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Phoebe Litchfield’s career-best hundred has spurred Australia to a 190-run belting of India in the third women’s one-day international in Mumbai, securing a 3-0 series sweep. Litchfield (119) and captain Alyssa Healy (82) led Australia to 7-338 – their highest total against India – before… Read More »Litchfield of dreams: Aussies break records in sweeping India away – ‘We pride ourselves on being that clinical’

Watching Manchester United trip, stumble and struggle in English Premier League football is compellingly appealing, satisfying and almost comical for those of us who witnessed their golden age. Frankly, like many others, I am thoroughly enjoying watching the once great club become nothing more than… Read More »Self-entitled Manchester United: Red Devils owed nothing as the football world laps up their pathetic decline

As part of a series profiling the expected Round 1 sides for all 17 NRL clubs in 2024, it’s time to see if Souths can finally deliver a Premiership after last year’s collapse. South Sydney were the great flameouts of 2023, yet enter 2024 with… Read More »Round 1 predicted teams: If Latrell fires and Wighton fits in, Souths can go all the way in 2024

“I want to say that I am very sorry. I love the game of cricket and playing for my nation and my state, there is no greater pride for me.” So said a 25-year-old Cameron Bancroft in March of 2018. Speaking to a packed, cramped… Read More »The longer road: Warner and Smith have had their redemption stories… it’s time for Cameron Bancroft’s

The imminent death of Test cricket has been discussed for decades. From the inception of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket in 1977 to Andrew Symonds’ million-dollar bid in the inaugural IPL auction in 2008 to the hypothetical future of only three nations playing Test cricket,… Read More »South Africa backstabbed the Black Caps with their squad of leftovers – and twisted the knife into Test cricket