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News.com.au
19 hours ago
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- News.com.au
Aussie cricket legend Bob Simpson dead at age 89
Aussie cricket legend Bob Simpson has died at the age of 89. Code Sports first reported the former Test captain and Australian team coach has died in Sydney. Simpson was one of the central figures in rescuing Australian cricket from a dark era of struggling on the international stage to the team's emergence as a dominant force in world cricket during the 1990s. He stepped down from his position as coach of the Aussie cricket team in 1996. As a player, coach and administrator, Simpson was a core figure in Aussie cricket across four decades. His Test cricket career came to an end in 1978 with a record of 62 matches with a batting average of 46.81 as a notoriously fierce opening batsman. He is well known as one of the most professional cricketers of his time.
BBC News
02-08-2025
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- BBC News
'The Lions had a chance at a legacy'
Not many Lions teams win a Test series so that has to be weren't playing a world champion New Zealand team or South African team. But an Aussie team that is working it's way back up and not that prepared in the first test in it's a series win, yes it will go down in the history books. The Lions had a chance at a legacy and they weren't quite able to manage it.
Yahoo
31-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Aussies pip big guns in stunning scenes as Mollie O'Callaghan equals swimming legend
Mollie O'Callaghan has equalled Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe's record of 11 gold medals at the world championships after anchoring her nation to victory in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay. The Aussie quartet of Lani Pallister, Jamie Perkins, Brittany Castelluzzo and O'Callaghan stormed home to claim gold ahead of their fierce rivals from the USA, with China claiming bronze. While O'Callaghan finished off the relay superbly to see Australia clock a winning time of seven minutes, 39.35 seconds (7:39.35), it was an extraordinary third leg from Castelluzzo that set up victory. After trailing American Erin Gemmell by a full body length, Castelluzzo surged ahead in the final 50m to give O'Callaghan a slender advantage going into the decisive final leg. The Aussie champion still had her work cut out against American icon Katie Ledecky, and clearly looked tired after her swims in the 100m freestyle heat and semi-final earlier in the day. But O'Callaghan managed to hold off the greatest female swimmer of all time to seal a remarkable win for the Aussie team, who were missing two of their Paris Games gold medallists. Brianna Throssell called time on her career after Paris and four-time Olympic Games gold medallist Ariarne Titmus missed the meet after deciding to take a break from swimming. But the new-look team picked up where the Aussie golden girls had left off, with O'Callaghan cemented her status as one of the nation's greatest ever swimmers. "It's everything to me," O'Callaghan said after the relay win left her with three gold medals at these world titles. "I take any opportunity to come and do this event. "I knew I had to lift for this. I'm always here for the relays. "It's a great privilege because it shows the depth that we have. It just shows the depth coming through to LA [the 2028 Olympics], and to start off like this is just incredible." O'Callaghan's wins in the 200m freestyle, as well as the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays, saw her equal Thorpe's national record of 11 golds at the worlds, and she could overtake the Aussie legend with a 100m freestyle final and more relays to come. "Actually, I haven't really thought about it too much," she said about Thorpe's record. "Coming off [the] Olympics last year and having the downs of the break and the post-Olympics blues and then injuring myself, it's just been a rollercoaster. And to come along here and to compete in the finals [and] to get golds is just something I wouldn't believe at the start of the year, or last year." Kyle Chalmers claims bronze in lightning 100m freestyle final Meanwhile, Kyle Chalmers' quest to break the 47-second barrier and claim his second 100m freestyle world title came up just short in one of the fastest finals of all time. The Aussie star claimed bronze in a time of 47.17 which was quicker than his 2016 Olympic gold medal swim and silver medal effort at the Paris Games. But Romanian sensation David Popovici - who had already won the 200m freestyle - made it a double by swimming the second-fastest 100m freestyle time of all time to claim gold. Popovici's blistering 46.51 was just short of Chinese star Pan Zhanle's world record, with American Jack Alexy taking out silver in 46.92. Chalmers said he'd been 'training hard' and 'desperately wanted' to swim sub-47 seconds but was still thrilled to claim bronze. 'To get on the podium is so special,' he said. 'It's incredible. "It was the fastest race in history to make it through that final, and I really believe that anyone could have won that race. We obviously didn't even have the world's record holder in that race, so it was amazing. 46.5 is insane. Crazy.' with AAP
Yahoo
