Georgia Redmayne hit the winning runs as Brisbane Heat secured a sixth successive victory – a nine-wicket thrashing of the Sydney Thunder – to secure a spot in the WBBL final. WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS
Peter Siddle’s 20 year professional cricket career shows no signs of slowing down with the veteran snagging the final BBL list spot at the Melbourne Stars in a return over 12 years in the making.
Jess Jonassen has bounced back in style from her omission from Australia’s T20 Women’s World Cup squad.
Sydney Thunder were struggling in their pursuit of Hobart’s 6/126, until captain Phoebe Litchfield went ballistic in the last few overs. WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS
Australia is through to the final four at the T20 World Cup, but chances of snaring a fourth-straight title could hinge on the captain’s fitness.
There are fears Australian captain Alyssa Healy’s T20 World Cup campaign could be over after she suffered a painful injury during her side’s victory over Pakistan.
Georgia Redmayne has been a star of WBBL and WNCL cricket in Queensland, yet she may have a bigger impact off the field through research into skin cancer in the game.
LEG BUYS: When the WBBL season gets underway this month, expect some big-name replacement players to land back in the tournament – with New Zealand star Suzie Bates finding a new home.
Australia’s women’s cricketers are chasing a fourth-straight T20 World Cup win. The true extent of their dominance is extraordinary and they deserve equal attention to the Penrith Panthers, writes EMMA GREENWOOD.
Australia has secured a six-wicket victory in its T20 World Cup opener against Sri Lanka despite an early wobble in the run chase.
All eyes will be on the pace duo of Tayla Vlaeminck and Darcie Brown, who have been named in the same World Cup squad for the first time, but it’s Australia’s spinners who are set to be the envy of the competition.
The extra challenge of the elements in the United Arab Emirates demanded Australia go to extra lengths to prepare for their tilt at a fourth-straight T20 World Cup.
Sophie Molineux had visions of winning 18 World Cups before she retired. Injuries buried that plan before it got off the ground. But now she’s back – and armed with some inside info from Glenn Maxwell.
Cricket Australia is pulling out all the stops in its attempt to find a successor to CEO Nick Hockley, though one hopeful seems to be the standout candidate.
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