NRMA Insurance announces it has expanded its support of the McGrath Foundation by funding a second McGrath Breast Care Nurse for three years, following its fundraising initiatives during the NRMA Insurance Pink Test. Picture supplied NRMA Insurance’s partners with Cricket Australia: A community game-changer Since 2022, NRMA Insurance has been building a strong foundation as...
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IPL breakout star Jake Fraser-McGurk gives national selectors major headache ahead of T20 World Cup
Last month, Jake Fraser-McGurk’s chances of featuring in Australia’s T20 World Cup squad were slim to non-existent. The Victorian product has never played T20I cricket, while Australia’s top three for the marquee tournament was set in stone – David Warner, Travis Head and incumbent captain Mitchell Marsh. However, Fraser-McGurk has parachuted himself into World Cup...
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T20 World Cup 2024: When will Australia team be announced? Final dates for ICC World T20 team announcement | Sporting News Australia
Australia will be keen to put the disappointment of their shocking group stage exit at the 2022 T20 World Cup behind when they fly to the Caribbean and the USA for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which begins in June. The team from Down Under had a terrible 2022 T20 World Cup campaign,...
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Phoebe Jones’ touching tribute to late cricketing great father
The eldest daughter of the late Australian cricket legend Dean Jones has paid a touching tribute to her father on her wedding day. The champion cricketer, coach and commentator died suddenly in September 2020 after suffering a stroke. He was 59. He was Australia’s 324th Test cricketer and his highest first-class score was 324. It...
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Aussie Jake Fraser-McGurk keeps Delhi Capitals buzzing
The extent to which IPL performances should influence the selection of India’s T20 team is a routine discussion at this time of the year. It is all the more relevant given that this year’s T20 World Cup will be held immediately after the annual T20 extravaganza. Perhaps it is a point for Australia’s selectors to...
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Pakistan confirm shake-up as Dizzy lands new role
By Lachlan Harper with AP Australian cricket legend Jason Gillespie is back in a coaching role after the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed him as its new red-ball head coach. The PCB has appointed Gary Kirsten and Gillespie to two-year terms with the former to coach the white-ball side. Azhar Mahmood, who was the ad-hoc head...
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Dean Jones’ daughter Phoebe shares emotional wedding tribute
Phoebe Jones, the daughter of the late cricketing legend Dean Jones, has paid a special tribute to her father on her wedding day in the Philippines. Dean Jones, who was inducted to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2019, is one of the most beloved players in Australia’s long history in the sport. Watch...
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‘Hard to leave him out…’: Former captain Michael Clarke backs Jake Fraser-McGurk for Australian T20 World Cup squad | Cricket News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Jake Fraser-McGurk, a top-order batsman from Australia, has impressed former captain Michael Clarke with his outstanding performances in the Indian Premier League.Fraser-McGurk’s explosive innings of 84 off just 27 balls, which included 11 fours and six sixes, helped Delhi Capitals post a massive total of 257/4 against Mumbai Indians, leading to a 10-run...
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‘T20 batting at a new level’: The Australian youngster pushing for World Cup selection
Just days before Australia name their Twenty20 World Cup squad, Jake Fraser-McGurk has added to his case for a place with his latest staggering demonstration of batting pyrotechnics in the IPL. The 22-year-old Delhi Capitals opener pulverised the Mumbai Indians attack to the tune of 84 off just 27 balls at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium...
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Late Aussie cricket legend honoured at daughter’s wedding
Phoebe Jones has made a touching tribute to her late father and Australian cricket great Dean on her wedding day. Dean Jones tragically died from a stroke while in India in 2020. He was just 59. His death shocked the world with tributes coming in for the batter, who played 52 Tests and 164 ODIs...
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Cricket sensation sends brutal statement to Aussie selectors
Just days before Australia name their T20 World Cup squad, Jake Fraser-McGurk has made an irresistible demand for a place with his latest staggering demonstration of batting pyrotechnics in the IPL. The 22-year-old Delhi Capitals opener pulverised the Mumbai Indians attack to the tune of 84 off just 27 balls at Delhi’s home Arun Jaitley...
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Fraser-McGurk’s IPL blitz nudges World Cup selectors | cricket.com.au
Jake Fraser-McGurk has left the IPL spellbound once again with another astonishing innings Just days before Australia name their T20 World Cup squad, Jake Fraser-McGurk has made an irresistible demand for a place with his latest staggering demonstration of batting pyrotechnics in the IPL. The 22-year-old Delhi Capitals opener pulverised the Mumbai Indians attack to...