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Jemimah Rodrigues celebrates after taking the outfield catch to dismiss Australia’s top run-scorer, Ashleigh Gardner.

Australia lose in Perry’s milestone game, trophy on the line as Healy returns

Ellyse Perry couldn’t rescue Australia in her 350th international game, as India claimed victory in the T20 component of the multi-format series.

  • Steve Larkin

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Role model: Australia’s Alex Blackwell.

Outstanding and outspoken: Why Alex Blackwell changed cricket forever

Alex Blackwell was a pathfinder for women’s cricket in Australia, as much for her strong opinions as for a commanding presence on the field

  • Daniel Brettig
Beth Mooney congratulated by teammate Alana King after reaching her century in Australia’s match against Pakistan.

Mooney to the rescue as Australia overcome World Cup scare against Pakistan

Beth Mooney fashioned one of the finest innings of her career, digging out her first World Cup century to rescue the defending champs following a top-order collapse.

  • Ian Chadband
INDORE, INDIA - OCTOBER 01: Ash Gardner of Australia celebrates her century during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup India 2025 match between Australia and New Zealand at Holkar Cricket Stadium on October 01, 2025 in Indore, India. (Photo by Prakash Singh/Getty Images)

Gardner mows down New Zealand to give Australia World Cup lift off

The all-rounder was the model of control as she extricated Alyssa Healy’s side from a nervy spot in Wednesday’s opener.

  • Ian Chadband

The September 27 Edition

Matcha and Aussie cafe culture | For the love of department stores | Footy mascots unmasked | Facing a high-flying husband’s incurable disease | Ellyse Perry

Ellyse Perry: “It’s really easy to overestimate your importance as an athlete. For me, it’s about keeping perspective.”

‘It’s really easy to overestimate your importance as an athlete’: Ellyse Perry

The only athlete to have played for Australia in cricket and football World Cups on the power of keeping perspective.

  • Benjamin Law
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Breaking Cricket Australia Head, Sutherland claim top gongs, herald new era for Australian cricket.

Head, Sutherland claim top gongs, herald new era for Australian cricket

Travis Head and Annabel Sutherland were voted Australia’s cricketers of the year, both winning the awards for the first time in a dominant year for the national teams.

  • Jon Pierik and Daniel Brettig
The MCG in all its glory.

It doesn’t look like Matildas fever. But the women’s Ashes Test is about to break a record

On the first day of the women’s Ashes Test, 11,643 were in the stands at the MCG, with the match on track to surpass the aggregate record for a women’s Test – 23,207 set at Trent Bridge in 2023. But what happened to the other 70-odd thousand who lined the rows in 2020?

  • Gemma Grant
Ellyse Perry has 2.6 million Instagram followers, but shuns social media.

She has 2.6 million Instagram followers but couldn’t care less about social media

Ellyse Perry reveals what drives her to stay at the top of her game after 17 years ahead of the historic day-night Test at the MCG.

  • Danny Russell
Sam Konstas had a debut for the ages on day one of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

Konstas dazzled on debut, but patience essential for such a young star

Not all of the 19-year-old’s innings will be as exciting, or productive, as on day one of the MCG Test, but selectors need to give him time to flourish.

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