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Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
James Anderson makes T20 return after 3935 days, returns with career-best figures
It might be nearly 11 years since he last appeared in a competitive T20 cricket match, but when you're James Anderson, everything you touch tends to turn to gold. Representing Lancashire in the T20 Vitality Blast, Anderson marked his return to the shortest format of the game with a performance that rolled back the clock, taking his best-ever figures of 3-17 in his team's victory against Durham. Anderson hadn't played T20 cricket since August 2014, a span of nearly 4000 days, and will celebrate a full year since his international retirement next month. However, even at the age of 42, Anderson looked like his old self, as he bowled three overs up front in the powerplay against Durham. In those three overs at Riverside Ground at Chester-le-Street, Anderson accounted for the wickets of both Durham openers, Alex Lees and Graham Clark. Extracting plenty of movement and bite, Anderson took 2-15 in the powerplay, and returned in the 11th over to add a third wicket, dismissing Colin Ackermann to finish with figures of 3-17. This was Anderson's best figures in T20 cricket, improving on his figures of 3-23, which came in a T20I game for England against the Netherlands, all the way back in 2009. That was the last year in which Anderson represented England in T20 cricket. Anderson took his first wicket in his second over, bouncing back having conceded a six and a four in the first three deliveries to dismiss Clark. Anderson dismissed the entirety of Durham's top three, a bowling effort that ensured the hosts were only able to score 150 on the day. Anderson's contribution was important, too, as a spirited Durham bowling effort meant that it took Lancashire the entirety of their 20 overs to chase down the target of 151. It was a marked improvement on the last time Anderson played in a T20 game, which saw him concede 52 runs for no wickets against Warwickshire during the 2024 Blast final. Anderson's return saw Lancashire rise to a third win in a row to start off their Vitality Blast campaign, a perfect record thus far after already having beaten Worcestershire and dismantled Nottinghamshire in their first two matches of the season.
The Advertiser
3 hours ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
In rare rugby air, Tokyo Olympian relishes clarity
Now in rare rugby air, it's no wonder Lachie Anderson has a sense of clarity. The Tokyo Olympian and rugby sevens convert joined an exclusive Super Rugby group in Saturday's final round of the regular season when he crossed four times for the Queensland Reds. His extraordinary first-half effort is a Reds record in the professional era. Wallabies stars Joe Roff (Brumbies, 1996) and Drew Mitchell (Waratahs, 2010) are the only other Australians to replicate the feat. A potential ankle injury to fellow winger Tim Ryan may make the process simpler for coach Les Kiss. But in a team brimming with backline talent, Anderson's haul against the helpless Fijian Drua was a strong case for retention on the wing in Friday's quarter-final against the Crusaders in Christchurch. Fellow sevens convert Corey Toole is loudly pushing his case for Test honours in Canberra with the ACT Brumbies. This was the centre stage moment for the underrated 27-year-old Melbourne Rebels recruit, where he had moved to in 2020 and played 35 games before the club was shuttered last year. "It's amazing what clarity on your future can do," Anderson said. "It wasn't easy in Melbourne and what the club went through. Unless you were there and living it you don't now how tough that was. "The unknown; it's tough. Blokes with kids in schools, partners with jobs and you didn't know what it would be like in six months. "To come up here to this program, have clarity to focus on rugby ... I'm really enjoying it." Anderson scored three times inside 10 minutes then had a fourth when in-form flyhalf Tom Lynagh assisted again with a calm cross-field kick to his corner. "I didn't know (about the record)," he said. "You're in the thick of it, don't think too much about it but didn't know the stats on it anyway. "It's a great feeling, to be on the back end of some of that stuff and when you train those moves at training and a few come off. "You always need a bit of luck in this game and I got a bit of it." The Reds, who were on top of the ladder barely a month ago, finished fifth and will need to beat the second-placed Crusaders to earn a spot in a semi-final. The Crusaders inflicted the biggest defeat - 43-19 - on the Reds this season when they met in March. "The belief we've got, across the whole squad, in all positions," Anderson said. "We've been tested on that front and everyone has belief. It gives confidence about