Carey equals catches world record in SA cup win on February 14, 2024Alex Carey has taken a world record-equalling eight catches in an innings for South Australia in their domestic one-day cup win over Queensland. It was the 32-year-old Test wicketkeeper’s first 50-over game since being dropped from the Australian side at last year’s World Cup in India and he had a day to remember. Five of […]
World surf champion Toledo to take year off competition on February 13, 2024Brazil’s reigning surfing world champion Filipe Toledo has announced he is taking a one-year mental health break from competition. The 28-year-old, who won the World Surf League championship in 2022 and 2023, joins fellow big names in Australia’s Stephanie Gilmore and Hawaiian Carissa Moore in taking the year off. Toledo competed in the opening contest […]
Maxwell blasts record T20I ton against West Indies on February 12, 2024Glenn Maxwell has clubbed the fastest Twenty20 international century on Australian soil to propel his country to a series win against the West Indies. Maxwell blasted an unbeaten 120 from 55 balls in a Sunday night feast on West Indies’ bowlers at Adelaide Oval. His masterly knock, featuring eight sixes and 12 fours, propelled Australia […]
Key Facts About Maxwell’s T20 ton against West Indies on February 12, 2024* Reached ton from 50 balls, the fastest T20 international scored in Australia * Previous fastest in Australia was from 52 balls, by South African Rilee Rossouw against Bangladesh in Sydney during 2022 World Cup * Maxwell (102 T20Is) joins India’s Rohit Sharma (151 T20Is) with the most centuries – five – in T20I history […]
Japan win a platform for world honour for Aussie diver on February 10, 2024Australian Cassiel Rousseau has been named the 2023 World Aquatics Diving Athlete of the Year following his gold-medal heroics in Japan. Rousseau became the first Australian to be crowned world champion in the men’s 10m platform in Fukuoka in July. The 23-year-old’s efforts in Japan proved vital in being voted the 2023 diving athlete of […]
West Indies stars set to shine in Australia T20 clash on February 9, 2024West Indies big guns are set to give Australia a crucial test as the sides ramp up preparations for the T20 World Cup. Star talents Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran and Andre Russell are among those joining the Caribbean side for the three-game series, beginninng in Hobart on Friday night. It’s one of six straight T20s […]
T20 expansion cricket’s ‘biggest challenge’: Ponting on February 8, 2024Ricky Ponting has called for a limit on the number of Twenty20 leagues international players can appear in annually to protect Test cricket from further decline. The Australian legend has added a second coaching job to his ever-expanding workload, signing to lead Washington Freedom in the US-based Major League Cricket. Despite being heavily involved in […]
Ponting earmarks Fraser-McGurk as future Test player on February 8, 2024Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has earmarked Jake Fraser-McGurk as a future Test star, believing the 21-year-old blaster has as much talent as a young David Warner. The Victorian, who crossed to South Australia ahead of the current domestic season, is the talk of the cricket world for his fearless and cavalier approach to opening. […]
Johnson replaces injured Ellis for Windies T20 series on February 8, 2024Spencer Johnson’s breakout 12 months is set to continue as he replaces the injured Nathan Ellis in Australia’s squad for the Twenty20 series with West Indies. Selectors were keen to give Ellis more time to recover ahead of the upcoming multi-format tour of New Zealand, in which the paceman is expected to feature in the […]
Travis Head released from Australia’s white-ball squads on February 4, 2024World Cup hero Travis Head has been released from Australia’s white-ball squads to rest ahead of the tour to New Zealand. The 30-year-old will sit out the last two ODIs against the West Indies, as well as three Twenty20s against the tourists, following a busy 12 months. It comes during a torrid time with the […]