England-bound McGrath eyes off short boundaries
She might be only 23, but Tahlia McGrath is already one of the most senior SA cricketers. And as she embarks on a tour of England, she’s revealed her hopes for the future.
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Adelaide ready to strike in new-look WBBL
For the first time, the Women’s Big Bash League will be played as a standalone event in October and November, with cricketers hailing it as incredibly exciting for the future of female sport.
Incoming Scorpions coach heralds new era
As the SA Scorpion cricketers returned to training this week after their off-season breaks, their new head coach Luke Williams reveals his hopes for the upcoming summer of cricket.
Gruelling preseason a headstart for SA’s Ashes hopes
South Australia’s hardcore pre-season is helping Travis Head and Chadd Sayers prepare for English mission.
Sayers swings into Ashes picture
The worm could be turning in Chadd Sayers’ against-all-odds quest for an Ashes call-up following Redbacks team-mate Daniel Worrall’s injury misfortune in England.
Strikers to tap dumped White’s experience
Former Test batsman Cameron White has been thrown a career lifeline after being dumped by Victoria and the Renegades, and will join the Strikers as squad cover for skipper Travis Head.
Worrall’s Ashes dream comes crashing down
Daniel Worrall’s Ashes dream is done as injury continues to narrow selectors’ options ahead of the August 1 series opener against England in Birmingham.
Nielsen backs veteran Ferg to fire for Redbacks
Callum Ferguson and Tom Cooper have been retained but South Australia is looking to the future as a young quartet accept contracts for the 2019-20 season.
Adelaide undisputed home of day-night Tests: Bradshaw
Keith Bradshaw believes Pakistan’s first Test here in 29 years will crown Adelaide as the undisputed home of pink-ball Test cricket as the Oval prepares to also open the summer with a Twenty20 International.
Splendour in the Oval’s grass
From monitoring thatch levels, to sodium counts and Clegg readings: A lot goes on behind the scenes to make sure Adelaide Oval’s grass is the top of its game.
South Aussies hold key to World Cup defence
South Australia’s Alex Carey and Adam Zampa have been entrusted with front-line World Cup roles while Kane Richardson remains in the frame for the one-day showpiece in England.
Ferg: I’m not done with national dream yet
Callum Ferguson admits his ego took a hit when he was dropped for the last round of the Sheffield Shield. But he still has the fire in the belly and says he feels closer to an international one-day recall than retirement.
Bulls fall short of winning flag for their mate
An emotional season played in memory of teammate Rocco Illuminato has ended for Pooraka with a tough loss to Prince Alfred Old Collegians in the Adelaide Turf A1 cricket decider. That and other grand final wraps in our weekly Thrash Talk.
Sturt stuns Stingrays to secure unlikely flag
Sturt completed the perfect end to its fairytale rise in women’s grade cricket, recording a stellar seven-wicket victory against Southern District in the grand final at Karen Rolton Oval on Sunday.
Browns bowl their way to brilliant grand final win
Kensington has swept through Adelaide’s batsmen with ferocity to triumph in grade cricket’s two day grand final at Glenelg Oval on Sunday.
Chadd won’t give up on Ashes
What loomed as Chadd Sayers’ Ashes tour de force was sabotaged by injury but the swingman refuses to give up on his Test journey.
Swearing offence may cost Redback a Bradman Medal
A Redbacks batsman who some coaches believe will poll the most votes in Wednesday’s Bradman Medal count is ineligible to win the award due to a reprimand for swearing.
Trial by fire to shape future Redbacks sides: Head
Travis Head concedes recast South Australia faces a grilling against Sheffield Shield favourite Victoria next week at Karen Rolton Oval but had to invest in new faces.
Ex-Test all-rounder Sleep becomes Peckers’ coach
Former Test all-rounder Peter Sleep is excited about returning to grade cricket ranks to coach a different club but concedes facing his former team Tea Tree Gully will be tough.
Bulls get a Head start for final
Australian star Travis Head will give his local club a massive boost with his inclusion for a semi-final this weekend while another grade cricket side breaks an 11-year finals drought.
