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The Hobart Hurricanes have clinched a 12-run victory over the Sydney Sixers to book their place in the BBL final which they’ll host next Monday night.

An Aussie veteran, an all-rounder on the rise and a five-match hero headline our BBL14 Team of the Tournament, with the 40 games of the regular season completed.

A decision on Wednesday about Matt Kuhnemann could determine whether Cooper Connolly’s presence in Sri Lanka becomes more important, but the 21-year-old is already soaking up spin lessons like a sponge with Nathan Lyon and coach Dan Vettori in Dubai.

And then there were four.

This Women’s Ashes series was meant to be the closest in a long time but with Australia having jumped out to an 8-0 lead, it’s clear that the Aussies are still the powerhouse of global cricket.

Australian captain Alyssa Healy has been left feeling “pretty flat” after a foot injury, her third setback in the last four months, derailed her Ashes campaign and potentially ended her season.

Evergreen seamer Peter Siddle has put the pressure squarely on David Warner and the Sydney Thunder after the Melbourne Stars remarkable rise to the finals, declaring “we won’t be as nervous as they are” in Wednesday’s knockout final.

The women’s Ashes will remain in Australia’s possession after the injury-plagued hosts clinched a 57-run victory over England in Monday evening’s first T20 at the SCG.

Travis Head has been endorsed as a captain of few words but more than capable of rising to lead Australia in Sri Lanka if Steve Smith’s elbow issues continue to plague him.

The pointy end of the 14th edition of the Big Bash League is upon us and the finals schedule is just about locked in.

Australian T20 gun Tim David is set to join the Melbourne Stars next Big Bash season, with the franchise’s interest also extending very hard to star Perth all-rounder Mitchell Marsh.

Cricket Australia have confirmed Steve Smith has been cleared to re-join the Test squad and travel to Dubai, having passed a special medical review.

The Melbourne Stars have clinched the fourth and final spot in the play-offs after a 40-run victory over the Hobart Hurricanes in the last game of the regular season Sunday night.

The energy expended on my ‘Ashes war of words’ would be better directed at the fight for the future of Test cricket

Australia: an apology. Earlier this week I wrote an article that compared one of that nation’s brightest sporting stars to a comedic figure with a short-lived pop celebrity lifespan, causing outrage among Australia’s media and elite cricketers. It was cheap, disrespectful and unfair. It is now time to make amends. Raygun, I’m sorry. I’m sorry I compared you to Sam Konstas.

Joke! Just a joke. It was all just a joke. In fact, it was a single line buried 1,400 words into a 1,700-word article about the future of Test cricket. Referring to the fevered public reaction to Konstas scoring an unorthodox half-century on his Test debut, I wrote: “There was a sense during the India series of Konstas being installed as a cricketing version of Raygun the Olympic breakdancer, a fun, gimmicky approximation of the real thing.”

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Snubbed from the Aussie Test side to tour Sri Lanka, Peter Handscomb has revealed he was pretty confident selectors would find a space for him.