The finalists for this year’s The West Australian RAC WA Sports Star all have one thing in common - they’re yet to win the prestigious award.
Jordan McArdle
The selectors dropped Matthew Wade in the fallout from the 2-1 series loss to India at home. Should the next man in be another boom kid? Or is a wise old head the answer?
Sam Landsberger
Adam Voges will remain at the helm of WA’s state cricket team and the Perth Scorchers for at least the next three seasons, after signing an extension until the end of the 2023-24 season.
Bonnie Raynor
The 39-year-old Perth Scorchers veteran has been put in isolation after the positive result, his club Islamabad United said on Monday.
A Claremont-Nedlands run machine and former New South Wales quick have been included in WA’s Marsh One-Day Cup squad against South Australia on Tuesday.
The Clarkson man and self-confessed sports nut took out the Pick 11 major prize of $11,000, thanks to Watertown, after his team scored a whopping 10770 points across the eight-round fantasy comp.
Adam Voges will coach WA and the Scorchers for another three seasons with the WACA acknowledging that he is the best person to oversee the State’s major cricket teams.
John Townsend
As many as half a dozen West Aussies could feature in Australia’s series opener against New Zealand in Christchurch on Monday as selectors look to ‘information grab’ ahead of the T20 World Cup.
When Jhye Richardson last departed Asia, less than two years ago, he was forced to re-evaluate his career goals. So it’s only fitting the subcontinent will play a big part in his redemption story.
Chris Robinson
When Jhye Richardson’s life-changing moment arrived, the first thing WA cricket’s instant millionaire did was check the currency conversion.
Perth Scorchers speedster Jhye Richardson was rewarded for his brilliant Big Bash campaign, selling for $2.5M in tonight’s Indian Premier League auction. He was one of eight Aussies picked up.
The former WA and Perth Scorchers allrounder flew to the Apple Isle this week ahead of Tasmania’s Marsh One-Day Cup opener against Queensland on Tuesday.
Perth Scorchers coach Adam Voges is predicting a bidding war for star speedster Jhye Richardson in today’s Indian Premier League auction.
Former Australian speedster Mitchell Johnson has urged Indian Premier League franchises to swoop on Josh Inglis in Thursday night’s auction, but only if they’re planning on playing him.
Western Australia’s highly-anticipated 50-over title defence will get underway against Tasmania tomorrow, 367 days since they prevailed in the 2020 final. They’re coming up against a familiar face.
WA recruit Cameron Gannon was the unlikely batting hero in South Perth’s Premier Cricket Twenty20 final victory at the WACA Ground on Sunday night.
Andrew Tye reckons a couple of his emerging Perth Scorchers teammates could prove to be bargain buys in Thursday’s Indian Premier League auction.
From Batman to Terminator, Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings, several sequels have proven to be better than the original. Andrew Tye believes his cricket career falls in that category.
Beth Mooney believes Perth Scorchers teammate Taneale Peschel deserves to be in Australia’s Twenty20 squad for their tour of New Zealand next month.
Perth Scorchers’ attempt to chase a record fourth Big Bash League title next season has received a significant boost, with the re-signings of four big name players from their starting XI.
Beth Mooney recalled the moment she thought she’d lost Australia the Women’s T20 World Cup last year at the WACA Ground ahead of the release of The Record docu-series.
Former Perth Scorchers spinner James Muirhead has lashed at Heritier Lumumba and Collingwood after president Eddie McGuire stood down this week.
Mitchell Woodcock
Australia’s white-ball schedule is likely to determine the make-up of Perth Scorchers’ imports next summer.
The Perth Scorchers skipper is keen fill a middle-order role ahead of Australia’s Twenty20 series opener against New Zealand in Christchurch on February 22.
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