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West Australian
2 days ago
- Sport
- West Australian
Hands Oval: Everything you need to know about AFL's newest venue ahead of West Coast Eagles' Bunbury clash
Hands Oval is in South Bunbury, a five-minute drive from Bunbury's city centre, and a two-hour drive south from the Perth CBD. The home of South West Football League powerhouse South Bunbury FC, it's about a half-hour drive north of Busselton Margaret River Airport, which is where North Melbourne will fly into on Friday ahead of Sunday afternoon's clash. Hands Oval's recently-completed upgrades were planned to increase capacity for the game to 15,000 people, though Sunday's crowd may be slightly lower. Around half the crowd will have access to seating, with six temporary grandstands in place alongside the newly-completed 750-seat grandstand building. No. The first batch of general admission tickets were released in March and sold out inside half an hour, with some later smaller releases going just as quickly. Yes. There's been a total of 784 AFL/VFL games in WA, spread across three venues: 545 at Subiaco Oval, 167 at Optus Stadium, and 72 at the WACA Ground. This will be the first regional match for premiership points. Hands Oval is named after former Bunbury mayor J E Hands, who had two stints in charge of the city between 1928-1933 and 1937-1938. Hands Oval has hosted six AFL pre-season games — four involving Fremantle and two featuring West Coast — as well as six WAFL games, an International Rules practice game and a Perth Glory pre-season fixure in 2009. When the cricket pitch was in place, it staged three domestic One Day Cup games between 2009 and 2011, the first of which saw Mitch Marsh become the State's youngest ever player. The typical south-west wind favours the north-east or city end of the ground, which will be left-of-screen when watching Sunday's broadcast. That end produced 15 of the game's 20 goals - and 29 of 40 scoring shots - in the pre-season match between West Coast and North Melbourne in March. Hands Oval will be the 52nd venue to stage an AFL/VFL game, and the 36th in the AFL era (since 1990). Bunbury will replace Subiaco Oval as the western-most location for a game, with China's Jiangwan Stadium the northern-most, New Zealand's Wellington Regional Stadium the eastern-most, and Hobart's Ninja Stadium the furthest south.
The Advertiser
27-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Marsh half-century in vain again, as Lucknow lose again
Mitch Marsh has signed off from the Indian Premier League with another half-century, and combined in a blistering 152-run partnership in 77 balls with Rishabh Pant, but Justin Langer's Lucknow Super Giants still lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The result meant RCB finished second in the regular season and earned a place in the qualifier play-off, where they will play Ricky Ponting's Punjab Kings, rather than the eliminator. LSG's expensively-recruited captain Pant, whose form has been dreadful, made an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls and Marsh 67 off 37 as the home team piled up 3-227. But RCB knocked off the runs with six wickets and eight balls to spare, achieving the third-highest run-chase in IPL history with 4-230. After Virat Kohli's 54 off 30 balls set the platform Jitesh Sharma blasted RCB to victory with 85 not out off 33 balls. New Zealand's Will O'Rouke's four overs cost 74 runs, for two wickets, two short of Jofra Archer's unwanted record for the IPL's most expensive bowling. RCB reached the target without Tim David, who is nursing an injury sustained while fielding last week. They were also without their leading wicket-taker Josh Hazlewood, despite it being predicted pre-match that he would play having returned from having treatment for a shoulder issue in Australia. It is not clear why he was omitted, nor whether he and David will be available for the qualifier on Thursday (local time, 0000 Friday AEST). "Hazlewood will perhaps play in the knockout," said stand-in captain Jitesh. The qualifier is in New Chandigarh, Punjab's home ground, but since RCB have won all their away fixtures this season that will not trouble them. The victor will go straight into Tuesday's final while the loser will face the winner of Friday's eliminator between Gujurat Titans and Mumbai Indians on Sunday. LSG have long been out of contention, finishing seventh, but Marsh ended the campaign with six fifties and a century, scoring 627 runs at 48.23 and a strike-rate of 163.70. Mitch Marsh has signed off from the Indian Premier League with another half-century, and combined in a blistering 152-run partnership in 77 balls with Rishabh Pant, but Justin Langer's Lucknow Super Giants still lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The result meant RCB finished second in the regular season and earned a place in the qualifier play-off, where they will play Ricky Ponting's Punjab Kings, rather than the eliminator. LSG's expensively-recruited captain Pant, whose form has been dreadful, made