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Cricket Australia’s mooted BBL sell-off pits big risk against megabucks reward

Selling Big Bash League teams to private investors would improve its global standing and help attract the best players but raises serious questions over control and flexibility

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SCG, MCG off the menu in WBBL fixture change up

The WBBL has returned to all its games being played at suburban venues in Melbourne and Sydney, with the stadium series removed from the east coast.

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BBL says 'never say never' to Christmas Day game

The BBL has again ruled out a Christmas Day match this year but organisers are refusing to put a line through the idea.

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Glory and Fury to Devils and Dolphins: Australian team names come full circle

The trend for unorthodox sporting nicknames has made way for a return to more traditional monikers

The Guardian - AU

‘He left us with nothing’: the British investors swindled by a German property firm

Investors in the Dolphin/GPG ponzi scheme run by Charles Smethurst are angry that more is not being done to recover the €1bn owed to them

The Guardian - UK

Eagle lands at Heat in BBL as English pacemen miss out

Shaheen Shah Afridi will join Brisbane as the No.1 BBL draft selection, but Sir Jimmy Anderson and Joffra Archer were notable players who missed out.

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Babar Azam set for maiden Big Bash League stint

Pakistani batting superstar Babar Azam will play in the Big Bash League for the first time this summer.

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Afridi, Shamar Joseph headline list of BBL nominees

The first BBL draft nominees have been revealed, with Englishmen, Pakistanis and a crowd-favourite West Indies quick headlining the list.

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Starling’s profits drop 25% as bank takes blame for Covid loan losses

Our own weak controls led to £28m of losses through government’s bounce back loans, says chief executive

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s tax bill: ‘If this is the beautiful bill, I’d hate to see the ugly one’

Late-night hosts discuss the House passing Trump’s spending bill and his ‘anti-woke’ Kennedy Center tenure

The Guardian - US

Cup winning coach Mott to take charge of the Sixers

Matthew Mott will look to turn the Sydney Sixers back into a WBBL powerhouse, after returning to the women's game as head coach of the club.

AAP

Woman Forced to Remove Brazilian Butt Lift After 'Stink' From Procedure Caused Her to Lose Her Boyfriend: 'It Was an Embarrassment'

Details of the complications one woman experienced following a BBL procedure have raised a stink—literally—on social media after her story went viral.

Medical Daily

‘Players want a different path’: why John Amaechi backs change in British basketball

Former NBA star says existing league is a ‘cartel’ that fails young players but others have fears over the new franchise

The Guardian - UK

Woman Forced to Remove Brazilian Butt Lift After 'Stink' From Procedure Caused Her to Lose Her Boyfriend: 'It Was an Embarrassment'

Details of the complications one woman experienced following a BBL procedure have raised a stink—literally—on social media after her story went viral.

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What a Scorcher! Mitch Marsh blasts another IPL fifty

Rampant Mitch Marsh has struck his third IPL half-century of the season on the day he committed to a BBL future back home with the Perth Scorchers.

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Darwin closing in on international cricket return

Two Australian Twenty20s have been pencilled in for Darwin in August, in what will be Northern Territory's first international cricket in 17 years if confirmed.

The Guardian - UK

Hoop dreams in peril as British basketball’s crisis reaches boiling point

Clubs deeply unhappy with governing body’s handling of a transfer of power and are threatening to set up their own league

AAP

Mitchell Starc doubtful over BBL future

As long as he's playing Test cricket, superstar paceman Mitchell Starc appears unlikely to pull on a Big Bash League jersey.

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BBL champions add Test star for title defence

Newly-crowned BBL champions Hobart will be even stronger next season after convincing Test star Beau Webster to return to the Hurricanes.

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Hurricanes underline Tasmania's sporting purple patch

Tasmania is enjoying a moment in the sporting sunshine, with the NBL's JackJumpers, BBL's Hurricanes and AFL coach Chris Fagan winning flags in the past year.

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Scorchers great signs for Renegades in huge BBL move

Fresh off a stellar BBL season for the Perth Scorchers, veteran quick Jason Behrendorff is on the move to the Melbourne Renegades.

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Higher honours, big pay day coming for Hurricanes hero

Mitch Owen could be a bolter for Australia's T20 World Cup squad next year, given his form for Big Bash League winners the Hobart Hurricanes.

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Owen supreme as Hobart Hurricanes win maiden BBL crown

Hobart opener Mitchell Owen has produced the knock of his life, smashing 108 off 42 to steer the Hurricanes to a first Big Bash League title.

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How Warner's captaincy transformed Sydney Thunder

In his first season as captain, David Warner has helped transform Sydney Thunder from woeful wooden spooners to BBL finals force.

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Renshaw in 'good order' as BBL future in limbo

After a shaky start to the domestic season, Matt Renshaw feels his game is in good order after a solid BBL campaign and encouraging red-ball form.

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