The ultimate athlete, Ellyse Perry has been presented with a new challenge in the inaugural WBBL season
Ask any sports fan in Australia to name a female cricketer and chances are the first name they’ll jump to is Ellyse Perry.
cricket.com.au: Lanning returns to ruin Renegades’ run
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cricket.com.au: Under-30s need not apply
cricket.com.au, Features, Print, SportWith every match of the KFC Big Bash League another record is broken as crowd attendances sky rocket.
With every match too, the pedigree of the tournament grows in stature with performance after performance outdoing what previously didn’t seem possible.
With every match therefore comes growing speculation over the inevitable: the make-up of Australia’s World Twenty20 squad.
cricket.com.au: Hogg, Perth and the creation of a legacy
cricket.com.au, Features, Print, SportThe fun-loving, free-spirited, living-legend continues to live the dream in the BBL
The KFC Big Bash League is only five years old but already it’s creating legacies. Class war may be the preserve of the English, but state snobbery runs true in Australia – and no more so than when it comes to sporting rivalries.
cricket.com.au: Lyon rams home white-ball case
cricket.com.au, Features, Print, SportHe made his intentions clear from the outset.
“I was disappointed,” said Nathan Lyon, after being overlooked for Australia’s squad for the limited-overs series against England earlier this year.
cricket.com.au: Saying Grace – Heats’ Harris lights up WBBL
cricket.com.au, Features, Print, SportTipped as one to watch off the back of an impressive Ashes debut, last weekend Grace Harris became the first woman to hit a century in the inaugural Rebel Women’s Big Bash League.
cricket.com.au: There’s still a fire in Babylon
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The Telegraph: Pink ball mania! 47,000 pack into Adelaide Oval for first night-time Test
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The TelegraphOpening day of the first day-night cricket Test between Australia and New Zealand an exciting affair with bumper crowd
By Isabelle Westbury, Adelaide
“The ball has behaved like, well, a cricket ball.” Despite the hype, the controversy and the debate about its future, the first day of the first day-night Test was summed up by Australian commentator Jim Maxwell. Pink, it would seem, is just another colour.
The Telegraph: All eyes on pink ball as Adelaide Oval prepares for historic day-night Test
Features, Print, Sport, The TelegraphAustralia take on New Zealand in final game of series on Friday with ticket sales boosted to “Ashes-like levels” by new format
By Isabelle Westbury, Adelaide
Walking into the Adelaide Oval on the eve of the historic first ever day/night Test, something doesn’t sit quite right. It takes a moment or two to notice, but soon it hits. The centre square.
The Guardian: More girls are now playing football than netball. And that’s a healthy competition
Features, Print, Sport, The Guardian / The ObserverGone are the days when a footy-loving girl was told to hang up her shorts for a netball skirt. But that doesn’t mean one sport is better than another
Isabelle Westbury 