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Australia smash Proteas by 276 runs after Green’s 47-ball hundred
Australia rewrote all sorts of records while demolishing South Africa in the dead rubber game in Mackay, avoiding a 3-0 sweep for the Proteas, albeit against a much-weakened lineup as the visitors rested several key players
- Daniel Brettig
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Aussies slump to another eye-opening loss as Proteas win ODI series on enemy soil
Australia have won just one ODI since last November – a victory over England in this year’s Champions Trophy – and suffering multiple defeats to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and now South Africa.
- Oliver Caffrey
Heaviest ODI defeat in Australia since 1991: Proteas spinner’s brilliance triggers Aussie collapse
Australia were cruising at 0-60 after being set a target of 297 by South Africa. Then the carnage unfolded.
- Tom Decent
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- Glenn Maxwell
The show is over: Maxwell pulls stumps on ODI career
Glenn Maxwell retires from 50-over cricket as one of Australia’s greatest short-form players, but the man dubbed The Big Show isn’t entirely lost to international cricket.
- Jon Pierik
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- Australian cricket
‘They’ve got to grow up’: India’s biggest advantage against Australia wasn’t what you think
India’s coach Gautam Gambhir snapped at reporters amid suggestions of undue advantages for India at the Champions Trophy.
- Daniel Brettig
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- Australian cricket
Australian government wants Afghanistan kicked from cricket’s top tier
Cricket Australia will not boycott Friday’s game in Lahore but has previously called off bilateral series against Afghanistan after the Taliban regained power in 2021 and imposed bans on women playing the sport.
- Andrew Wu
- Analysis
- Australian cricket
A Klaas of his own: Why Proteas heavyhitter could force Aussies into a tough selection call
Australia have seen Heinrich Klaasen’s destructive batting up close. So even though their batters are coming off a record run chase, it may be necessary to bolster their bowling line-up for Tuesday’s match in Rawalpindi.
- Daniel Brettig
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- Australian cricket
They bowled their country’s fastest ever ODI spell. But England’s pacemen still suffered a historic defeat
For all the pace of Mark Wood and Jofra Archer, Josh Inglis and friends simply sent the ball skidding to the boundary even faster.
- Dan Walsh
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- Australian cricket
Can Australia rebound in time to win the Champions Trophy?
A new-look Australia without several of their prime movers will take to the field against England. The world champions have lost four straight ODIs. Here’s what they need to do to turn their fortunes around.
- Jon Pierik
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- Australian cricket
‘He’s going to be spoken about’: Australia fall to pieces in Sri Lanka
Acting captain Steve Smith said the absence of Marnus Labuschagne was not a pointer to the Champions Trophy after being belted by Sri Lanka.
- Malcolm Conn