how far we can go." Now in rare rugby air, it's no wonder Lachie Anderson has a sense of clarity. The Tokyo Olympian and rugby sevens convert joined an exclusive Super Rugby group in Saturday's final round of the regular season when he crossed four times for the Queensland Reds. His extraordinary first-half effort is a Reds record in the professional era. Wallabies stars Joe Roff (Brumbies, 1996) and Drew Mitchell (Waratahs, 2010) are the only other Australians to replicate the feat. A potential ankle injury to fellow winger Tim Ryan may make the process simpler for coach Les Kiss. But in a team brimming with backline talent, Anderson's haul against the helpless Fijian Drua was a strong case for retention on the wing in Friday's quarter-final against the Crusaders in Christchurch. Fellow sevens convert Corey Toole is loudly pushing his case for Test honours in Canberra with the ACT Brumbies. This was the centre stage moment for the underrated 27-year-old Melbourne Rebels recruit, where he had moved to in 2020 and played 35 games before the club was shuttered last year. "It's amazing what clarity on your future can do," Anderson said. "It wasn't easy in Melbourne and what the club went through. Unless you were there and living it you don't now how tough that was. "The unknown; it's tough. Blokes with kids in schools, partners with jobs and you didn't know what it would be like in six months. "To come up here to this program, have clarity to focus on rugby ... I'm really enjoying it." Anderson scored three times inside 10 minutes then had a fourth when in-form flyhalf Tom Lynagh assisted again with a calm cross-field kick to his corner. "I didn't know (about the record)," he said. "You're in the thick of it, don't think too much about it but didn't know the stats on it anyway. "It's a great feeling, to be on the back end of some of that stuff and when you train those moves at training and a few come off. "You always need a bit of luck in this game and I got a bit of it." The Reds, who were on top of the ladder barely a month ago, finished fifth and will need to beat the second-placed Crusaders to earn a spot in a semi-final. The Crusaders inflicted the biggest defeat - 43-19 - on the Reds this season when they met in March. "The belief we've got, across the whole squad, in all positions," Anderson said. "We've been tested on that front and everyone has belief. It gives confidence about how far we can go." Now in rare rugby air, it's no wonder Lachie Anderson has a sense of clarity. The Tokyo Olympian and rugby sevens convert joined an exclusive Super Rugby group in Saturday's final round of the regular season when he crossed four times for the Queensland Reds. His extraordinary first-half effort is a Reds record in the professional era. Wallabies stars Joe Roff (Brumbies, 1996) and Drew Mitchell (Waratahs, 2010) are the only other Australians to replicate the feat. A potential ankle injury to fellow winger Tim Ryan may make the process simpler for coach Les Kiss. But in a team brimming with backline talent, Anderson's haul against the helpless Fijian Drua was a strong case for retention on the wing in Friday's quarter-final against the Crusaders in Christchurch. Fellow sevens convert Corey Toole is loudly pushing his case for Test honours in Canberra with the ACT Brumbies. This was the centre stage moment for the underrated 27-year-old Melbourne Rebels recruit, where he had moved to in 2020 and played 35 games before the club was shuttered last year. "It's amazing what clarity on your future can do," Anderson said. "It wasn't easy in Melbourne and what the club went through. Unless you were there and living it you don't now how tough that was. "The unknown; it's tough. Blokes with kids in schools, partners with jobs and you didn't know what it would be like in six months. "To come up here to this program, have clarity to focus on rugby ... I'm really enjoying it." Anderson scored three times inside 10 minutes then had a fourth when in-form flyhalf Tom Lynagh assisted again with a calm cross-field kick to his corner. "I didn't know (about the record)," he said. "You're in the thick of it, don't think too much about it but didn't know the stats on it anyway. "It's a great feeling, to be on the back end of some of that stuff and when you train those moves at training and a few come off. "You always need a bit of luck in this game and I got a bit of it." The Reds, who were on top of the ladder barely a month ago, finished fifth and will need to beat the second-placed Crusaders to earn a spot in a semi-final. The Crusaders inflicted the biggest defeat - 43-19 - on the Reds this season when they met in March. "The belief we've got, across the whole squad, in all positions," Anderson said. "We've been tested on that front and everyone has belief. It gives confidence about how far we can go."
