A captain’s impact on a cricket side can vary between monumental and incremental.  In the World Cup final each skipper’s performance had a major impact on their team’s fortunes.  And while Rohit Sharma threw his wicket away to forfeit his team’s early advantage, the final in Ahmedabad was the day Cummins’ captaincy came of age.  […]

Melbourne loves to proclaim itself the sporting capital of Australia, but it seems some fans keep forgetting to check their A-League allegiances at the door when supporting the Socceroos. Australia’s routine 7-0 victory over Bangladesh on Thursday night was the perfect way for Graham Arnold’s team to kick-start their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign. Jamie […]

With the Finals over and the November 1 contract deadline passed, we can officially declare the NRL’s silly season open. Into the morass of gossip and conjecture, we will bring sanity, with the relaunch of Smart Signings, our dissection of where clubs are weak, what they need to improve and where they might find it. […]

The ICC has unveiled a shock change in format for the World Cup final following Australia’s upset victory over India, ruling the decider will now be ‘best of three’. Closer analysis of the tournament’s playing conditions at the request of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revealed a previously unknown clause […]

Australia’s clash with India in Ahmedabad for the World Cup final was their 997th ODI. But none of their 605 previous wins in the format can hold a candle to a stunning six-wicket triumph over the previously undefeated hosts and red-hot favourites, in a decider that had become an utter rout by the time Glenn […]