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Sean Abbott produced the finest all-round performance of his international career to lead Australia to a series-clinching victory over West Indies in the second ODI.
Sport Journal
February 04, 2024
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🏏 Sean Abbott produced the finest all-round performance of his international career to lead Australia to a series-clinching victory over West Indies in the second ODI.
Steve Smith's side never truly got going as they stuttered to 7-167 with 15 overs to go.
But Abbott harnessed his local knowledge with a fine rescue act, cracking his second ODI half-century in as many innings, with 69 from 63 balls lifted Australia to 9-258.
Abbott then struck early in the Windies chase, to help roll the visitors for 175 and wrap up a comfortable 83-run win and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Green's Inspector Gadget arms reel in another stunner
🏉 Cameron Munster has taken a cheeky jab at Storm head of football Frank Ponissi, describing him as "a little rat" after taking up a job with the NSW Blues.
🇦🇺 In exciting news for Tasmanian footy fans, they'll soon get to know all the details surrounding their new AFL team, to be launched into the league in 2028.
Acting club CEO Kath McCann declared that all the ins and outs of the team will be officially released next month.
“We’re going to find out the name, the colours, the foundation jumper, the logo and foundation membership. All of that is going to happen.”
⚽️ New Aston Villa goalkeeper Joe Gauci believes that a move to learn under World Cup winner Emiliano Martínez in a Premier League environment is the right step for his career as he pushes to supplant Maty Ryan as Australia's first-choice.
Gauci, 23, was officially unveiled as a Villa player on the final day of the transfer window, crossing over from Adelaide United on a deal worth a reported €1.5 million, plus add-ons -- a new Australian record.
🏀 New Zealand Breakers forward Anthony Lamb is feared to have suffered a torn Achilles that would rule him out for the remainder of the 2023-24 NBL season.
🤿 Li Shixin won a silver medal at the World Aquatics Championships in the men's one-metre springboard, his best performance yet in Australian colours at the age of 35.
⚽️ EPL WRAP: Arsenal reduced Liverpool's lead at the top of the Premier League to two points after a deserved victory in a tense encounter at Emirates Stadium.
Rasmus Hojlund made it four Premier League goals in as many games and Alejandro Garnacho scored twice as Manchester United recorded their biggest home league win of the season against West Ham (3-1).
Matheus Cunha scored a hat-trick as Wolves came from behind to stun Chelsea 4-1 and replace the Blues in the top half of the Premier League table.
Callum Hudson-Odoi's sublime strike earned Nottingham Forest a much-needed Premier League point at Bournemouth 1-1.
⛳️ The final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am remains delayed.
Wyndham Clark holds a one-shot lead over Ludvig Åberg after shooting a course-record 60 on Saturday. Jason Day is in the hunt 4 shots behind the leader
Dylan Frittelli won his first DP World Tour title in six years with a two-shot victory at the Bahrain Championship.
🏏 Spinners Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed helped England bowl out India for 255, with the tourists needing a record 399 to win with 2 days remaining in the second Test after Shubman Gill’s century. England were 1-67 at stumps.
Hall of Fame Jenga move
🏈 Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick wrote a heartfelt thank-you letter to fans that appeared in The Boston Globe.
"Nowhere in America are pro sports fans as passionate as in New England and for 24 years, I was blessed to feel your passion and power," - Belichick wrote. (ESPN)
⚽️ Kylian Mbappé has decided to join Real Madrid once his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires this summer, reported by Le Parisien.
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