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BBL champions add Test star for title defence

BBL champions add Test star for title defence

Newly-crowned BBL champions Hobart will be even stronger next season after convincing Test star Beau Webster to return to the Hurricanes.

Royal Tasmanian: BBL star signs first overseas T20 deal

Royal Tasmanian: BBL star signs first overseas T20 deal

Royal Tasmanian: BBL star signs first overseas T20 deal

Royal Tasmanian: BBL star signs first overseas T20 deal

Big Bash League sensation Mitch Owen has started his new life as a T20 gun for hire, putting pen to paper on an injury-replacement deal overseas.

King hopes spin idol Warne would have loved spell

King hopes spin idol Warne would have loved spell

King hopes spin idol Warne would have loved spell

King hopes spin idol Warne would have loved spell

In the first women's Test at the MCG since 1949, it was only fitting a legspinner should star with the Shane Warne Stand behind her.

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Sri Lanka defend bowling plans against Australia

Sri Lanka defend bowling plans against Australia

The Australian batters have made life difficult for Sri Lanka's attack in a one-sided first two days of the opening Test.

Josh Inglis 'really happy' with long-awaited Test debut

Josh Inglis 'really happy' with long-awaited Test debut

Australia's Josh Inglis has starred on Test debut, recording a century to vindicate his selection at No.5 for the series opener against Sri Lanka.

Khawaja hits 200 before Aussie bowlers strike in Galle

Khawaja hits 200 before Aussie bowlers strike in Galle

After Usman Khawaja and Josh Inglis starred with the bat, Australia's bowlers found early wickets on day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka.

Star injured as King shines in Australia's dominant day

Star injured as King shines in Australia's dominant day

Australia have made a near-perfect start in their bid to whitewash the women's Ashes, dominating England on day one of the pink-ball Test at the MCG.

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Resurgent Patterson scores century for Australia A

Resurgent Patterson scores century for Australia A

Resurgent Patterson scores century for Australia A

Resurgent Patterson scores century for Australia A

Comeback kid Kurtis Patterson continues to put national selectors on notice after hitting a superb, unbeaten century for Australia A.

'Bronze for Betty': cricket great wants MCG statue

'Bronze for Betty': cricket great wants MCG statue

'Bronze for Betty': cricket great wants MCG statue

'Bronze for Betty': cricket great wants MCG statue

Australian Cricket Hall of Fame member Christina Matthews believes a statue for the legendary Betty Wilson outside the MCG is overdue.

Aussie girls set for T20 World Cup semi despite defeat

Aussie girls set for T20 World Cup semi despite defeat

Aussie girls set for T20 World Cup semi despite defeat

Aussie girls set for T20 World Cup semi despite defeat

Australia's teenage women's side will face South Africa in the T20 Under-19 World Cup semi-final despite a reality check in a shock loss to Sri Lanka.

Women's Ashes teams excited for MCG Test opportunity

Women's Ashes teams excited for MCG Test opportunity

Women's Ashes teams excited for MCG Test opportunity

Women's Ashes teams excited for MCG Test opportunity

Australia captain Alyssa Healy and England rival Heather Knight both want to see more women's Test cricket at major grounds like the MCG.

Khawaja, Smith score tons as Aussies bully Sri Lanka

Khawaja, Smith score tons as Aussies bully Sri Lanka

Khawaja, Smith score tons as Aussies bully Sri Lanka

Khawaja, Smith score tons as Aussies bully Sri Lanka

Australian veterans Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith have caused Sri Lanka all sorts of problems on the first day of the Test series opener in Galle.

Sam Konstas offers classy response to being axed

Sam Konstas offers classy response to being axed

Sam Konstas offers classy response to being axed

Sam Konstas offers classy response to being axed

Sam Konstas has bounced back from his axing for the first Test of the Sri Lanka series, according to Cricket Australia selector Tony Dodemaide.

Steve Smith enters elite club with 10,000th Test run

Steve Smith enters elite club with 10,000th Test run

Steve Smith enters elite club with 10,000th Test run

Steve Smith enters elite club with 10,000th Test run

After a false start in Sydney, Steve Smith has joined Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh and Allan Border as one of only four Australians to have made 10,000 Test runs.

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'Ready to go' but skipper Healy may miss Test spot

Australia captain Alyssa Healy has declared herself fit for the women's Ashes Test but could still be overruled from playing by selectors.

Australia chasing rare subcontinent series win

Australia have won only one Test series on the subcontinent in a decade but can begin turning things around this week.

Wily Rashid inspires England to first win of 2025

Legspinner Adil Rashid has guided England to a 26-run win over India in Rajkot to keep their five-match T20 series alive.

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.

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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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