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MITCHELL JOHNSON: There is a small part of his game I have noticed needs attention. Being in a form slump can be overwhelming. I would know as I have been there too.

GEORGIE PARKER: Jasmine Garner cemented herself as one of the game’s greats with her grand final performance in North Melbourne's watershed win.

The 10th anniversary of Phil Hughes’ death triggers memories of how Rishabh Pant almost died in 2022. He has since gone on to be an Indian cricket icon and it’s a chance to reflect on the gift of life

RYAN DANIELS: Don Pyke, Kieren Jack and Chad Warner walk onto a golf course. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but here’s why the Sydney Swans and the Dockers need to be very worried about it.

One Perth-based company is taking a punt on former West Coast Eagles coach Adam Simpson to help it kick a few more goals.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: He floundered his way through the first Test so the best thing selectors can do is leave him out of the Adelaide match.

LISA STHALEKAR: It would be easy to forget Australia are the No.1 team in the world with the flak it is copping over the India defeat. But Pat Cummins has been here before.

JUSTIN LANGER: Once a great nursery of batting talent Australia’s cupboard lies bare, while India continue to produce several prodigious talents wielding the willow.

CAITLIN BASSETT: Getting to the top of the world is hard, but staying there is harder — just ask the Australian men’s cricket team.

GEORGIE PARKER: Cortnee Vine and Mary Fowler’s brave moves to take a break from the Matildas for mental health reasons shows how far female sport has come since I was battling my demons with the Hockeyroos.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The Aussie top-order will be having nightmares about the Indian skipper unless they figure out how to play his unique bowling action that makes him near unplayable.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Virat Kohli’s form slump has been a major talking point heading into the first Test, but these next few innings are also vital for several Aussies’ careers, namely Steve Smith’s.

GEORGIE PARKER: It’s the change that has made female cricket a great success and the AFL should sit up and take note.

The 27-year-old dominated the contest but has since confirmed what many suspected.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: One of Virat Kohli’s attributes stood out early to me above all others. It was something I had rarely seen from an Indian player.