lllawarra have completed one of the more remarkable comebacks in Australian sport in recent times by flying into the NBL playoffs when the club appeared to be in disarray. After collecting the wooden spoon last year with a paltry 3-25 record, they were 2-7 early this season when they sacked coach Jacob Jackomas. But they […]
Captain Rohit Sharma and middle-order batter Ravindra Jadeja have smashed defiant hundreds to drag India out of the doldrums and to a comfortable 5-326 on the opening day of the third Test against England. India were reeling at 3-33 inside the opening hour after Mark Wood proved the value of extra pace on a docile […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board has terminated the central contract of fast bowler Haris Rauf after he refused to join the Test team for the tour of Australia, which coincided with his stint in the Big Bash League. Rauf, who played for Melbourne Stars in the BBL, did not join the Pakistan team for the three-match […]
Round One of the frontloaded 2024 Six Nations pitted the top two northern teams against each other. It was not the contest we expected. Round Two featured two challengers trying to stay unbeaten to allow the tournament to retain suspense. England did just enough; Scotland might have too but lost anyway. Thus, the championship is […]
If there is one club that has kept Australian fans from turning off Super Rugby, it is the Brumbies. Australia’s highest achievers at the Super Rugby level and the team that has made the second-highest number of grand finals in the competition’s history (a distant second to the Crusaders), the men from Canberra have embodied […]
