Match result: A late collapse from the Melbourne Stars has seen the Melbourne Renegades snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and win over the crosstown rivals to claim their first ever BBL title win.
When the old state Twenty20 Big Bash was revamped eight seasons ago to become the eight-team, six-city Big Bash League, there’s no doubt in my mind that among the goals for the new competition was for a final to be played by cross-town rivals.
The absence of a bowling all-rounder from Australia’s ODI squad for the tour of India starting next week suggests Australia are happy to punt on-fielding a weak tail in the World Cup.
Shane Warne made a career out of confusion. Armed with an array of deliveries that made even the most accomplished squirm, countless batsmen would end up befuddled, walking back to the rooms wondering just what had happened.
At around the halfway point of this summer’s Big Bash League mentioned that although I hadn’t published any top four predictions, I had loosely pushed the eight teams into three broad categories.
Last night Pat Cummins was recognised as Australia’s best cricketer by taking out his first Allan Border Medal, ending four years of dominance by Steve Smith and David Warner.
Australia will be missing half of their best ODI line-up next week when they start what looms as a nightmare limited-overs tour of India.
Australian legend Shane Warne has named his ideal Australian Ashes XI, and it isn’t quite as chock-full of bolters as we’d have expected.
Let’s do two sets of rankings for the final BBL column for this year: the finals teams, and four things Cricket Australia should do to fix the Big Bash.
Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has backed his country to break its World Cup jinx by beating India.
England came into the 1989-90 Caribbean tour on a streak of 29 winless Tests against the West Indies. Their last win against the islanders had come in 1973-74; since then, they had lost 20 and drawn nine Tests.
Pat Cummins has taken out the Allan Border Medal for 2019 at the Australian Cricket Awards in Melbourne.
South Africa toured Australia in 1952-53. The squad of 15 had six players who had never played Test cricket.
In the past, if you made a mistake in the commentary box that wasn’t picked up by the microphone, you’d likely have got away with it. How times have changed.
CK Nandan was hit during the Irani Cup match between Vidarbha and Rest of India.
It’s almost enough to make you want to retire.
Aaron Finch will be very relieved the Renegades got home.
It’s Dan Christian’s world, and we’re all just living in it.
There are poisoned chalices and then there’s being asked to replace Shane Keith Warne.
There are poisoned chalices and then there’s being asked to replace Shane Keith Warne.
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No El Loco, this was the PhD’s guide during Bush Week in Canberra. Hugely enjoyable!