an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls and Marsh 67 off 37 as the home team piled up 3-227. But RCB knocked off the runs with six wickets and eight balls to spare, achieving the third-highest run-chase in IPL history with 4-230. After Virat Kohli's 54 off 30 balls set the platform Jitesh Sharma blasted RCB to victory with 85 not out off 33 balls. New Zealand's Will O'Rouke's four overs cost 74 runs, for two wickets, two short of Jofra Archer's unwanted record for the IPL's most expensive bowling. RCB reached the target without Tim David, who is nursing an injury sustained while fielding last week. They were also without their leading wicket-taker Josh Hazlewood, despite it being predicted pre-match that he would play having returned from having treatment for a shoulder issue in Australia. It is not clear why he was omitted, nor whether he and David will be available for the qualifier on Thursday (local time, 0000 Friday AEST). "Hazlewood will perhaps play in the knockout," said stand-in captain Jitesh. The qualifier is in New Chandigarh, Punjab's home ground, but since RCB have won all their away fixtures this season that will not trouble them. The victor will go straight into Tuesday's final while the loser will face the winner of Friday's eliminator between Gujurat Titans and Mumbai Indians on Sunday. LSG have long been out of contention, finishing seventh, but Marsh ended the campaign with six fifties and a century, scoring 627 runs at 48.23 and a strike-rate of 163.70. Mitch Marsh has signed off from the Indian Premier League with another half-century, and combined in a blistering 152-run partnership in 77 balls with Rishabh Pant, but Justin Langer's Lucknow Super Giants still lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The result meant RCB finished second in the regular season and earned a place in the qualifier play-off, where they will play Ricky Ponting's Punjab Kings, rather than the eliminator. LSG's expensively-recruited captain Pant, whose form has been dreadful, made an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls and Marsh 67 off 37 as the home team piled up 3-227. But RCB knocked off the runs with six wickets and eight balls to spare, achieving the third-highest run-chase in IPL history with 4-230. After Virat Kohli's 54 off 30 balls set the platform Jitesh Sharma blasted RCB to victory with 85 not out off 33 balls. New Zealand's Will O'Rouke's four overs cost 74 runs, for two wickets, two short of Jofra Archer's unwanted record for the IPL's most expensive bowling. RCB reached the target without Tim David, who is nursing an injury sustained while fielding last week. They were also without their leading wicket-taker Josh Hazlewood, despite it being predicted pre-match that he would play having returned from having treatment for a shoulder issue in Australia. It is not clear why he was omitted, nor whether he and David will be available for the qualifier on Thursday (local time, 0000 Friday AEST). "Hazlewood will perhaps play in the knockout," said stand-in captain Jitesh. The qualifier is in New Chandigarh, Punjab's home ground, but since RCB have won all their away fixtures this season that will not trouble them. The victor will go straight into Tuesday's final while the loser will face the winner of Friday's eliminator between Gujurat Titans and Mumbai Indians on Sunday. LSG have long been out of contention, finishing seventh, but Marsh ended the campaign with six fifties and a century, scoring 627 runs at 48.23 and a strike-rate of 163.70.
West Australian
27-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Marsh half-century in vain again, as Lucknow lose again
Mitch Marsh has signed off from the Indian Premier League with another half-century, and combined in a blistering 152-run partnership in 77 balls with Rishabh Pant, but Justin Langer's Lucknow Super Giants still lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The result meant RCB finished second in the regular season and earned a place in the qualifier play-off, where they will play Ricky Ponting's Punjab Kings, rather than the eliminator. LSG's expensively-recruited captain Pant, whose form has been dreadful, made an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls and Marsh 67 off 37 as the home team piled up 3-227. But RCB knocked off the runs with six wickets and eight balls to spare, achieving the third-highest run-chase in IPL history with 4-230. After Virat Kohli's 54 off 30 balls set the platform Jitesh Sharma blasted RCB to victory with 85 not out off 33 balls. New Zealand's Will O'Rouke's four overs cost 74 runs, for two wickets, two short of Jofra Archer's unwanted record for the IPL's most expensive bowling. The victor of RCB v Punjab on Thursday (local time) will go into Tuesday's final while the loser will face the winner of Friday's eliminator between Gujurat Titans and Mumbai Indians on Sunday. LSG have long been out of contention, finishing seventh, but Marsh ended the campaign with six fifties and a century, scoring 627 runs at 48.23 and a strike-rate of 163.70.
