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Matt Turner is a sports reporter for The Advertiser and CODE Sports who covers mainly AFL and basketball. He has been with News Corp for more than a decade, starting at The Messenger, where he was sports editor for two years. Matt isn’t to be confused with Matt Turner, the award-winning Advertiser photographer, who also shares the same middle name (James).

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 08: Amanda-Jade Wellington of the Strikers bowls during the Women's Big Bash League match between the Melbourne Renegades and the Adelaide Strikers at CitiPower Centre on December 08, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Australian women’s leggie stars in men’s grade team

AUSTRALIAN cricketer Amanda-Jade Wellington has starred in men’s ranks after Port Adelaide’s A-grade women’s team forfeited for the fourth time this season.

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6/2/19 - Adelaide's Best Cricket Schools - Price Alfred College (PAC) 1st XI players Mitch Thiele, Cooper Luke and Jamison Murphy with old collegian and Australian batsman Greg Blewett. Picture SIMON CROSS

Adelaide’s greatest school cricket teams: We rank the XIs

Messenger Community News has pored over the stats to choose eight Adelaide schools’ greatest cricket teams as part of a five-day series to find the best. Now we have ranked the teams from 8-1.

Local Sport

The search for Adelaide's best cricket school: Prince Alfred and Pembroke

Adelaide’s greatest school cricket teams: Part four

Messenger Community News has chosen eight Adelaide schools’ greatest cricket teams as part of a five-day series to find the best. Up next, Pembroke/King’s College and Prince Alfred College.

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The search for Adelaide's best cricket school: Adelaide High and Norwood High

Adelaide’s greatest school cricket teams: Part three

Messenger Community News has chosen eight Adelaide schools’ greatest cricket teams as part of a five-day series to find the best. Up next, Adelaide High and Norwood High/Norwood Morialta.

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The search for Adelaide's best cricket school: Thebarton Tech and Woodville High

Adelaide’s greatest school cricket teams: Part two

Messenger Community News has pored over the stats to choose eight Adelaide schools’ greatest cricket teams as part of a five-day series to find the best. Up next is Thebarton Technical and Woodville High.

Local Sport

Greatest school cricket teams: Scotch and St Peter's

Adelaide’s greatest school cricket teams: Part 1

Messenger Community News has pored over the stats to choose eight Adelaide schools’ greatest cricket teams as part of a five-day series to find the best. Up first, we look at Scotch and St Peter’s.

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Emily White, 14 yr old champion swimmer. Norwood Swim Club24th may 2018. AAP Roy VanDerVegt

Messenger’s top 20 young SA athletes to watch for 2019

Messenger Community News has chosen its top 20 emerging SA sports stars to watch in 2019. Some are young guns who have made headlines over the past year, while others have flown a little more under the radar. See who made the list.

SANFL

West Adelaide Coach, Gavin Colville at Norwood Oval, in the match between West Adelaide and Norwood, Friday, July 20, 2018. Picture: MATT LOXTON

SANFL 2019 — Five reasons to be excited about West Adelaide

As 2018 comes to an end, The Advertiser’s SANFL writers look ahead to next season to find reasons for fans to get excited. This time we turn the spotlight on West Adelaide.

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SANFL GRAND FINAL - Norwood versus North Adelaide. North Adelaide players celebrate. Samuel McInerney with cup and team mates. 23 September 2018. (AAP Image/Dean Martin)

Local Adelaide sport’s best-of lists for 2018

Messenger Community News reveals its top-five feel-good moments, heroes, photos, videos and quirky incidents in local sport for 2018, as well as our annual top 50 favourite names list.

Port Adelaide

Number 5 pick Connor Rozee (right) is seen during the 2018 AFL Draft at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Thursday, November 22, 2018. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Power meets need for speed, class

Why the Power believes it has addressed its need for outside run and class by snaring North Adelaide’s Connor Rozee and Victorians Zak Butters and Xavier Duursma as its first-round picks.

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