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‘I don’t know what happened but it’s awesome’: Aussie U19s scrape into World Cup final by solitary run in cliffhanger

Australia’s cricket teenagers are one step away from emulating their seniors – by lifting the Under-19 World Cup in a final against India. The teenage lads, spearheaded by their record-breaking pace gun Tom Straker and guided to victory by cool head Raf MacMillan, battled into… Read More »‘I don’t know what happened but it’s awesome’: Aussie U19s scrape into World Cup final by solitary run in cliffhanger

Tradition trumps dollars: Australia will never embrace T20 cricket like Tests despite ‘poor cousin’ raking in big bucks

As the international appeal of the T20 format explodes exponentially, it is still considered the “poor cousin” of the sport by many Australian cricket fans.  With Australia being the birthplace of Test cricket, the value of tradition is the strongest commodity for the sport in… Read More »Tradition trumps dollars: Australia will never embrace T20 cricket like Tests despite ‘poor cousin’ raking in big bucks