Old collegians collect another T20 title
Is this old collegians side the most dominant Twenty20 local cricket team in Adelaide? Plus a remarkable double act between two opening bowlers in this week’s Thrash Talk local cricket wrap.
Glenelg in trouble as Sturt, Uni look to pounce
Glenelg is the first side to slip in the grade cricket finals race as Sturt and Adelaide University look like battling it out to make the top four. All of the action in our wrap from a tight final round.
Dukes up for Dan in Ashes show
Ashes contender Daniel Worrall is bursting to showcase the secrets of Dukes ball swing learnt in a definitive stint with Gloucestershire last year.
Kane over and out of India tour
In-form Kane Richardson’s exit from Australia’s limited overs tour of the West Indies extends the late-season injury scourge afflicting front-line Redbacks pacemen.
Smith to lead way at T20 champs — as coach
He is not fit enough to play but former Australian captain Steve Smith will still be a major drawcard at the inaugural National Premier Twenty20 Championship in Adelaide next week.
Tom pulls on whites for Blacks for first time in 2178 days
It has been a fair while between drinks for Adelaide University cricketer Tom Robertson. Since he last played for the Blacks’ A grade he has not only started a medicine degree, he has finished it too.
Gloves are off as new father Carey keeps faith
AS Australian vice-captain Alex Carey cradles newborn son Louis, there is no reprieve from his responsibilities as he enters a crunch, hometown clash against South Africa at Adelaide Oval today.
The six most unforgettable one-dayers at the Oval
IT started with a bang 43 years ago. And as Australia prepares to play South Africa in a day-night encounter on Friday, Andrew Capel recalls six of the most memorable one-day matches involving the Aussies at Adelaide Oval.
SA’s best ever one-day team revealed
SOUTH Australia may only have three domestic one day trophies to its name, but it boasts a pantheon of international greats. Advertiser cricket writer Richard Earle reveals who would make the cut in our greatest side. Is anyone missing?
Run out spoils chance of perfect game
A LOCAL cricketer has taken a club-record 9/28 but came ever so close to a perfect 10-wicket haul. Plus stumps fly via an umpire’s hat-cam, an unstoppable Glenelg batsman and more in this week’s Thrash Talk.
Patto fires Vics but Sayers digs in
FORMER Test tearaway James Pattinson made a rousing first-class return as he floored South Australia before Chadd Sayers opened an escape route against Victoria going into the final day at the MCG.
High, wide and Handscomb: Big task for Redbacks
VICTORIAN captain Peter Handscomb put his hand up for a Test recall with a timely century as South Australia’s frustrating start to the season continued at the MCG on Sunday.
Summer is coming but Winter is hot
THE weather is heating up but it was Glenelg’s Jake Winter who was scorching on the weekend as he smashed the biggest one-day Grade Cricket score in 10 seasons. That and more in this week’s local cricket wrap: Thrash Talk.
Have faith in young Pope: Head
TRAVIS Head has moved to dispel the doomsayers writing off South Australian leg-spinner Lloyd Pope after Sam Heazlett saves Queensland in their Sheffield Shield clash in Adelaide.
Cooper makes most of second chance with big ton
SOUTH Australia’s Tom Cooper cashes in on Callum Ferguson’s injury misfortune for his 11th first-class ton against Queensland in Adelaide as the Redbacks dominate against the Bulls.
SA trio to take on the world
THREE South Australians will be part of an Australian contingent travelling to India next month for the nation’s first Deaf Cricket World Cup appearance in 13 years.
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.
Ferguson ‘can be next Hussey’
JAMIE Siddons says Callum Ferguson is in the form of his life and can follow the example of Mike Hussey and become Australia’s next Mr Fixit.
‘Baggy red’ dream for shaggy-haired spin sensation
SOUTH Australian teenage leg-spin sensation Lloyd Pope has described his Sheffield Shield selection for the season opener against NSW as “a dream come true’’.
Tom’s awesome foursome breaks record
WOODVILLE’S Tom Andrews hailed as too good for Premier Cricket after scoring his fourth consecutive century.
Lehmann backs Travis to star in all formats
Darren Lehmann believes South Australian Travis Head can be a master in all formats of the game for Australia now the left-hander has been given his chance at the Test level.
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