Australian Women's cricket team
Voll gold: Records broken as Ellyse Perry, young gun fire Aussies to huge win over India
Star all-rounder Perry belted six sixes – the most by an Australian in a women’s ODI innings.
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Melbourne Renegades win maiden WBBL title in thriller at the MCG
Hayley Matthews starred as the Melbourne Renegades defeated the Brisbane Heat and clinched their first title in front of a home crowd.
- by Hannah Kennelly
This star cricketer couldn’t play for Australia for more than 850 days. On Sunday, she can become a champion again
Melbourne Renegades WBBL star Sophie Molineux has had plenty of career highlights, but it’s been far from plain sailing lately as injuries struck her down.
- by Scott Spits
Eight times more money, sixes aplenty and ‘every game on Seven or Fox’: A decade of WBBL growth
The WBBL is turning 10. Here are the numbers behind the stunning evolution of women’s cricket over the past decade.
- by Roy Ward
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‘How’s your heart rate’: Four wickets in last over seals Aussie win after injury crisis
Australia’s resilience was on full display as they shrugged off the losses of captain Alyssa Healy and pace bowler Tayla Vlaeminck to take down India in Sharjah and progress unbeaten to the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals
- by Daniel Brettig
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Australia’s cricket World Cup defence rocked by twin injuries
Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup defence has been rocked by potentially tournament-ending injuries to inspirational captain Alyssa Healy and pace ace Tayla Vlaeminck.
- by Andrew Wu and Ian Chadband
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Skittled Kiwis lose 9-34 as Australia’s record-breaker Schutt wreaks havoc
Megan Schutt became the highest wicket taker in T20 World Cup history with a devastating spell.
- by Daniel Brettig
How musical theatre helped produce Australian cricket’s brightest young star
Phoebe Litchfield loves the stage. She takes blinding catches and commentates on her own shots.
- by Daniel Brettig
The surprise omission from Australia’s T20 World Cup squad
Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry and Beth Mooney headline the 15-strong Australian squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup - but there was one notable absentee.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo and Billie Eder
Why white ball internationals are irrelevant as Cummins eyes India Tests
Pat Cummins believes he is more value to Australia using next month to prepare for this summer’s India Test series instead of joining the white-ball tour of the UK.
- by Malcolm Conn
Boycott threat by cricket’s biggest states forces women’s T20 change
Australia’s two most populous cricket states, Victoria and New South Wales, considered boycotting a new women’s Twenty20 tournament and playing matches among themselves before reaching a compromise with Cricket Australia on the competition format for this season.
- by Daniel Brettig