November
How much money Australia’s cricketers are taking home from Cup win
After stunning bookies’ favourites India in the World Cup final, the team will be awarded more than $6 million.
- Ainsley Thomson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
One-day cricket champions of champions
The India-Australia rivalry now approaches the intensity of the traditional Ashes battle between Australia and England.
- The AFR View
New cricket hero almost missed the World Cup
Travis Head nearly spent the cricket World Cup sitting on the couch after breaking his hand. Then he produced one of the great individual performances on the sport’s biggest stage.
- Ian Chadband
- Opinion
- Opinion
‘Best cricket World Cup win ever’: England’s Vaughan on Aussie triumph
By winning a World Cup in India, the hardest place to do it, Australia have achieved something the greats of old never did.
- Michael Vaughan
Betting industry loses as Australia win Cricket World Cup
Sportsbet was offering 2.9 times the amount for an Aussie victory as of Friday, more than twice the payout for an India win at 1.4 times.
- Satviki Sanjay
Australia stun India in final to win World Cup
Travis Head was the star for Australia, striking 137 runs to help upset a red-hot Indian team at home.
- Scott Bailey
Aussies pick up the pace for India showdown
Withering opening spells from Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in the semi-final leave Australia primed just in time for the World Cup final.
- Ian Ransom
Australia enter Cup final with a nervy three-wicket win
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins got the team home with 16 balls to spare. They will face India in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
- Scott Bailey
Marsh back in form with big ton in Australia triumph
The win ensures Australia will enter Thursday’s semi-final against South Africa as one of the competition’s form teams, rebounding from two opening losses.
- Scott Bailey
Maxwell’s miracle 200 the greatest Aussie innings
Glenn Maxwell saved the game with 201 off 128 balls despite severe cramps and a possible back injury.
- Jasper Bruce
Australia knock England out of cricket World Cup
Spinner Adam Zampa was player of the match for his stellar bowling that included the prized wickets of captain Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali.
- Amlan Chakraborty
October
Warner, Marsh send Aussies back into World Cup top four
In a crucial match for Australia’s finals hopes, David Warner and Mitch Marsh found form to power their side to a 62-run win over Pakistan.
- Scott Bailey
April
Australia and New Zealand mark 100-day countdown to Women’s World Cup
Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand marked the 100-day countdown to the global soccer showpiece with a call for gender equity in sport.
- Cordelia Hsu, Jill Gralow and Ian Ransom
February
Australia lift women’s T20 World Cup again in style
Meg Lanning’s champion side have won another global crown, successfully defending their title with an emphatic 19- run victory over hosts South Africa in Cape Town.
- Annesha Ghosh
October 2022
Fight begins over access to major sporting events
Potential changes to sports broadcasting rules could lead to big events disappearing from free-to-air broadcasters and moving to subscription streaming services such as Foxtel, Amazon Prime and Stan.
- Updated
- Edmund Tadros
September 2022
How one of Australian cricket’s unluckiest men got very, very lucky
The man once known to his mates as “the Prince of Perth” can’t wait to be back on home soil.
- Hans van Leeuwen
August 2022
Kapil Dev says cricket, like cinema, is undergoing disruption
The 63-year-old former cricket superstar has arrived in Melbourne for the screening of a movie about the World Cup victory he led India to in 1983.
- Michael Bleby
November 2021
Australia wins its first T20 World Cup by beating NZ in final
They clinched their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title after fiery fifties by Mitchell Marsh and David Warner fashioned an eight-wicket victory in Sunday’s game.
December 2020
Why Steve Waugh's only played cricket three times since retirement
He was Australia's most successful Test cricket captain - so why did he decline to ease into a post-retirement life of media commentary and coaching?
- Andrew Burke
July 2019
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Two phenomenal matches
The weekend saw two incredible matches with two incredible results.
- The AFR View