12-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Pat Cummins drops surprise Nathan Lyon hint as Aussies weigh-up Scott Boland move
Aussie captain Pat Cummins hasn't ruled out Nathan Lyon being left out of the Pink-ball Test against the West Indies with the wicket set to favour the quicks. The Test series between the West Indies and Australia has seen some low totals so far in Barbados and Grenada. The first match of the series saw only Australia surpass the 200 mark across the four innings. In the second Test match, no team surpassed a total of 300. Australia won by 133 runs having dismissed the West Indies cheaply to win the match. And Lyon was sparsely used in the first Test match. While he did become more involved in the second having taken six wickets, most of the wickets were helping clean up the tail. But with knowledge the pink ball often favours the quicks, and how the pitches have been playing, Cummins admitted the make-up of the team hasn't been finalised. "[There are] a few more unknowns…I think mainly [the] pink ball and trying to get our heads around exactly what it's going to do," Cummins said ahead of the clash. "That last session [under lights] might be a little bit longer than Adelaide." When asked about whether Lyon will line-up in the XI, Cummins remained coy. "I think everything's an option. We honestly haven't settled on it. We all left yesterday and thought we'd just sleep on it, come back and have a look and make up our mind today," he said. Lyon has an impressive record with the pink ball in Australia having taken 43 wickets at 25.62 throughout his career. Although last year against India, Lyon was hardly used having bowled just one over. And he didn't bowl at all against England in the 2021-22 Ashes. If coach Andrew McDonald and Australia opt to go with an extra quick, Scott Boland will come into the side. Boland has taken 12 wickets at 16.75 in three day-night Tests. This would allow Beau Webster to bowl off-spin if the team required, while Travis Head could also chip-in. Sam Konstas has struggled so far this series having returned to the side with Marnus Labuschagne dropping out. Konstas will get another chance to prove himself, but he has not been able to get going having scored 33 runs across four innings. Konstas appeared shattered after his duck in Grenada, but Cummins has admitted the team is rallying around the youngster as he was welcomed back into the fold. "Don't get too caught up in it," Cummins said of his advice for Konstas after the duck. "Every innings feels like the biggest thing in the world. "The stat is that the best batters in the world don't hit their average three out of four times, so you're going to fail more often than you're going to succeed. As long as you're a quick learner, as long as you're moving well and giving yourself the best chance, keep doubling down on that and judge yourself after a series, not innings by innings."
Daily Mail
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Aussie cricket great slams national batting coach after poor showing in West Indies during first Test - 'need to create sound techniques'
Australian cricket great Ian Healy has torched national batting coach Michael Di Venuto, adamant the top six has 'regressed' under his tutelage at Test level. The West Indies' seam bowlers exposed the likes of Sam Konstas, Cameron Green and Josh Inglis in Barbados, with the Aussies having to lean on decorated pace trio Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazelwood to avoid a potential shock defeat at Kensington Oval. It follows underwhelming scores of 212 and 207 in the World Test Championship final defeat at the hands of South Africa earlier this month at Lord's. Australia dropped Marnus Labuschagne for Konstas, but the teenager has looked out of his depth at the crease. Healy stressed he doesn't like to 'put the pump on coaches', but firmly believes the Aussies have gone backwards with the bat under Di Venuto. 'I love to put it back onto the players more than coaches usually,' Healy said on SEN. 'But, as I said, Australian cricket's batting head coach - and every state batting coach - should be under pressure because there's not enough runs being scored around the nation either. 'Michael Di Venuto – a friend of mine who is a good coach and a good man – has held the job since mid-2021. 'In this time, our national team batting has regressed in performance at Test level. 'All that's important to me is the performance. 'I don't care how you do it or what will make it easier for you – just get it done.' Healy added the Aussie Test stars look nervous and are not backing their techniques. The scrappy performances leave fans understandably nervous ahead of the Ashes this summer. 'They're not making it easy for themselves at all, players have got to deal better with nerves by the sound of it,' Healy said. 'They need to create sound techniques and bat with balance so you can make really sound decisions ball after ball for long periods. 'At the moment, we're failing many of these points, and the lower order is having to deal with it - either recovering the score or losing. 'It's just too hard at the moment, we've got to clear those minds of our top order.' Healy has been outspoken in recent days, but was left red-faced after launching an astonishing attack on West Indies paceman Shamar Joseph, declaring the raw quick 'isn't Curtly Ambrose.'
