Tait’s Buffalos charging at top of the pack
Shaun Tait’s new grade cricket side looks a force and Glenelg found a new opening pair as it knocked over a competition powerhouse on its own deck. Reports from every match.
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Horror start for Redbacks as Test hopes go whack
South Australia managed just one wicket on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield season as Nic Maddinson and Marcus Harris plundered the visitors in a 220-run opening stand.
Good Will hunting for Test cap
Will Bosisto is desperate to play Test cricket for Australia. And after being dumped from the WA squad, he has made the move to SA in an effort to keep that dream alive. This and the top performers from the opening round in Over the Pickets.
New Redbacks primed for action
South Australia is poised to unveil two first-class debutants in its opening Sheffield Shield clash against Victoria starting in Melbourne on Thursday.
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All hail Pope: ‘Next Warne’ takes record haul
SOUTH Australian leg-spinner Lloyd Pope’s killer wrong’uns wreaked havoc against Queensland, the flame-haired sensation becoming the youngest bowler to take seven wickets in a Sheffield Shield innings at Adelaide Oval.
A century 41 years in the making
THE brilliant moment a local cricketer scored his first hundred after 41 years playing the game has been caught on camera – and his celebrations have gone viral.
Tait goes wild – but with the willow
HE WAS feared by batsmen from across the world but it was a former Test quick’s ability with the bat which struck terror into the opposition on Saturday, plus and more in this week’s local cricket wrap: Thrash Talk.
English attack from the north
AN ENGLISH recruit has made a scorching start to the Grade Cricket season, the likes of which haven’t been seen since a pair of Poms smashed Australia’s bowling attack around Adelaide Oval in 2010.
Lehmann ready to take Bulls, Test team by the horns
JAKE Lehmann reveals how the South Australian captaincy has boosted his push a for a national call-up and made him a more complete cricketer.
Brown century helps Browns home in thriller
A SECOND century for the season from Kensington captain and opener Jake Brown helped set up his side’s thrilling one-run win against Adelaide University in their Premier Cricket game.
The trickery that makes spin prodigy Pope tick
LLOYD Pope’s youthful look wouldn’t be out of place on a Harry Potter film set. And while he shares an obsession with the leg-spin ‘trickery’ that spurred Shane Warne to 708 Test wickets, it’s the magic of a Strikers Big Bash star he is most keen to emulate.
‘It was surreal’: Young Pope on that debut wonderball
SOUTH Australian leg-spin prodigy Lloyd Pope says he’s a polar opposite of Shane Warne but embracing the hype following the wonder wrong’un that secured his maiden, first class scalp. See the pearler here.
Sporting talent at the double
THEY are throwbacks from a bygone era. Dual sportsmen who play a high level of cricket in summer and football in winter. How do Luke Reynolds and Isaac Johnson juggle their talents? Plus see all the best efforts from weekend cricket.
‘Next Warne’ Pope set for Shield inauguration
HE became an overnight cult hero after destroying England at the U19 World Cup but flame-haired legspinner Lloyd Pope is destined for bigger and better things, according to his Shield captain Jake Lehmann.
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