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Travis Head has started well.

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LIVE UPDATES: Head, Renshaw make hot start in Cape Town!

Mitchell Starc blitzed the Proteas tail late on day one to give his batting line-up the perfect chance to shine on day two. But can they make it count? Follow the action with our live blog.

Aaron Kirby

Cam Bancroft broke out of an early-season Sheffield Shield rut with a fine hundred.

CricketBancroft bounces back with timely ton to inspire WA

A day after Australia began their first Test in Cape Town since the Sandpapergate scandal, Cam Bancroft inspired Western Australia to a dominant start to their Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia.

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Cam Bancroft has scored his first Sheffield Shield century of the season for Western Australia. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremiumBancroft scores big ton as WA take control in Shield

Eight years after Sandpapergate, Cam Bancroft scored a Sheffield Shield century on the same day that Australia were to start their first innings at Newlands.

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CRICKETPremiumRenegades rally amid club sale drama

Melbourne Renegades captain Sophie Molineux has embraced her club’s uncertain future, vowing to “leave nothing out there” in what will be the team’s final WBBL season.

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Former Test opener David Boon has taken over as Cricket Australia interim chairman. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremiumCA boss says three states to vote on BBL privatisation

Former Test opener David Boon has officially taken over from Mike Baird as interim Cricket Australia chairman, with privatisation a massive issue for the game.

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Alyssa Healy joined a pre-Test coaching session with Mitchell Starc and Australia’s coaches.

SportVideoAlyssa Healy’s role in sensational Starc turnaround revealed

The retired Australian great isn’t just in South Africa to sink beer. She’s also joined her husband’s personal coaching team.

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Tahlia McGrath hopes a strong WBBL campaign for Adelaide can earn an Australia recall. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremium'A good problem': McGrath relishing WBBL opportunities

Adelaide Strikers captain Tahlia McGrath has outlined her WBBL hopes ahead of the start to the 12th edition of the competition.

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Marques Ackerman took advantage of Australia's decision to bowl first, making 95 in 94 balls. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumProteas reveal their verdict on Australia's toss call

Mitchell Starc's six wickets helped save Australia after the decision to bowl first, but South Africa have revealed they were surprised by the call.

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Mitchell Starc took 6-72 to keep Australia in contention in the third Test against South Africa. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumLate-night video show steeled Starc for six-wicket haul

Mitchell Starc expected to see an explanation for why his bowling felt off in a video session before Cape Town. But what he couldn't find aided him even more.

Scott Bailey

Sophie Devine has returned for her seventh Women’s Big Bash League season with Perth Scorchers.

CricketPremiumWhat brought Scorchers superstar back for 12th WBBL season

A burning desire to atone for a heavy defeat in last year’s Women’s Big Bash League final meant there was never any doubt Perth Scorchers superstar Sophie Devine would return for another season.

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Australia nearly blew their chances bowling first on a batting wicket.

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KEEP, BENCH, CUT: How fear nearly cost Aussies everything

Australia nearly blew their chances bowling first on a batting wicket, but some key mistakes from South Africa, good spin bowling and Mitchell Starc have kept the tourists alive in the Cape Town decider.

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Cooper Connolly has taken his maiden Test wicket.

Cricket‘That’s plumb’: WA young gun’s genius review for Test wicket

West Australian young gun Cooper Connolly has taken his maiden Test wicket on the first day in Cape Town as Australia claw their way back into the contest.

Aaron Kirby

Dilshan Madushanka celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Saad Baig, part of his career-best 5-34. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumSri Lanka thump Pakistan and eliminate England

England are out of the ODI tri-series final with a game to spare after a rejuvenated Sri Lanka routed Pakistan by eight wickets in Lahore to clinch their spot.

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Australia captain Pat Cummins (left) bowled first in Cape Town.

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Selectors’ domestic disdain causing on-field problems

The national selectors’ lack of confidence in the next men up for the Test team is spilling onto the field, with dire consequences after Pat Cummins’ shock toss call came back to bite.

Aaron Kirby

Abhishek Sharma has powered India to a series-clinching T20 victory in New Zealand. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumAbhishek ton flattens NZ as India seal T20 series

Abhishek Sharma's 35-ball century helped India beat New Zealand in the third T20I in Wellington ‌to seal the five-match series with two games to spare.

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Steve Smith has likely played his last game in Cape Town, where injury has sidelined him. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

CricketPremiumSmith's neck offers new morning of drama at Newlands

Eight years after his central role in the most dramatic day of Australian cricket this century, Steve Smith appears set to never play a Test at Newlands again.

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Cooper Connolly’s talent has proven to alluring for Australia’s selectors to ignore.

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Why Cooper’s Cape Town call-up is the ultimate compliment

In recent years, Australia’s Test selectors have been far more willing to give players 10 games too many than one too few — but Cooper Connolly’s prodigious talent has proven too alluring to ignore.

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Mitchell Starc is taking wickets.

Australian Cricket TeamVideoRECAP: Starc swings Australia back into match with six-fer

Australia has fought back from a terrible start and the Test match is now evenly poised after the first day. Recap the action from our blog.

Aaron Kirby

Mitchell Starc was the centre of celebrations after bowling Marco Jansen, one of his six wickets. (AP PHOTO)

CricketPremiumStarc heroics put Australia back in hunt in Cape Town

Mitchell Starc's six wickets have helped bowlSouth Africa out for 329 in the third Test at Newlands, after sending the Proteas in to bat on day one.

Scott Bailey

Faf Du Plessis has revealed South Africa alerted Super Sport to their suspicions of Australia ball-tampering during the infamous Sandpapergate of 2018.

SportVideoFormer South Africa captain reveals Proteas’ role in Sandpapergate

South Africa sounded the alarm on the infamous ball-tampering long before Cameron Bancroft was caught.

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Ines McKeon and Taneale Peschel are Perth Scorchers' final two signings for the upcoming WBBL season.

CricketPremiumTeenager, veteran fill Scorchers’ last two WBBL spots

Perth Scorchers have filled the final two spots on their Women’s Big Bash League by adding a pair of West Australians.

Josh Kempton

Joel Paris and Aaron Hardie will be sidelined by injuries for Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia.

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Prognosis of WA star’s hamstring strain revealed

Western Australia will be without a pair of stars for their trip to Adelaide to take on back-to-back reigning Sheffield Shield winners South Australia.

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The contrast between Khayelitsha and Newlands cricket ground in Cape Town is sharp. (HANDOUT/Catch Trust)

CricketPremiumHow cricket is changing Cape Town's poorest township

In the heart of Cape Town where the long-lasting impacts of Apartheid are still being felt, cricket is helping to try to create generational change.

Scott Bailey

Cooper Connolly is set to return to Australia’s Test side.

CricketConnolly IN for deciding Test as Aussies settle on changes

Australia have turned to Cooper Connolly as they look to secure a series win in South Africa, with the young West Aussie among three changes to the Test side.

Chris Robinson