Moving Steve Smith to opener will be a success or failure depending on two factors – whether Australia win at home next summer against India and then retain the Ashes in 2025-26. The pair of upcoming two-match series against the West Indies on home soil and the greener turf of New Zealand are testing grounds […]
Steve Smith’s move to the top of the batting order to replace David Warner is still up in the air after Australia named their squad for the upcoming two-Test series against the West Indies. Cameron Green’s return to the team has been confirmed, with Matt Renshaw, a back-up opener, and Scott Boland the extra men […]
Adelaide can still play BBL finals after comfortably beating Hobart by five wickets at the Adelaide Oval. The Strikers were set 166 for victory on Tuesday night after Hurricanes opener Ben McDermott made a brilliant 95 not out. Adelaide cruised through their run chase, with captain Matt Short and Chris Lynn both firing. They never […]
Australia’s trophy-laden women’s cricket team do not need luck to be successful, so when fortune favours them victory is all but inevitable. So it proved in the decisive third and final Twenty20 international against India, the tourists making light of a testing target to secure the series. Set 148 to win Australia chased down the […]
As part of a series profiling the expected Round 1 sides for all 17 NRL clubs in 2024, it’s time to see if Des Hasler can work his magic on the Gold Coast. Analysing the Titans is a bit of a thankless task, given their propensity to put together a decent-looking squad and then promptly […]
