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Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 33 runs on Sunday April 28 2019:
2009 My Test live-tweeting debut
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Match notes: Sydney Thunder v Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, 16 Dec 2016
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOEhKokgOL-/ On December 16 2016 Sydney Thunder played a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI at Spotless Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park in a Twenty20 warmup match. For Bangladesh it was preparation for their tour of New Zealand, for the Thunder it was a pre-season game for BBL06.
2017 A personal year in cricket in pictures
In 2017 I have seen some extraordinary events on the cricket field, and by way of a personal retrospective of the year, here through some of my own smartphone * photography is a recap of some of my highlights:
Glenn Maxwell 278
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Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers 19 Dec 2017
Big Bash League 2017-18 #BBL07: Spotless Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, 19 December 2017 Sydney Sixers 9/149 (20), Sydney Thunder 5/150 (20) Sydney Thunder won with 0 balls to spare. Scorecard https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc4K2gXAZk6/ Video highlights from cricket.com.au
WBBL Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers, 10 Dec 2017
Womens Big Bash League #WBBL03, Match 3 Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers North Sydney Oval, 10 December 2017 Sydney Sixers won with 8 balls in hand Scorecard https://www.instagram.com/p/Bcgit8iAjmB/
WBBL Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades, 9 Dec 2017
Womens Big Bash League #WBBL03, Match 1 Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades North Sydney Oval, 9 December 2017 Sydney Thunder won by 11 runs Scorecard https://www.instagram.com/p/Bcdupz2g-2J/
The grim trial of strength that went mainstream: women’s Test cricket
Before the Australian women’s cricket team played their touring England counterparts in Brisbane in December 1934, the following directive appeared in the Courier Mail: No one in the press or elsewhere paid any attention to this instruction, and the first women’s Test match concluded at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground on New Year’s Eve 1934, […]
Two Starc hat tricks and a stunning NSW victory
Hurstville Oval’s first Sheffield Shield match turned into a cracker. Victory to NSW over WA by 171 runs at 6.14pm on the final day with Mitchell Starc taking his second hat-trick of the match. I was at the ground for the final two sessions of the last day.