It is almost impossible to fluster West Australian cricket sensation Cooper Connolly. It means there is immense confidence he can hit the ground running in this week’s Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria.
Jackson Barrett
The scrutiny players face from the media and public can often seem uneven, and there are several reasons why some players are targeted more than others.
Mitchell Johnson
Western Australia claimed the late scalp of teen sensation Sam Konstas to help medicate a wobbly start to their must-win Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales.
Sidelined all-rounder Cam Green is eyeing a return in the Sheffield Shield final — if Western Australia reach it — but it is now unlikely he will play cricket before the end of the regular season.
West Australian tyro Cooper Connolly wants to play an overseas competition for the first time at The Hundred. The 21-year-old is a fleet of WA guns vying for a place on a list.
It was the bombshell retirement we didn’t see coming — but maybe we should have. Steve Smith has quit ODI cricket to nurture the rejuvenated back-end of his famous Test career, writes Jackson Barrett.
Australian cricket’s summer fling is coming to Perth to play a first-class match for the first time ever with the eye — and the ire — of some Test greats fixed on the New South Wales teenager.
Stand-in Australian skipper Steve Smith has made a surprise call in the wake of Australia’s Champions trophy exit.
Aaron Kirby
There was a show of faith in Cooper Connolly by Australia in their defeat to India that proves the 21-year-old West Aussie will be a long-term investment for the national team, writes Jackson Barrett.
Perth Scorchers star Cooper Connolly has been rushed into the Australian XI to face India as their Champions Trophy hopes go on the line in Tuesday night’s semifinal.
Jake Santa Maria
Marnus Labuschagne knows rain in Lahore could ease Australia into the Champions Trophy semifinals - but he'd rather they go out and beat Afghanistan.
Ian Chadband
Australia is wary it will need to post a monster score if it loses the toss and is forced to bat first in a do-or-die Champions Trophy clash with Afghanistan on Friday.
MITCHELL JOHNSON: The cricketing powerhouse always get things their own way but the Aussies should not let that distract them as they hope to break a longstanding trophy drought.
Captain Steve Smith is confident a second-string attack can deliver against England and get Australia off to a crucial flyer in the Champions Trophy.
Australia will lean on a series of fresh faces to become match-winners at the Champions Trophy and Glenn Maxwell is backing West Australian Aaron Hardie to be one of them.
With so many first-choice players absent from Australia’s Champions Trophy campaign, spin star Adam Zampa is trying to look at the glass half full for those who are there.
News Corp Australia
It has been labelled cricket’s zombie tournament. One that has come back from the dead more than once and has been known to operate in a slumber. Here’s why Glenn Maxwell is so excited for it.
MITCHELL JOHNSON: Sam Konstas and Jake Fraser-McGurk were heralded as the future of Aussie cricket but their swashbuckling style of play has quickly come undone so are they getting the right advice?
MITCHELL JOHNSON: Australia has been forced to turn to the next generation for their Champions Trophy tilt but that does not mean they are out for the count.
It may have been a summer without cricket for Cam Green, but the WA allrounder has every reason to smile after getting engaged to partner Emily Redwood.
Ben Smith
Can Australia get through with a depleted group, who are the players to watch out for and which team looms as the tournament’s dark horse as we look through every Champion’s Trophy sqaud?
A shock loss to Sri Lanka has set off alarm bells around Australia’s Champions Trophy campaign, just over a week out from their tournament-opening clash with England.
Australia’s bowling attack has been left decimated by injury and unavailability for the Champions Trophy. The West Sport Show took a look at how they could line up.
The bowler’s action is suddenly under a cloud and he now has to undergo mandatory testing.
Cameron Noakes
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