Sport

GEORGIE PARKER: The teen sensation is just the tonic the cricketing public were looking for, but his youthful exuberance comes at the risk of alienating him from those he needs most.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Australia and India has become the most-watched Test series, and when you look at the population of India, that makes sense

Remember it was about this time last year that we celebrated and cried with Mitch Marsh as he accepted and spoke about what it meant to win the Allan Border Medal as the best Australian male player of 2023

GEORGIE PARKER: The penalties tennis players face are often seen as arbitrary and seem influenced by factors such as their reputation.

LISA STHALEKAR: While Test cricket will always take centre stage in this country, what has been pleasing to watch is the resurgence of Big Bash. However, let’s not go too far.

Foxtel has been sold in a $3.5 billion deal that will bring UK sports entertainment juggernaut DAZN to Australia’s shores — and catapult local codes such as AFL and NRL onto a bigger global stage.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Boxing Day is looming as D-day for Australia’s top three but selectors should show more patience with one of them, despite his failure to fire this series against India.

Several cricket legends are facing a moment of truth this summer with one having to face the toughest call of all.

CAITLIN BASSETT: Every cricket star goes through a rough patch but sometimes a team has to bite the bullet.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Perth proved on Sunday why they are the most successful team in the BBL, but they are gunning for their sixth title without one key player.

GEORGIE PARKER: Women’s sport is more popular that every, but the players are nowhere near being rewarded for it has well as they should be.

JUSTIN LANGER: Those ancient warnings that a warrior does not weep and a provider cannot crack are hard to break. 

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Mohammed Siraj follows a long line of angry bowlers but there is one thing he did I never would have dreamed of doing.

LISA STHALEKAR: No one understands how the World Test Championship actually works and there is one team taking full advantage of the confusion.

CAITLIN BASSETT: When I played netball for Australia this was unheard of, now thankfully women can play on their own terms without sacrificing what is most precious.