil. Capping off a big summer that saw Warner retire from Test and ODI cricket, the 37-year-old confirmed that it would be it for the national team at home. However, he will be hoping for one last hurrah at … Read more