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Aussie couple dodge $40,000 fee with $150,000 mortgage move: 'Going to see a lot more'
More Australians are turning to the Bank of Mum and Dad to get a foot on the property ladder as prices continue to skyrocket. But instead of giving cash, some parents are putting up part of their home equity to help their kids get into the market quicker and avoid mortgage insurance fees. Chelsea Anderson and her partner Jaimyn Wiki purchased a four-bedroom townhouse in Brisbane in March using a guarantor home loan. The 27-year-old real estate agent told Yahoo Finance the parental help meant the couple could buy the $925,000 property with a 5 per cent deposit. 'We went down the guarantor route so we wouldn't have to pay LMI [Lenders Mortgage Insurance]. We saved ourselves about $40,000 in cash,' Anderson said. RELATED Bank of Mum and Dad warning over common mortgage issue: 'Seek legal advice immediately' Coles, Woolworths shelves reveal devastating reality for coffee lovers: 'From $49 to $62' Aussie couple making $1,200 a day from job anyone can do: 'Went off like an explosion' Wiki's parents are guaranteeing about $150,000 of the property purchase by putting up their own home as equity. This has given the couple 20 per cent security needed to buy the home without paying LMI. The couple bought the home as an investment property and hope to remove the parents as guarantors from the loan within the next two years. They bought their first property, a two-bedroom unit for $535,000, in August last year and used the first home guarantee to buy with a 5 per cent deposit. 'I would say it's probably gone up about $100,000 in value since then,' Anderson said. Anderson said the couple were keen to expand their portfolio, and Wiki's parents had previously offered to help them. 'We could feel the market is going to increase and keep growing in Brisbane and we had a deposit to be able to buy another property, so we wanted to leverage on the growth before the rates start dropping more and prices keep going up," she said. Mortgage brokers have reported seeing a rise in guarantor loans among first-home buyers, with Loan Market data finding they now make up 66 per cent of loans written in their network. That's up from 50 per cent for the same month last year and 38 per cent four years ago during the pandemic. Loan Market broker Caleb Bax said he expects guarantor loans would continue to increase in popularity. That's partly because more parents will now be in a position to help, as their own home values skyrocket. 'There are a lot more people who are in a position to help,' he told Yahoo Finance. 'Obviously, current house prices seem to keep going up, so it's just making it harder and harder for first-home buyers. 'We are going to see a lot more people relying on parental help and it's a way for a parent to help without having to physically out lay cash, they can temporarily lend or borrow against their home.' Along with helping buyers purchase a home with a small, or no, deposit, Bax said buyers may be able to get a more appealing interest rate on their mortgage as they will be seen as a 'less risky' client. Bax warned there were major risks to be aware of, with the guarantor on the line if their loved one can't meet their repayments. 'If the applicants were in a position where they couldn't make home loan repayments and the property price hadn't increased, the bank has the right and ability to come after the guarantors up to the limit of the loan that they've taken the guarantee for,' Bax said. 'So, say someone had a $150,000 guarantee against their home. The bank can come for that, even if they've paid that down a bit and maybe have $130,000 leftover. 'The bank can go up to the guaranteed limit, so $150,000, to recoup any of the lost money, including legal fees. 'So then the guarantor either has to take on the loan themselves against their home and pay those repayments, or they could be in a position where they have to sell their home.' Along with the financial risks, the arrangement also has the potential to put a strain on the relationship between parents and their kids. If you go down the guarantor route, Bax said it was important to have an exit strategy in place to get the guarantor off the loan as quickly as possible. Bax said this could include purchasing below your means so you can pay off the loan quicker, renovating the property to add value to it, or potentially putting down any lump sum bonuses into the home. 'With the property market the way it is, it's appreciated so quickly that we are seeing they are able to get off quite quickly,' he added. Anderson said she and her partner had a plan in place before they approached the parents and asked them to go guarantor. 'The average growth for that area for the last year was about 12 per cent, so we figured that we'd get them off on growth alone in probably a year and a half,' she said. 'We also thought the unit we bought initially was not a long-term unit, it's our first home. So we thought eventually when we sell that, whatever profit we have from that will go into the other property, and that would remove them, whichever came first.' Bax encouraged Aussie homebuyers to speak to a mortgage broker to understand how having a guarantor could impact them and whether other avenues like LMI waivers or government guarantees are worth exploring first. "It's always worth the guarantors getting independent legal advice as well," he said. "So, seeing a solicitor to understand the risks associated in more detail, so that they are informed enough to make the decision whether to help their kids."Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data
Sky News AU
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Girls' track and field athletes standing next to trans competitor step down from podium at Oregon state championship
