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Photo: Commander Keane / Wikimedia (Public domain)Bassingthwaighte strikes twice in two balls as Heat sink Hurricanes
Brisbane Heat chased down Hobart Hurricanes' total with four wickets and 10 balls in hand at Allan Border Field, as Annie O'Neil steered the chase after being dropped early by Kate Pelle.
Photo: Bidgee / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 au)Keightley wants Thunder batters to fire back in Sydney Smash
Sydney Thunder coach Lisa Keightley has flagged Sixers all-rounder Ash Gardner as the player to watch in Sunday's North Sydney Oval double-header.
Photo: Explorer-Media / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)Federal Government lifts Para athlete fund to $427,000 for 144 athletes
The AIS Para Athlete Barrier Fund now covers 22 sports, up from 18 last year, with grants of up to $4,000 for travel, carer support and equipment.
Photo: Calistemon / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Thunder stick with winning side for top-of-table Scorchers clash
Lisa Keightley's unbeaten side meets fellow early pace-setters Perth Scorchers at Drummoyne Oval, with the Sydney Sixers also level on points atop the WBBL|12 table.
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard / Wikimedia (CC0)Sixers' English recruit Alice Capsey fronts media after Hurricanes fifty
Alice Capsey will speak to reporters at Cricket Central on Wednesday, three days after her half-century against Hobart, as she settles into her first season with the Sydney Sixers.
Photo: Nicola / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Tara Neyland wins three golds as Australia claims 21 medals in Netherlands
The 13-strong Australian Para cycling squad finished second on the medal table behind Great Britain, with Paralympic champion Korey Boddington also completing a hat-trick of gold medals.
Photo: BBC Urdu / Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0)Haris Rauf signs with Adelaide Strikers for full BBL|16 season
The fast bowler's move fills Adelaide's maximum quota of three overseas players alongside Ben Stokes and Mark Chapman, with his Strikers debut due on December 16 in Canberra.
Photo: Bahnfrend / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Heather Knight blazes 54 as Thunder chase down 179 to stay unbeaten
The former England captain anchored a rapid run chase at Drummoyne Oval as Sydney Thunder overhauled the highest WBBL score ever posted at the ground.
Photo: EGilham / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Harmer rips through Australia as South Africa seize Test series 2-1
South Africa bowled Australia out for 111 in pursuit of 288, with Simon Harmer taking a career-best 6-16 and Kagiso Rabada reaching 350 Test wickets in the fewest deliveries ever.
Photo: EGilham / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)South Africa beat Australia to win Test series and reclaim world No.1 ranking
South Africa held on at Newlands to win the series decider and the three-match series 2-1, after Wiaan Mulder and Ryan Rickelton's second-innings centuries set up a target Australia could not chase down.
South Africa 4-140 as Bavuma falls late on tense day three at Newlands
South Africa closed day three with an effective lead of 40 runs and six wickets in hand, with the series tied 1-1 after wins apiece in Durban and Gqeberha.
Photo: YellowMonkey / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)Gardner's Sixers welcome back internationals for Heat clash
Grace Lyons has been added to Sydney's WBBL squad as cover for injured recruit Maddy Darke ahead of the clash with Brisbane.
Photo: Bahnfrend / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)NSW cricket unveils Mirrung, a First Nations design worn on every shirt
Five Indigenous players designed the artwork, which debuts on Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder shirts this WBBL season before becoming permanent on all Cricket NSW teams.
Photo: Naparazzi / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Maddinson returns to lead NSW Blues after 11-year wait
The Test batter takes over the Sheffield Shield captaincy from Lachlan Shaw for the clash with Tasmania in Hobart, with Bryce Jackson recalled to the squad.
Photo: paddynapper / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)Ed Cowan elected to Cricket Australia Board as NSW nominee
The former Test opener steps down from the Cricket NSW board after seven years to take up his new post following the governing body's annual meeting on 28 October.
Photo: Clément Bucco-Lechat / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)Dylan Alcott, Lisa Sthalekar lead seven new Hall of Fame inductees
The seven-strong 2026 class will be formally inducted at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame's gala on November 24, the first held at its new permanent home, the MCG.
Photo: 4MAPS / Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)Nambour teen Thomas Turner named flagbearer for Dakar Youth Olympics
The 17-year-old beach volleyballer will share the honour with ACT coastal rower Millie Griffin as Australia's 41-strong youth team heads to Senegal.
Photo: Crico / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)Sydney Thunder land WPL winner Nadine de Klerk for WBBL|12
The South African allrounder joins from Brisbane Heat after four seasons, arriving a week before Thunder's first home match of the season at Drummoyne Oval.
Konstas hits second century in four days as NSW beat WA
Western Australia's Sam Whiteman made 116 before falling to Jack Nisbet, with a mix-up that ran out Ashton Agar as Whiteman neared his century, leaving WA winless after three matches.
Sixers lock in Eva Ragg as injury forces Maddy Darke out of WBBL|12
The 21-year-old allrounder fills Sydney's last contract spot on a two-year deal as ACT gloveswoman Grace Lyons steps in for the injured Darke.