March
All the bankers at Melbourne’s sodden grand prix
From Luke Sayers to Mike Cannon-Brookes to Matt Comyn, Australia’s biggest business names braved the Melbourne weather on Sunday.
January
Test team enters echelon of greats after gripping series win
Australia’s Test side wrested back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade, and can stake a claim to being one of the country’s most successful.
Six leadership and investing lessons from cricket
Lifelong cricket fan and seasoned investment executive John Knox reflects on the impact of the game on his career.
December 2024
Teenager Sam Konstas steals the show at the MCG
The exciting teenage debutant has laid the platform for Australia to take early control of the Boxing Day Test against India.
Resurgent Australia level series with thumping Test win
From Mitchell Starc’s first ball wicket to another soaring century by Travis Head, Australia dominated India in the second Test in Adelaide.
March 2024
Ferrari upsets as who’s who flock to the Australian Grand Prix
Ferrari clinched first and second as a bevy of business leaders, billionaires and celebrities watched Australian rookie Oscar Piastri finish fourth.
January 2024
Khawaja passes last concussion test, clear for Gabba
Usman Khawaja will train at the Gabba during Australia’s main session on Tuesday, before the start of the final Test of the summer on Thursday.
Australia on verge of crushing Windies
Travis Head scored a century and Josh Hazlewood cut a swath through a woeful West Indies batting line-up to squash the Australian rival’s hopes in the first Test.
Bad light prompts early stumps after Warner dismissal
The Australian opener’s Test farewell has been overshadowed by Sydney’s poor weather and cricket’s archaic rules.
Australia hunts for Pakistan sweep in Warner week
Captain Pat Cummins says the same team that won the first two Tests will take the field at the SCG on Wednesday.
December 2023
Pakistan blow it – and why umpires should take the stairs
Australia had its worst start to a Test innings at the MCG since 1911 but an agonising neacentury by Mitchell Marsh helped the home side recovery.
What Khawaja ended up writing on his shoe
A dropped catch gave Dave Warner a short reprieve in the opening session of the Boxing Day Test, and Usman Khawaja avoided a sanction with words on his shoes.
Khawaja wears black armband as Australia pummel Pakistan in Perth
David Warner’s quickfire century against Pakistan at Perth’s Optus Stadium got the test off to a cracking start.
July 2023
Bid for Ashes series win falls in a heap
Australia were bowled out for 334, ending their fourth-innings pursuit of 384 with 18.2 overs left in the last session.
July 2023
Bazball braggadocio hurts England again as visitors on top
Led by a ripping performance from Mitchell Starc, Australia has taken the honours after day one of the Oval Test, but was let down by poor fielding.
High stakes at rain-soaked Old Trafford
As Australia and England prepare for the fourth Test in Manchester, no one can recall a series that has attracted as much interest or spite in recent Ashes history.
It’s a thriller at Headingley
Medium-fast bowler Stuart Broad’s lethal zinger in the first over was, for English fans, a dream start in a dramatic first day’s play in the Third Test.
Post-Ashes beers off as England coach incensed by Bairstow stumping
Furious England coach Brendon McCullum questioned the visitors’ sportsmanship over the Jonny Bairstow stumping on the final day of the second test at Lord’s.
Boos and bad blood at Lord’s: the second Test had it all
There was ill-feeling aplenty at the home of cricket, of all places, but Pat Cummins is emerging from it all as a fine Australian captain against England’s formidable Ben Stokes.
MCC apologises to Australia after run-in with members
The Australian cricket team have requested that Lord’s investigate the incident as a febrile atmosphere developed on the final day of the second Ashes Test.