Ben Stokes celebrates England's victory in the third Ashes Test at Headingley. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA via AP

Cricket

Stokes soars as Australia rues lost chances

Ben Stokes has once again made the unprecedented and unbelievable look easy, reeling in a record-breaking target of 359 to win the third Test by one wicket and rock Australia’s hopes of retaining the Ashes.

Cricket

Lyon equals Lillee Test wicket record

Nathan Lyon feels sheepish sitting alongside Dennis Lillee on Australia’s list of all-time Test wicket-takers, having declared the best is still to come after celebrating his 355th scalp.

Local

Government caught out on Adelaide Oval compo

The State Government did not contact the Crows, Port Adelaide or the AFL before ruling out Adelaide Oval as a venue for Australia’s FIFA Women’s World Cup bid, instead relying on “representations” from the Stadium Management Authority that staging the event in the city would be a commercial “disaster” for the SMA.

News

Morrison takes bat to cricket chiefs over gender policy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has attacked a Cricket Australia decision to allow transgender and gender-diverse people to play the sport the highest level as “heavy-handed” and “mystifying”.

 

Cricket

England down NZ in nailbiting World Cup final

England’s hard-hitting one-day revolution has gifted them their maiden World Cup crown over New Zealand after the final was decided by a boundary countback.