Mitch Marsh's World Cup-bound Australian side have been whitewashed in their key warm-up T20 series, hammered in a record 3-0 capitulation to Pakistan.
Nathan Cleary and the rest of Australia celebrated as one as Mary Fowler achieved a major breakthrough in a huge boost for the Matildas ahead of the Asian Cup.
Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz has beaten Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final to become the youngest man, at age 22, to complete a career grand slam.
I could easily write about injury timeouts, rules, and officiating, but that’s not what interests me. What does interest me is what performances like these actually do to an athlete.
Pat Cummins has been ruled out of Australia’s squad for the T20 World Cup, while another batter has been axed - but there’s still no room for Steve Smith as a replacement. See the changes here!