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News flash: Australia Day isn’t a ye olde tradition It’s a strange, brutal and relatively recent quirk of Australia’s colonial history that January 26, a day that marks an invasion rather than independence, has even become our national day. It wasn’t until 1994 ― less than 30 years ago ― that all states and territories declared it a holiday. “People love to say, ‘Oh, but it’s tradition’, and I say, ‘No, it’s not. It’s in my lifetime.’” NITV’s ’The Whole Table�...

Alex Hales: England and opener need to resolve their issues - Michael Vaughan Last updated on Alex Hales has played 11 Tests, 70 one-day internationals and 60 Twenty20s for England Big Bash League, Adelaide Oval Sydney Thunder 232-5 (20 overs): Hales 110 (56) Sydney Sixers 186-5 (20 overs): Henriques 56 (35) Sydney Thunder won by 46 runs . On Thursday national selector Ed Smith said he "expected things to stay as they are" but "no doors are closed". "Id like to see him get another opportunity,...

Saturday Jan 30: The Qualifier (First v Second) Sunday Jan 31: The Knockout (Third v Winner of The Eliminator) Thurs Feb 4: The Challenger (Loser of The Qualifier v Winner of The Knockout) Sat Feb 6: The Final (Winner of The Qualifier v Winner of The Challenger) 1st: Sydney Sixers (32 points) Played: 11 | Won: 8 | Lost: 3 | Bash Boost points: 8 | NRR: 0.554 The run home Jan 24 v Hurricanes @ MCG Jan 26 v Stars @ MCG Philippe flays the Scorchers attack in Canberra The reigning champions have id...

Renegades young gun Mackenzie Harvey delivers player-of-the-match display to lift his team to win over rivals at Marvel Stadium

Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa takes 5-17 as Melbourne Stars bowl Adelaide Strikers out for 68 in the Big Bash League

Cubs Need a “Volume” of Starting Pitchers, How the Rea Math Worked, Hendricks, and Other Cubs Bullets You may have noticed that we took some time away starting yesterday afternoon as events were unfolding at the U.S. Capitol. Like has happened so often over the past few years, and the past year especially, you knew what was happening was historic – in a truly regrettable sense – and it just wasn’t the time to write up the latest trade rumor or quarterback note. There was no political ...

By Zachary GatesJan 2nd, 2021 FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedInJan 2nd, 2021 The Stars looked to be flying to victory against the men in purple as Maxwell blasted his second half-century of the tournament, but from the moment the Melbourne skipper lost his wicket at 5-112 - in pursuit of 165 to win - the visitors innings took an extraordinary nosedive. The Stars lost four wickets for just 26 runs when Maxwell was back in the rooms, as the Hurricanes cruised to a 21-run victory. R...

By Zachary GatesJan 1st, 2021 FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedInJan 1st, 2021 Melbourne Renegades youngster Mackenzie Harvey has pulled off the most spectacular catch of the 2020-21 Big Bash League tournament. His full-stretch dive and catch at backward point was so extraordinary that Fox Cricket commentator Mark Howard compared the acrobatics to those of a star Australian goalkeeper in his prime. "It was like (Mark) Bosnich for the Villa in his day," Howard said. Sydney Thunder b...

Date Time KFC Big Bash League statement: Adam Zampa Melbourne Stars player Adam Zampa has been suspended for one KFC Big Bash League match after accepting a charge for an audible obscenity during his side’s match against the Sydney Thunder on December 29. Zampa was found guilty of a Level 1 offence under the Cricket Australia Code of Conduct and accepted a penalty of one suspension point and a $2500 fine. As a result of this sanction, Zampa will miss the Melbourne Stars’ next KFC BBL|10 mat...

By 2020-12-28T09:54+11:00 Hobart Hurricanes’ D’Arcy Short has taken one of the best catches in Big Bash League history, dismissing Brisbane Heat’s Tom Cooper on Sunday night with a stunning caught and bowled. Smashing a delivery down the pitch, Cooper was forced to depart after Short somehow managed to hold onto a freak catch after throwing his arm out to latch onto the ball. Speaking on Fox Cricket, Mike Hussey said it was one of the more remarkable catches he’s ever seen...