A 30-year Cricket Australia research program that keeps fast bowlers stronger for longer means the Test team’s current attack could be at the top of the game for years to come.
A comfortable victory for the hosts at Adelaide Oval was always expected,but there were winners and losers within the team.
Mitch Starc broke the Australian record during the Indian Premier League auction,but playing Test matches for his country remains his No.1 priority.
The impending achievements underline how blessed Australia have been to have three fast bowlers tipped to become future hall of famers playing in the same generation.
Every Australian player made significant contributions to the World Cup win,but some were simply outstanding. See who we thought were the best.
For Pat Cummins’ men,this is the fourth and final major campaign of a reputation-defining year in which a group with potentially eight future Hall of Famers state their case to being not just a very good Australian team but a great one.
It’s the high-end deal of the year for a neighbourhood that has never managed a $20m+ sale and all before they’ve sold the house Jen Hawkins built.
When Will Pucovski came back from injury in a first-grade game for Melbourne last year,he thanked his opening partner for his calming words. That player was AFL draft prospect Harry DeMattia.
First Steve Smith made the most of his time at the Cricket World Cup to sell his Bronte home,now cricket’s golden couple have decided to do the same.
This will be a different sort of day at the cricket for Australia in Dharamshala,but they will know what to expect from New Zealand - and what to give them.
Alyssa Healy dominated the West Indies’ bowling attack on Saturday,while her husband Mitch Starc returned to the crease in ominous form against the Netherlands in a World Cup warm-up match overnight.