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With all the focus on Newlands last night, you might have missed the Scorchers win in the WBBL last night.
The big story out of the match was an umpiring howler, in which Beth Mooney survived a caught behind appeal. Speaking to @abcsport post match she admitted getting glove on the ball, and went on to slam the lack of DRS in the @WBBL.
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McSweeney, Konstas, Smith, Head, Weatherald, Maddinson, Renshaw...
The number of players who have come through the revolving door to the Test opener's spot is staggering, says Aaron Bryans and Adam Crosthwaite.
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ALT "The biggest one for me is Travis Head, I think Travis Head is the world’s best no.5, and we’ve got him facing Rabada and Jansen, the fastest and best with a brand new ball." says Crossthwaite. "We’ve had nine combinations in the last 19 Tests, it’s infuriating." says Bryans.
As the Aussie top order collapsed to lose the series in South Africa, a penny for Cam Bancrofts' thoughts...
He said he's at peace with not playing Test cricket again.
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ALT "Naturally you feel a bit of dejection … I’m definitely not as feverish now about my opportunities to play at that level … I’m at peace with playing at that level, and the opportunity that I had there."
"It is probably time that a coherent rationale for Test selection is more clearly communicated to contenders and even the public, because nobody who emotionally invests in Australian cricket is buying the strange stories George Bailey has been telling in recent times," writes Russell Jackson, as the post-mortem of Australias horror series loss in Cape Town continues.
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ALT "There will be earnest post-mortems conducted to figure out where else Australia went wrong on this tour. The national selection panel should be interrogated first, and at length, yet so should several experienced batsmen who batted brainlessly at the critical moments that consigned Australia to a 2-1 series loss."
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How the Suns went from wooden spoon to finals locks in the space of 12 months.
#AFLW analysis from me for @abcsport
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Now how about some good news!
Australia's Alex de Minaur has stunned Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals of the Austrian Open, beating the new world number one in three sets.
The win puts de Minaur in line to take one of the places in the eight-man ATP Finals event in Turin.
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"Australia knocked off their perch!"
The celebrations are wild as Simon Harmer bowls South Africa to series victory, and Test supremacy!
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Is South Africa the best Test team in the world?
Big questions to ponder as we wrap up from Cape Town!
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How did Simon Harmer get his six wickets in the fourth innings to help beat the Aussies?
Well, a guy had yelled out for him to get five the day before, and he corrected him, held up six fingers, and then duly went out the next day and delivered!
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Pat Cummins was clearly disappointed after the Aussies' horror defeat in the deciding third Test in Cape Town, but he was resistant to the idea that this side has been too wedded to underperforming players.
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Ryan Rickelton is left fuming after a mix-up ends a mammoth partnership with schoolmate Wiaan Mulder, as Matthew Breetzke doesn't back down on a day of toil for the Aussies.
Here are the quick hits from day four in Cape Town.
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The @SixersBBL have won the batflip & elected to field!
The @HeatBBL will debut two players in 16YO legspinner Aya Stafford & Irish international Orla Prendergast
Sydney using Alice Capsey as keeper in her Sixers debut with Eva Ragg to debut in Magenta
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Marnus Labuschagne was involved in an ugly moment of DRS drama after giving a retaliatory send-off, as Temba Bavuma threw his wicket away in the shadows of stumps. 🏏
Here are the quick hits from day three of the third Test between Australia and South Africa. 🇦🇺🇿🇦
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A lot has changed since Nicola Carey and Elyse Villani lifted the WBBL trophy last year. Carey has become the new Hobart Hurricanes captain after Villani retired and the pair are expecting a baby in November. #WBBL12 @HurricanesBBL abc.net.au/news/2026-10-29/w…
Alex Carey just loves the Sheffield Shield.
And that crucial ton in the final last season that helped South Australia to back-to-back titles capped a long and rewarding journey.
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He's worn a groove in his stool at the last chance saloon -- is this the end of Marnus?
Russell Jackson takes a look at Test careers, flourishing and floundering, on day two in Cape Town.
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ALT Marnus trudges off, with Jackson's analysis, which reads: "Out-of-form players often have a knack for attracting unplayable balls. At the moment, poor old Marnus can make almost anything look unplayable."
The Aussie team batted well as a group, finally... well, all except one. 😬
A good position for the tourists to be in after day two in Cape Town!
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If at lunch on day one you'd have offered the Aussies a slender lead with just four wickets down at this point, Matt Renshaw said they'd have bitten your hand off.
And the chirpers in the crowd? All bark and no bite, in full whites. 😂
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