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Lions series won’t be won on penalties and collapsed scrums
We had some fun at league fans’ expense last week. Their response – that rugby is a boring snooze-fest – just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny any longer.
- Peter FitzSimons
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- Australian cricket
US sports giant wins broadcast rights to Australia’s Caribbean cricket tour
Australia’s first Test tour of the Caribbean for a decade is set to be broadcast by ESPN, after the US sports giant outbid Seven.
- Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
- Exclusive
- Australian cricket
Inside Australian cricket’s plan to make Big Bash No.2 behind the IPL
US consulting giant Boston Consulting Group will explore both privatisation and expansion as possible ways to supercharge the BBL in an increasingly crowded T20 marketplace.
- Daniel Brettig
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- Hurricanes
Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history
Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.
- Jon Pierik
39 balls of madness. How Mitch Owen made BBL history
Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.
IPL riches and KFC eating contests: Mitch Owen’s future after a 39-ball BBL hundred
From ‘chubby’ die hard Hobart fan to Australian cricket’s newest cult hero, Mitch Owen has delivered the Hobart Hurricanes a maiden Big Bash League title.
- Dan Walsh
As it happened: Mitch Owen’s stunning 39-ball 100 breaks Hobart’s BBL drought
The previously unheralded Hurricanes opener rewrote the record books as the Sydney Thunder were thrashed by seven wickets in the BBL final.
- Dan Walsh
- Analysis
- Test cricket
Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?
The most extraordinary year of Test cricket will be followed by one its most critical periods on record.
- Dan Walsh
‘That was about legacy’: Why David Warner may finally be leaving Sandpapergate behind
The former Test opener has taken the Thunder from the bottom of the table to the Big Bash final with a leadership style that has galvanised the team.
- Christian Nicolussi
BBL As it Happened: The Thunder book their first BBL final in nine years
The Sixers and Thunder square off for a chance to meet the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL final
- Jonathan Drennan
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