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Australia will abandon their Steve Smith opening experiment, with the star veteran confirmed to return to his No.4 spot in the Test batting order when India come calling this summer.
MITCHELL JOHNSON: Aussie selectors have been loathe to select a specialist opener but with Steve Smith going back to No.4, and Green out, there are some Sheffield Shield stars who could be surprise Test picks.
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Teenage opener Sam Konstas has been named in the Australia A squad to face India A on the back of a breakout Sheffield Shield performance for NSW, while an opening batter has been overlooked to audition for the Test team.
WA’s Cam Bancroft will get a crucial opportunity to audition for the Test squad in a virtual bat-off alongside Marcus Harris and teenage sensation Sam Konstas.
‘There’s probably going to be something happen between now and then.’
GEORGIE PARKER: While this season we have seen the best match of AFLW ever played, we have also now seen what could be the worst game of AFLW ever played - and the compressed draw wasn’t to blame.
Ali Brigginshaw has hit out over the reporting of the omission of the Dally M Medallist for the Pacific Championships.
With some expected big AFL trades in limbo, Fremantle are looking to take full advantage to bolster their list.
‘One of the more anticipated finals in recent memory’ has gone down in the record books for all the wrong reasons.
Cameron Green's back injury has ruled him out of the entire Test summer in a big blow to Australia's hopes of a series victory against the touring Indian side.
Celebrations were ‘spoiled’ when an Erebus crew member was rushed to hospital after an ‘incident’.
The boy from Ballajura is now the boss of Bathurst. WA’s Brodie Kostecki is the king of the mountain, partnering with Todd Hazelwood to hold his nerve across the final laps and claim the Bathurst 1000 crown.