Cricket

JUSTIN LANGER: Shane Warne’s rise to stardom was no easy road, as many of the latest stars in the making - like Harley Reid - are finding out the hard way.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The Poms are at it again, puffing out their chests about how intimidating they can be, but they are forgetting one key aspect of sledging.

Rising TV star Grace Hayden has just launched a new sports podcast, and it’s already revealed an insane ‘naked’ moment her cricket great father Matthew Hayden enjoyed on tour.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The Australian cricket team coach’s honest admission about the quality of the West Indies day-night Test should be reason enough to scrap these debacles.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald says there’s every chance Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja will walk to the crease on the opening day of the Ashes in Perth despite the pair’s horror tour of the West Indies.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The West Indies series has made very clear what the Test teen prodigy needs to do next.

Even Test captain Pat Cummins couldn’t believe what unfolded in Jamaica as his bowlers did something almost unfathomable in an hour of power.

Scott Boland can add a Test hat-trick to his incredible late-career surge, with the Victorian also holding a 100-year best in international cricket.

Mitchell Starc took the fastest five-wicket haul by any player in Test history, and Scott Boland claimed a hat-trick as Australia routed the West Indies.

‘I’m afraid that was the worst thing that could have happened to him.’

Sam Konstas' nightmare West Indies tour has ended with another duck, and Usman Khawaja also failed to make a statement as Australia fell to 6-99 in Jamaica.

After passing 20 just once in six innings in the West Indies and exiting with a duck, teen phenom Sam Konstas is under the gun.

He’s not Pat Cummins or Josh Hazlewood and nor should he be. Mitchell Starc has reached 100 Tests for Australia by doing it his way and that’s what has made him such a great asset.

‘I don’t know if that’s supposed to be told or not.’

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Queensland’s stirring State of Origin triumph will long be remembered for the contribution of captain Cameron Munster, who played just days after the death of his father.