Sport

JUSTIN LANGER: The passing of Adam Hunter and Troy Selwood highlight the hard truths professional athletes face after their career ends. I know I did.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: He didn’t face a ball out in the middle which Sam Konstas could have done if he had stayed at home.

LISA STHALEKAR: Annabel Sutherland is breathing down Ellyse Perry’s neck as the best in the business after another blistering summer.

CAITLIN BASSETT: It’s 2025 and I can’t believe we are still having to justify female sporting accomplishments on the cricket pitch.

CANDACE BUCKNER: It was the giant shake-up the league needed and the wake-up call the stars had been fearing.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: I think Latrell Mitchell is due for a bumper year and this is the reason why.

If wanting to make the matches shorter is what you’re after, I believe there’s a way you can trim the fat without trimming actual game time, writes Georgie Parker.

JUSTIN LANGER: He is one of greatest ever batters and we all know what he did years ago was wrong but some people will never forgive him.

JACKSON BARRETT: The veteran opener came to Sri Lanka fighting to remain relevant, now he has shown why Australia should not look to discard him so easily.

LISA STHALEKAR: Alyssa Healy may not play another Ashes Test if she misses out on Thursday, but the cold reality is selecting her comes with too much risk.

BEN MCCLELLAN: Mitch Owen’s sensational match-winning innings is further proof of why T20 cricket is the future of cricket not the beginning of its end as critics would argue.

Do I wish Nick Kyrgios tried more? Of course I do. But does it matter he doesn’t? Absolutely not, writes Georgie Parker.

JUSTIN LANGER: The BBL is back with a vengeance but there is one area I think the competition needs to clamp down on.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The fresh-faced rookie has breathed new life into the oldest form of the game but his ascension could come at a cost.

LISA STHALEKAR: The harsh criticism of the English team shows a key thing about women’s cricket.