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Injury-prone paceman to miss early T20 World Cup games

Injury-prone paceman to miss early T20 World Cup games

T20 skipper Mitch Marsh is adamant Australia can still thrive at a spin-friendly World Cup, but an injury-prone paceman will miss the early stages of the event.

Australia crash to worst ever T20 defeat in Pakistan

Australia crash to worst ever T20 defeat in Pakistan

Australia crash to worst ever T20 defeat in Pakistan

Australia crash to worst ever T20 defeat in Pakistan

Mitch Marsh's World Cup-bound Australian side have been whitewashed in their key warm-up T20 series, hammered in a record 3-0 capitulation to Pakistan.

Aussie women hammered by NZ in Singapore Sevens final

Aussie women hammered by NZ in Singapore Sevens final

Aussie women hammered by NZ in Singapore Sevens final

Aussie women hammered by NZ in Singapore Sevens final

Australia's sevens women have been outclassed in the final of the world series event in Singapore, outplayed by their rampant New Zealand neighbours.

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Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks

Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks

Pakistan forces are hunting for the separatists behind a string of deadly co-ordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province.

Pakistan spinner's response to Green gesture

Pakistan spinner's response to Green gesture

Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq has responded after Cameron Green appeared to mimic his action in Australia's comprehensive T20 loss in Lahore.

Woeful Australia sent spinning in World Cup warm-up

Woeful Australia sent spinning in World Cup warm-up

Australia's T20 World Cup preparations have hit problems as Pakistan's spinners bowled them to a chastening series defeat with a 90-run thrashing in Lahore.

Record-breaking Wallaroo speeds into sevens in style

Record-breaking Wallaroo speeds into sevens in style

Maya Stewart, a star in Australia's 15-a-side game, has transferred her try-scoring prowess to sevens rugby in style on her Singapore debut.

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Cummins ruled out of T20 World Cup, Smith snubbed

Cummins ruled out of T20 World Cup, Smith snubbed

Cummins ruled out of T20 World Cup, Smith snubbed

Cummins ruled out of T20 World Cup, Smith snubbed

Star quick Pat Cummins will miss Australia's T20 World Cup campaign due to the back injury that prematurely ended his Ashes summer.

Wareham's a Giant as Gardner leads Gujarat to playoffs

Wareham's a Giant as Gardner leads Gujarat to playoffs

Wareham's a Giant as Gardner leads Gujarat to playoffs

Wareham's a Giant as Gardner leads Gujarat to playoffs

Skipper Ash Gardner has led her Gujarat Giants side to the WPL playoffs, with more than a bit of help from her Australian teammate Georgia Wareham.

Pro-military party wins Myanmar election: state media

Pro-military party wins Myanmar election: state media

Pro-military party wins Myanmar election: state media

Pro-military party wins Myanmar election: state media

The Union and Solidarity Party has dominated all phases of Myanmar's election, winning a majority in the two legislative chambers, state media says.

Zampa four-fer can't save Aussies in Pakistan defeat

Zampa four-fer can't save Aussies in Pakistan defeat

Zampa four-fer can't save Aussies in Pakistan defeat

Zampa four-fer can't save Aussies in Pakistan defeat

With three new faces in their team, Travis Head's Australia have succumbed to a 22-run defeat against Pakistan in their first T20 international in Lahore.

Amazing Grace: Harris powers Bengaluru into WPL final

Amazing Grace: Harris powers Bengaluru into WPL final

Amazing Grace: Harris powers Bengaluru into WPL final

Amazing Grace: Harris powers Bengaluru into WPL final

Australia star Grace Harris enjoyed one of her special days with the bat to send Bengaluru to the WPL final and kill off the hopes of Meg Lanning's UP Warriorz.

'No stress': Aussie skipper on disjointed T20 lead-in

'No stress': Aussie skipper on disjointed T20 lead-in

'No stress': Aussie skipper on disjointed T20 lead-in

'No stress': Aussie skipper on disjointed T20 lead-in

Australia's T20 captain Mitch Marsh says a disjointed preparation won't be an issue against Pakistan in a three-match series ahead of the World Cup.

Injury scuppers Aussie batting ace's WPL campaign

Injury scuppers Aussie batting ace's WPL campaign

Injury scuppers Aussie batting ace's WPL campaign

Injury scuppers Aussie batting ace's WPL campaign

Australian batting star Phoebe Litchfield has had to abandon her Women's Premier League season because of injury.

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Gardner's Giants hold nerve in WPL thriller

Beth Mooney's fifty, Ash Gardner's four catches and Sophie Devine's nerves of steel have enabled Gujarat Giants to clinch a critical, dramatic WPL victory.

'Mother of all deals': India, EU seal trade agreement

After nearly two decades of on-off negotiations, a trade deal between India and the European Union has been sealed, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Hurricanes hero makes history in Women's Premier League

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has become first centurion of the WPL, inspiring Mumbai Indians to a victory that keeps Grace Harris and Georgia Voll waiting.

New year, same old Bling: Matthews grabs first 2026 win

Serial Aussie cycling winner Michael Matthews has raced to his first victory of 2026 in Spain's Gran Premio Castellon, an early birthday gift to his daughter.

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Babar back for Pakistan to face Aussies after BBL flop

Pakistan great Babar Azam is back in their T20 squad to face Australia ahead of the World Cup following his eventful if under-performing spell in the Big Bash.

Japan's PM calls snap election after 3 months in office

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of parliament, paving the way for a snap election.

Gardner gets better of Lanning again in key WPL battle

Ash Gardner has again won the battle of Australian WPL skippers with her Gujarat Giants eking out a key victory over Meg Lanning's UP Warriorz.

Capitals down Indians as WPL play-off chase hits logjam

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru side of Grace Harris and Georgia Voll is almost certain to play in the WPL final as the pack compresses behind them.

Gardner half-century can't halt the RCB juggernaut

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have become the first team to book a first play-off spot in the Women's Premier League despite Ash Gardner's defiant 54 for Gujarat.

Aussie surfers make waves at junior world titles

Australians Dane Henry and Isla Huppatz are junior world surfing champions after claiming titles in the Philippines.

Body found as search for plane crash victims continues

Indonesian authorities have located a body and the wreckage of a plane carrying 10 people that came down near a fog-covered mountain in South Sulawesi.

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