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Australia are going to lock horns with their arch-rivals England on Saturday, October 30

Mike Greenaway looks at five areas where the Springboks got it right against the All Blacks following an epic Test to round off the Rugby Championship.

Beth Mooney struggled in extremely hot conditions at the Drummoyne Oval but she still held firm and guided the Brisbane Heat to a tense win against Sydney Sixers in the Women’s Big Bash League final.

20 Facts 20 Facts 1. John Wisden was a pioneering cricketer in Victorian times. A 5ft 4ins fast bowler, he was nicknamed The Little Wonder and once took all 10 wickets in an innings, every one of them clean bowled. He went into business in 1850, while still at the height of his career, selling cricket gear in Leamington. In 1859 he went on the first English cricket tour abroad - to the USA and Canada. 2. A new edition of Wisden has been published every year since 1864. The first edition was priced at one shilling. It ran to only 112 pages and was padded out with several items unrelated to cri...

Baggy green tail-enders: Every run counts A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size “It’s not how, it’s how many.” Bowlers really do win matches. But sometimes, they do so with the bat. Even a genuine bunny can play a vital role in extending a lead, reducing a deficit, turning a poor score into a respectable one, or forcing a draw. Each run scored by a tail-ender has the same worth as one scored by a recognised batsman, and sometimes more when it entertains spectators, frustrates opponents or lifts team-m...