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Adelaide plot to pinch showpiece World Cup final from MCG

The MCG has traditionally been seen as the host of major events due to its sheer size, but other Australian venues are emerging as competitors for major cricket.

  • Daniel Brettig

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India lifts the World Cup trophy.

When will their dominance end? India’s batters monster Kiwis in World Cup final

With the spur of 2023 to help them, India are now making the very most of their unrivalled talent pipeline, and hoovering up global trophies as quickly as the ICC can put them up

  • Daniel Brettig
Glenn Maxwell (second from left) and Scott Boland (far right) pressed the flesh with Alpine Formula 1 racers Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto at the MCG on Wednesday.

Glenn Maxwell wants to defy Ponting’s retirement prediction

Maxwell has left the door open for a final flourish for Australia at the Los Angeles Olympics, and the Twenty20 World Cup on home soil in 2028.

  • Daniel Brettig
Iranian Women’s national soccer team coach Marziyeh Jafari (left) and captain Zahra Ghanbari during the Women’s Asian Cup Iran press conference at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast on Sunday. The team is in Australia to compete in their second Women’s Asian Cup.

Football, cricket, F1: World of sport adjusts as Iran conflict erupts

England captain Ben Stokes and predecessor Andrew Flintoff are among foreign nationals looking to get out of the Gulf region.

  • Daniel Brettig and Emma Kemp
Experience: Greg Shipperd was shown the door by NSW.

The man who should lead Australia out of T20 hole has just been sacked

The selectors blundered at the World Cup, and Australia’s all-format coach is stretched too thin. It’s time for a new T20 mentor, and the perfect fit has become available.

  • Geoff Lawson
Australia’s Adam Zampa celebrates a wicket.

Australia demolish Oman in T20 World Cup dead rubber

Australia won by nine wickets, but it was too little, too late after already being eliminated in the group stage.

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Australia bowed out of the T20 World Cup in the group stage.

Why Australia’s white-ball teams have become the canary in the coal mine

After a summer enjoying England’s Ashes misery, Australia’s early departure from the T20 World Cup alongside the likes of Namibia, Italy and the USA is a sobering reminder of what could be to come.

  • Andrew Wu
Under the pump: Australian coach Andrew McDonald and Steve Smith pictured during the Ashes series.

‘Entirely false’: Australian coach rejects claims World Cup wasn’t a priority

Australia’s head coach Andrew McDonald said a fuller review of the team’s failure would take place after returning home.

  • Daniel Brettig
Steve Smith hasn’t been able to force his way into Australia’s team at the T20 World Cup.

Only injuries would have called up Smith for must-win Cup game

Steve Smith wants to represent Australia at the Olympics. But he’s been on the bench and powerless to help the team secure the wins needed at the T20 World Cup to cement their qualification for LA.

  • Daniel Brettig
Captain Travis Head batting last Friday. Australia have since been knocked out of the T20 World Cup in the group stage.

‘All over the place’: Greats take aim after Australia exit T20 World Cup

Australia’s fate at the Twenty20 World Cup has prompted myriad reactions.