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Test vacancy open as Head replaces Konstas at top

Test vacancy open as Head replaces Konstas at top

Travis Head has ousted Sam Konstas from the top of the Australian batting order for the first Test against Sri Lanka.

Aussie star still in doubt for historic women's Test

Aussie star still in doubt for historic women's Test

Aussie star still in doubt for historic women's Test

Aussie star still in doubt for historic women's Test

Australia captain Alyssa Healy is still attempting to prove her fitness as she bids to return from a foot injury in the women's Ashes Test.

Konstas will benefit from tour, even if axed: Smith

Konstas will benefit from tour, even if axed: Smith

Konstas will benefit from tour, even if axed: Smith

Konstas will benefit from tour, even if axed: Smith

Teenage batter Sam Konstas need only look to Steve Smith to know he will benefit from his first subcontinent tour, even if he doesn't play a single game.

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Hurricanes underline Tasmania's sporting purple patch

Hurricanes underline Tasmania's sporting purple patch

Tasmania is enjoying a moment in the sporting sunshine, with the NBL's JackJumpers, BBL's Hurricanes and AFL coach Chris Fagan winning flags in the past year.

Scorchers great signs for Renegades in huge BBL move

Scorchers great signs for Renegades in huge BBL move

Fresh off a stellar BBL season for the Perth Scorchers, veteran quick Jason Behrendorff is on the move to the Melbourne Renegades.

Higher honours, big pay day coming for Hurricanes hero

Higher honours, big pay day coming for Hurricanes hero

Mitch Owen could be a bolter for Australia's T20 World Cup squad next year, given his form for Big Bash League winners the Hobart Hurricanes.

'Humbling': Starc's drive towards 100-Test milestone

'Humbling': Starc's drive towards 100-Test milestone

By the end of the year, Mitchell Starc could become only the second Australian paceman to play 100 Test matches.

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Owen supreme as Hobart Hurricanes win maiden BBL crown

Owen supreme as Hobart Hurricanes win maiden BBL crown

Owen supreme as Hobart Hurricanes win maiden BBL crown

Owen supreme as Hobart Hurricanes win maiden BBL crown

Hobart opener Mitchell Owen has produced the knock of his life, smashing 108 off 42 to steer the Hurricanes to a first Big Bash League title.

'Be brave': Aussies mull radical batting experiment

'Be brave': Aussies mull radical batting experiment

'Be brave': Aussies mull radical batting experiment

'Be brave': Aussies mull radical batting experiment

Travis Head says Australia will consider taking the radical step of changing the batting order mid-game against Sri Lanka.

CA maintains stance as Afghanistan clash looms

CA maintains stance as Afghanistan clash looms

CA maintains stance as Afghanistan clash looms

CA maintains stance as Afghanistan clash looms

Cricket Australia has launched a historic women's match for an Afghanistan XI and is adamant it is doing enough to support the country's female players.

Kuhnemann, Smith both train in first Galle session

Kuhnemann, Smith both train in first Galle session

Kuhnemann, Smith both train in first Galle session

Kuhnemann, Smith both train in first Galle session

Matthew Kuhnemann and Steve Smith appear ready to return from injuries after completing Australia's first training session since arriving in Sri Lanka.

Khawaja would sooner walk away than stay too long

Khawaja would sooner walk away than stay too long

Khawaja would sooner walk away than stay too long

Khawaja would sooner walk away than stay too long

Usman Khawaja never wants to be the guy who outstays his welcome at Test level, but he has no firm retirement plans ahead of the Sri Lanka series.

Hurricanes look to blow away Warner early in BBL final

Hurricanes look to blow away Warner early in BBL final

Hurricanes look to blow away Warner early in BBL final

Hurricanes look to blow away Warner early in BBL final

The Hurricanes plan to pepper the shorter boundary and remove Sydney Thunder talisman and captain David Warner early in their pursuit of a maiden BBL title.

Aussies set sights on heaping more Ashes pain on Poms

Aussies set sights on heaping more Ashes pain on Poms

Aussies set sights on heaping more Ashes pain on Poms

Aussies set sights on heaping more Ashes pain on Poms

Australia's women's cricketers are planning to display their ruthless streak in their highly-anticipated Ashes Test match against England.

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Aussie women win again for Ashes white-ball whitewash

Beth Mooney has dominated with the bat as Australia's women cricketers thrashed England by 72 runs in the third T20 to secure a white-ball Ashes sweep.

How Warner's captaincy transformed Sydney Thunder

In his first season as captain, David Warner has helped transform Sydney Thunder from woeful wooden spooners to BBL finals force.

Cummins the sole Aussie to make ICC Test Team of 2024

Pat Cummins has been chosen as captain of the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year, but there was no room for any of his Australian teammates in the 2024 selection.

'We know': Thunder absorb bail drama to reach BBL final

Sam Billings says the third umpire erred in a crucial moment of the Sydney derby BBL final that the Thunder won by four wickets.

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Kuhnemann cleared for Sri Lanka after thumb injury

Australian offspinner Matthew Kuhnemann will fly to Sri Lanka this weekend after shaking off a thumb injury that had threatened his ability to tour.

BBL returns to prominence with reduced tournament

Only three years ago, the Seven Network argued the "BBL is the problem and remains the problem", but the competition has returned with a bang this season.

Marcus Harris follows Nathan Lyon as Lancashire lad

Test batter Marcus Harris will play English county cricket for Lancashire in 2025 after being overlooked by selectors for a comeback as an international opener.

Wet win keeps Australia's Ashes whitewash bid on track

Australia have claimed their fifth-straight win and an outright women's Ashes series triumph, beating England by six runs in a rain-affected second T20I.

Flintoff's son belts hundred for Lions in Australia

Teen star Rocky Flintoff has continued his stunning rise to prominence with a century for the England Lions against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane.

Healy, Gardner no certainties for women's Ashes Test

Captain Alyssa Healy and star allrounder Ashleigh Gardner are racing the clock to be available for Australia's historic women's Ashes Test at the MCG.

Not scared or vulnerable: Sixers dodge Thunder digs

Sydney Sixers player Jordan Silk has dodged verbal punches from Sydney Thunder's Tanveer Sangha, dismissing claims his side are "scared" and "vulnerable".

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