A pair of girls' track and field athletes have stepped off the podium alongside a transgender athlete for high jump at a state championship event. A pair of girls' track and field athletes did not stand on the medal podium alongside a transgender athlete for high jump at the Oregon state championship on Saturday night. Footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed the two high school seniors, Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School, step down from their respective spots on the podium next to a trans athlete who represented Ida B. Wells High School. Eckard, in fourth place, and Anderson, in third, each finished ahead of the trans athlete, who tied for fifth place. But the two females faced the opposite direction as the other competitors received their medals from officials. The footage then showed an official confront the two young women, and gesture for them to move away. Eckard and Anderson were then seen walking away from the podium and standing off to the side. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Oregon School Activities Association for a response. The trans athlete previously competed in the boys' category in 2023 and 2024, Fox News Digital previously reported. Eckard and Anderson were praised for not standing on the podium on social media, and were even shouted out by prominent conservative activist Riley Gaines. "We didn't refuse to stand on the podium out of hate. We did it because someone has to say this isn't right. In order to protect the integrity and fairness of girls sports we must stand up for what is right," Anderson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Girls and women making symbolic gestures to protest trans inclusion in sports has become a growing trend in 2025. On May 17 at a California track and field sectional final, Reese Hogan of Crean Lutheran High School stepped from the second-place spot onto the first-place medal podium after her trans opponent, AB Hernandez stepped down from it. Hogan's stunt was lauded on social media by Gaines and others. On April 2, footage of women's fencer Stephanie Turner kneeling to protest a trans opponent at a competition in Maryland, and subsequently getting punished for it, went viral and ignited global awareness and scrutiny against USA Fencing. Oregon is one of many Democratic-controlled states that saw transgender athletes compete in girls' track and field championships this weekend, with other highly-publicized incidents taking place in California, Washington, Maine and Minnesota. — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 1, 2025 The America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a nonpartisan research institute, filed a Title IX discrimination complaint against Oregon for its laws that allow biological males to compete in girls' sports on May 27. The complaint was filed to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, which has already launched Title IX investigations against the high school sports leagues in California, Minnesota, Maine and Massachusetts. "Every girl deserves a fair shot – on the field, on the podium, and in life," said Jessica Hart Steinmann, AFPI's executive general counsel and vice chair of the Center for Litigation, in a statement. "When state institutions knowingly force young women to compete against biological males, they're violating federal law and sending a devastating message to female athletes across the country." President Donald Trump signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order on Feb. 5 and his administration has made combating the continued enabling of trans athletes in girls' sports by Democratic states a priority. The U.S. Department of Justice has already launched a lawsuit against Maine for its defiance of Trump's executive order, and the president suggested on Tuesday that federal funding pauses could be coming against California amid the situation involving Hernandez. Originally published as Girls' track and field athletes standing next to trans competitor step down from podium at Oregon state championship
Perth Now
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
In rare rugby air, Tokyo Olympian relishes clarity
Now in rare rugby air, it's no wonder Lachie Anderson has a sense of clarity. The Tokyo Olympian and rugby sevens convert joined an exclusive Super Rugby group in Saturday's final round of the regular season when he crossed four times for the Queensland Reds. His extraordinary first-half effort is a Reds record in the professional era. Wallabies stars Joe Roff (Brumbies, 1996) and Drew Mitchell (Waratahs, 2010) are the only other Australians to replicate the feat. A potential ankle injury to fellow winger Tim Ryan may make the process simpler for coach Les Kiss. But in a team brimming with backline talent, Anderson's haul against the helpless Fijian Drua was a strong case for retention on the wing in Friday's quarter-final against the Crusaders in Christchurch. Fellow sevens convert Corey Toole is loudly pushing his case for Test honours in Canberra with the ACT Brumbies. This was the centre stage moment for the underrated 27-year-old Melbourne Rebels recruit, where he had moved to in 2020 and played 35 games before the club was shuttered last year. "It's amazing what clarity on your future can do," Anderson said. "It wasn't easy in Melbourne and what the club went through. Unless you were there and living it you don't now how tough that was. "The unknown; it's tough. Blokes with kids in schools, partners with jobs and you didn't know what it would be like in six months. "To come up here to this program, have clarity to focus on rugby ... I'm really enjoying it." Anderson scored three times inside 10 minutes then had a fourth when in-form flyhalf Tom Lynagh assisted again with a calm cross-field kick to his corner. "I didn't know (about the record)," he said. "You're in the thick of it, don't think too much about it but didn't know the stats on it anyway. "It's a great feeling, to be on the back end of some of that stuff and when you train those moves at training and a few come off. "You always need a bit of luck in this game and I got a bit of it." The Reds, who were on top of the ladder barely a month ago, finished fifth and will need to beat the second-placed Crusaders to earn a spot in a semi-final. The Crusaders inflicted the biggest defeat - 43-19 - on the Reds this season when they met in March. "The belief we've got, across the whole squad, in all positions," Anderson said. "We've been tested on that front and everyone has belief. It gives confidence about how far we can go."