Perth Now
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Marsh half-century in vain again, as Lucknow lose again
Mitch Marsh has signed off from the Indian Premier League with another half-century, and combined in a blistering 152-run partnership in 77 balls with Rishabh Pant, but Justin Langer's Lucknow Super Giants still lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The result meant RCB finished second in the regular season and earned a place in the qualifier play-off, where they will play Ricky Ponting's Punjab Kings, rather than the eliminator. LSG's expensively-recruited captain Pant, whose form has been dreadful, made an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls and Marsh 67 off 37 as the home team piled up 3-227. But RCB knocked off the runs with six wickets and eight balls to spare, achieving the third-highest run-chase in IPL history with 4-230. After Virat Kohli's 54 off 30 balls set the platform Jitesh Sharma blasted RCB to victory with 85 not out off 33 balls. New Zealand's Will O'Rouke's four overs cost 74 runs, for two wickets, two short of Jofra Archer's unwanted record for the IPL's most expensive bowling. The victor of RCB v Punjab on Thursday (local time) will go into Tuesday's final while the loser will face the winner of Friday's eliminator between Gujurat Titans and Mumbai Indians on Sunday. LSG have long been out of contention, finishing seventh, but Marsh ended the campaign with six fifties and a century, scoring 627 runs at 48.23 and a strike-rate of 163.70.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Stunning family development as Mitch Marsh makes history with epic century
Mitch Marsh has continued his form after a short break from the IPL having blasted his maiden century in the IPL for the Lucknow Super Giants and with it comes a stunning slice of family history. Marsh returned home during the suspension of the IPL, but returned earlier this week to see out the tournament for the Giants. Marsh's team, coached by Justin Langer, won't make the playoffs after a poor start to the season. However, Marsh cracked 65 from 39 balls in his first game back earlier in the week having returned to Australia during the unrest in India. And he has gone even better this time around in the Super Giants' penultimate game with the 33-year-old blasting 117 of 63 balls to plunder his team to a 33-run win. This marked Marsh's first century in 48 innings in his 15-year IPL career. Incredibly, the allrounder is the first overseas player to record a century in the 2025 competition. Marsh blasted eight massive sixes in his 117 and it took him to a total of 32 for the tournament. Marsh has scored 560 runs in just 12 innings and sits fourth on the tally behind Indian trio Sai Sudharsan (638), Shubman Gill (636) and Suryakumar Yadav (583). And the Aussie's century has created an incredibly slice of history for the Marsh family. He now joins older brother Shaun Marsh as the only siblings to record a century in the IPL. Shaun achieved the feat back in 2008, which marks 17 years between the brothers recording a century. The Marsh's now hold a special place in IPL folklore and there doesn't appear to be anything slowing Mitch down with a boosted contract on the line for next year after his tremendous form. 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗣𝗟! 🏆🗓️ 2008 – Elder brother Shaun Marsh announced himself with a sensational IPL century.🗓️ 2025 – Younger brother Mitchell Marsh joins the elite list with his maiden IPL and Shaun Marsh become the first-ever siblings to score a… — Neutral Balak (@neutralbalak) May 22, 2025 Most runs by a pair in IPL 2025 👇Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan - 839 in 12 inningsAIDEN MARKRAM AND MITCH MARSH - 574 in 12 innings 🔥 — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 22, 2025 Marsh has one final game to cap off his best season in the IPL so far with coach Langer backing the allrounder at the top of the order. The opener put a partnership together with South African Aiden Markram and got the Super Giants off to a remarkable start. Marsh and Markram have now scored the second-highest total of runs as a pair in the IPL. The opener then watched Nicholas Pooran score a 56 not out after Markram's dismissal. Marsh fell for 117, but not before he sent leg-spinning wizard Rashid Khan in his first over for 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 1. Gujarat didn't come close to the Super Giants' monster total of 2-235 having fallen 32 runs short after 20 overs. This marked Marsh's second T20 century after he smashed a 100 not out for the Perth Scorchers in a Big Bash match in 2021. While Marsh was dropped from the Aussie national team in the red-ball format, he shows no signs of slowing down in white-ball cricket. Marsh was thrilled with his century having taken 15 years to reach triple-figures in the competition. Although he admitted frustration the team wouldn't be playing in the knockout stages having timed their run too late in 2025. "It's been disappointing, all teams come in to win it but the IPL is a beast of a competition, you've got to be on it every game," he said. "Any team can beat any team and that makes it the best tournament in the world."
