Australian players have started to intensify their preparations ahead of the highly-anticipated Border Gavaskar Trophy against India, with Steven Smith and Mitchell Starc set to play for New South Wales against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield.
Cricket Australia (CA) has announced that three Sheffield Shield matches will be played under lights this season to help domestic players get used to day-night conditions, as there will now be at least one pink-ball Test in Australia each summer.
Konstas became the third youngest player to hit Shield Cricket twin tons in the same match during his side New South Wales' match against South Australia.
Amid growing military tensions with Beijing, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra, a key academic partner for the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), has moved to restrict research collaborations with China, including ending visits from Chinese academics to its Canberra cam
Nic Maddinson's ambitions of returning to Test cricket are stronger than ever as he gears up to bring his impressive Sheffield Shield form back to New South Wales. Following a winter return to Sydney, Maddinson is also eager to reignite his T20 career after joining Sydney Thunder.
The much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy will begin with the First Test, a day match that sets the tone for the series, at Perth Stadium from November 22 to November 26. India has won its last two series in Australia, held in 2018-19 and 2020-21.
Fear gripped the Bondi Junction Westfield Saturday afternoon as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi attacked a group of shoppers, resulting in the tragic loss of six lives and leaving a dozen others critically injured.
In another revelation, the Australian Police has said that the Sydney shopping centre attack specifically targeted women, reported Al Jazeera. In the brutal stabbing incident that took place on Saturday afternoon, five women and a man were killed.
Under the patronage of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Arabian Horse Society (EAHS), the Australian state of New South Wales hosted the first leg of the Emirat
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) pitch curator Adam Lewis expressed his confidence that the pitch will be different from the one that was prepared for New South Wales and Tasmania.