With a slog-sweep over mid-wicket for six, Ellyse Perry has levelled Australia’s T20 series with India, underscored her enduring and evolving class, and commemorated her 300th game in green-and-gold. The 33-year-old top-scored in Australia’s six-wicket win as the tourists chased down India’s 8-130 with an over to spare. That levelled the T20 series with a […]
Kerr-tastrophe: Sam set to spend year on the sidelines after training mishap – ‘a devastating blow for everyone’
Australia’s captain and star striker Sam Kerr has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during Chelsea’s warm weather training camp in Morocco, the English Women’s Super League club has said. The injury will almost certainly rule the 30-year-old out of the Paris Olympics should Australia qualify as expected. The news was described as “devastating” […]
NRL Round 1 predicted teams: The Dolphins now have depth – but now, they have to deal with expectation
As part of a series profiling the expected Round 1 sides for all 17 NRL clubs in 2024, it’s time to see if the Dolphins can back up their strong start It’s a cliché to mention the difficult second season, but that’s the challenge facing Wayne Bennett and the Dolphins going into 2024. They have […]
There are still signs of life in the A-League Men despite the ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ of the APL
Ben Folami’s dramatic late winner in Perth at least made one thing clear to the A-League Men’s long-suffering fan base – Melbourne Victory really are now top of the table. Only the Australian Professional Leagues could conjure the sort of bureaucratic nonsense we endured last week when a tongue-in-cheek fan account on Twitter – no […]
Talk is cheap: can anything stop Test cricket becoming a rugby league-esque farce?
Warning signs have been looming on the horizon for years but now that Test cricket’s worrying future is in the spotlight, there has been plenty of talk from high-ranking officials. They have officially raised concern in an officious way without offering anything of note to make the poorer nations optimistic. Test cricket’s prospects are becoming […]