Australia may not win the World Cup even if Mitchell Starc gets back to his best but they’ll have zero chance if he keeps dishing up a smorgasbord of pies. Starc sprayed the ball all over the place in Tuesday’s clash with Afghanistan in Mumbai… Read More »Starc raving bad: Pace spearhead’s worrying form slump jeopardises Australia’s World Cup hopes
Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell has put on the biggest show of his career in the three-wicket triumph over Afghanistan. Struggling with back spasms and cramp, he made an unbeaten 201 in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. He has received plaudits from a long list of past and… Read More »Mad Max blockbuster: The record-breaking numbers behind unprecedented knock for the ages
The light at the end of the tunnel for fans of Australian football over recent years has been the committed move towards a men’s National Second Division. Without such an entity, the game would simply remain fractured and unable to eliminate the chasm between the… Read More »Altruistic but not all-embracing: Australia’s National Second Division will be nothing more than a South-East Coast League
Eddie Jones’ departure has once again changed the status quo in Australian rugby. For the second straight Test season, every position is up for grabs. The difference for Jones’ successor is they won’t be starting again like Dave Rennie did in 2020 – the start… Read More »Predicted Wallabies team in 2024: Eddie’s outcasts to return as halves, back-row battles heat up
Australia’s clash with Afghanistan on a steamy evening in Mumbai at the World Cup was the 4,696th ODI ever played. None have featured an innings even remotely comparable to the one produced by Glenn Maxwell, to haul the Aussies to the most staggering of victories… Read More »Glenn the Greatest – ever! Maxwell’s magnificent double-ton rescues Aussies, stuns Afghanistan in WC epic