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Sam Kerr scores for the Matildas against China.

The only sports star I’ve seen who could rival Sam Kerr’s supernatural sense of timing

Her goal in the Asian Cup semi-final against China again demonstrated the other-worldly quality that sets the Matildas striker apart from mere mortals.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Old Trafford was the scene of Shane Warne’s “ball of the century” in 1993.

Want to face Warne’s Ball of the Century? This is as close as you’ll get

For the first time, it is possible to face the iconic delivery from the comfort of an indoor batting net, thanks to new technology that is set to be rolled out across Australia.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Whether or not the Ashes is alive, the Boxing Day Test is always an occasion.

The fight for the Ashes is over. But the Boxing Day Test is definitely not dead

Boxing Day at the cricket is a tradition, which makes it significant outside the scoreline in any one series. It’s a secular feast day, with all the rites.

  • Greg Baum
Jason Warne holds the ball bowled by his Dad at the MCG on Friday.

‘Shane would be honoured’: Warne’s treasures to go on show in MCG exhibition

The exhibition will include the Gatting ball, the stump from Warne’s balcony dance at Trent Bridge, and his famous floppy hat.

  • Jon Pierik
Shane Warne and Joe Root talk cricket.

‘What would Warnie do?’ Joe Root, a bottle of tequila, and the night Warne took his last wicket

Shane Warne, Joe Root, Michael Vaughan, an orange, and tequila. It sounds like the start of a joke, but was it, in fact, the beginning of Bazball?

  • Daniel Brettig

If you can call me bald, I can call you fat

In a PC society increasingly attuned to inclusion, representation and respect, it’s ironic how baldness remains ripe for ridicule.

  • Chris Harrison
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An artist’s impression of the redeveloped Shane Warne Stand.

Major revamp on the cards for MCG’s Shane Warne Stand

A business case proposes an upgrade to the MCG’s Shane Warne Stand, and includes plans for a buzzing new dining precinct.

  • Hannah Hammoud and Jon Pierik
Josh Inglis leaps for joy after making a century in Galle.

Warne predicted great things for Inglis. His debut century brought that prediction to life

While Shane Warne never did get to see Josh Inglis accept his baggy green, an inventive debut century was nothing less than the great wrist spinner would have imagined.

  • Daniel Brettig
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Warne, Tendulkar, Muralitharan and (even) Gladstone Small: Eleven Boxing Day Test memories

A red-letter day on the Australian sporting calendar has proven a fitting stage for some memorable cricket moments.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Sir Donald Bradman wrote letters late in life almost as prolifically as he’d made runs in his younger years.

Bradman letters revealed: What Don really thought about Packer, Warne, the Queen and fame

A trove of personal letters have been unearthed that reveal Sir Donald Bradman’s private views on a wide range of issues and people, from cricketers to monarchs and prime ministers.

  • Daniel Brettig