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Sams blasts Thunder home as Konstas stars on debut

Daniel Sams delivered an extraordinary display of hitting to spearhead the Sydney Thunder to a thrilling two-wicket win over the Adelaide Strikers.

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Coaches might exploit BBL injury substitutes: Henriques

Moises Henriques watched as two teammates went down at the SCG but is in two minds about whether the BBL should introduce an injury replacement rule.

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Renshaw's weird ways make for wonder white-ball rise

Brisbane Heat's Matt Renshaw embraced his 'weird' side to take a great leap forward in his quest for Australian honours in white-ball cricket as the BBL looms.

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Sixers beat Renegades in BBL but suffer injury worries

Moises Henriques produced a captain's knock for the Sydney Sixers who overcame the loss of two players to injury in their BBL defeat of the Melbourne Renegades.

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Cricket Australia open to Asia-based BBL expansion

The Big Bash League could expand to a team from southeast Asia, with Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley revealing overseas growth could go beyond New Zealand.

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'Passion still there': Neser keeps his Test dream alive

Allrounder Michael Neser retains faith his Australian career is not over as he opens up on the agony of being injured on the cusp of the current Test series.

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Test hopefuls left to make Sri Lanka case in BBL

Brisbane Heat pair Mitchell Swepson and Matt Kuhnemann will be left to push their case for Australia's Test tour of Sri Lanka in the BBL.

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Johnson targets Test cricket after new Heat BBL deal

Left-arm Brisbane Heat quick Spencer Johnson has played ODI and T20 cricket for Australia, and wants to follow in Mitchell Starc's footsteps in Test cricket.

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Captain collaborator aims for first Hobart BBL title

Quick Nathan Ellis will lead the Hobart Hurricanes for a second season in the Big Bash League, admitting he's still learning the role on the fly.

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How is the Big Bash League faring after 14 years of ups and downs – and what’s next?

The 14th season of Australia’s major domestic men’s Twenty20 (T20) cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL), starts on Sunday.

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Warner leans towards Konstas as Thunder opening partner

After both pushed ultimately unsuccessful cases for Test selection, Cameron Bancroft and Sam Konstas are set to jostle to partner David Warner in the BBL.

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Billings backs contract shake-up for BBL success

Missing out on the Brisbane Heat's BBL title win, English star Sam Billings is confident the league's new long-term contract options will help the league grow.

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Peter Siddle joins Stars to play BBL into his 40s

Veteran quick Peter Siddle has signed a one-year deal to join Melbourne Stars, who are still hunting for their first Big Bash title.

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CA delighted with results of shortened WBBL

The shortened WBBL has pulled in bigger crowds and television ratings, with Cricket Australia believing it vindicates the decision to tighten the schedule.

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Warner gets closure on Cape Town as Thunder BBL captain

David Warner has admitted he feared his lifetime leadership ban would never be lifted, before finally earning a reprieve and getting closure on sandpaper-gate.

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WBBL window safe, but women lose holiday-period Tests

International women's matches will be moved out of the school-holiday window and closer to the Aussie football seasons after India shifted their WPL to January.

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Australia to face another trial by spin in Galle

Three years after being spun out at the picturesque Galle Stadium by Sri Lanka, Australia will again be asked to play two Tests there on the impending tour.

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Third umpire: Cricket Australia makes big WBBL change

Cricket Australia will implement a third umpire for all WBBL matches in 2024, while DRS will also be available for 33 of the competition's 43 games.

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Paine pumped for BBL coaching debut with Strikers

Former Test captain Tim Paine has plenty of ideas as he prepares to make his senior cricket coaching debut this BBL season with the Adelaide Strikers.

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Stars align as big-hitting Duckett returns to BBL

English top-order batter Ben Duckett is the No.1 BBL draft pick with the Melbourne Stars, but India's Harmenpreet Kaur was not named among the WBBL choices.

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England's Pope heads to BBL and city of churches

England's Ollie Pope will play in the BBL, joining the Adelaide Strikers as a pre-draft signing.

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Steve Smith, David Warner lead BBL's all-star cast

Steve Smith has re-signed with the Sydney Sixers as David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne and Alex Carey also pledge allegiance to BBL franchises.

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Rashid Khan to skip BBL in blow to CA and Strikers

Highly-marketable and successful Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan will skip the Big Bash League for a second straight summer after not nominating for the draft.

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Free agent Ainsworth stays at Gold Coast

Forward Ben Ainsworth has re-signed with Gold Coast until the end of the 2028 AFL season, while the Suns have also signed ex-BBL cricketer Zak Evans.

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BBL returns to old ways in school-holiday window

The Big Bash League will be played almost entirely in the holiday window for the first time in eight years in 2024-25, with a hope Test players can feature.

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