🗞 Into the Record Books

Australia have pulled one back in the T20 series versus India to trail 2-1.

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Sport Journal
November 28, 2023

G'day sports fans,

🗓️ On this day:

  • 1981 Australian cricketer Greg Chappell scores 201 v Pakistan at The Gabba (Brisbane).

  • 2021 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Argentina and PSG forward Lionel Messi wins his record 7th award.

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🏏 Australia have pulled one back in the T20 series versus India to trail 2-1.

  • India posted 222-3 after being asked to bat first in the third T20 match at Guwahati.

  • Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his first international century off 52 balls.

By the time India had finished their innings, it felt as though the series as a competitive spectacle was about to come to an end.

At 134-5 it seemed close to a certainty.

However, a Glenn Maxwell special (104*) helped chase down 223 off the final ball. Australia needed 16 in the last 4 balls - Maxwell smashed 6,4,4,4 to win it.

⛹🏻‍♀️ Australia's elite net ballers continue to face uncertainty over their future, as the pay dispute between the Australian Netball Players' Association (ANPA) and Netball Australia drags on.

In a stoush that has been bubbling away since February, a new collective player agreement (CPA) is yet to be reached, with the previous settlement expiring on September 30.

In the absence of a new deal to replace the old one, all Super Netball players are out of contract with sparse job security and no wage for over eight weeks.

National players were sent a legal caution 2hrs before the Australian Netball Awards started, reminding them they were contractually obligated to attend. (Twitter)

SO satisfying!

🏏 Victorian batter Sam Harper blasted his way into the record books with a stunning century against South Australia.

The wicketkeeper has shown plenty of potential with some electrifying knocks in the BBL, but this was his crowning moment with Harper hitting the third-fastest century in Sheffield Shield history, bringing up the milestone off just 64 deliveries with his sixth six.

Match Report: Stumps: Victoria are 5-187.

🏉 Newcastle’s Jacob Saifiti has inked a three-year extension with the Knights, keeping him at the club until 2027. 

The 27-year-old enjoyed one of his best seasons statistically in 2023, running for 2464 metres, the best mark he’s set in his NRL career. 

Saifiti has played 142 games with the Knights, and will be hoping to add to his two appearances for NSW next season.

⛳️ ISPS Handa Australian Open

Last week's winner at Royal Queensland, Min Woo Lee ($5.0), attempts to make it a double celebration in New South Wales this coming week.

“Good enough to celebrate but not enough for a hangover, so I’m ready for this week.” - Lee

The world No 38 has won twice in his last four outings, although he missed the cut when competing in this event at The Australian in 2019.

  • For the second year in a row, Australia's national open will be co-sanctioned by both the DP World Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia;

  • Last year's tournament was held in Melbourne, while this year's action takes place in Sydney. And, once again, the tournament will be contested over two courses - The Australian and The Lakes;

  • The Australian, founded in 1882, is the oldest golf club in Australia and has twice been renovated by the hands of Jack Nicklaus.

The experienced Adam Scott ($11), who was sixth in last week's Australian PGA Championship, has posted four top-10s from his most recent seven starts.

These include a brace of T10s on the PGA Tour, as well as the prestigious Wentworth tournament during September.

The 43-year-old was a joint-runner-up when The Australian hosted the national open in 2015.

Four others to consider are Cameron Davis ($9), Lucas Herbert ($9), Marc Leishman ($15) and the lesser-known Ben Campbell ($61).

Davis, Herbert and Leishman were all top-10 finishers in Brisbane last week.

No player, during the last decade, has a course history at The Australian as good as Matt Jones ($34).

The 43-year-old from Sydney has twice won the national open at this venue, and has also finished second here.

Cameron Smith ($6.5) performed woefully at last week's Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane, but goes again in Sydney.

📺 12:00 Thursday - Australian Open, Round 1 (Fox Sports, GEM)

🏉 Any thought of Michael Cheika returning to coach the Wallabies appears to have been extinguished with a report from Argentina claiming he is poised to extend his time with Los Pumas.

Cheika is off contract after guiding Argentina to the semi-finals of this year's Rugby World Cup in France.

The original plan was for the Australian to hand the coaching reins to his assistant, Felipe Contepomi.

🇦🇺 Richmond has invited a pair of forwards, Kiwi Mykelti Lefau and East Perth’s Mitch Schofield, to train at Punt Road until at least Christmas in a bid for rookie list spots.

AFL Media reported Lefau and Schofield began training under Adem Yze on Monday morning as the Tigers began their pre-season.

At 195cm & 100kgs Lefau, who moved from Auckland to Melbourne in 2012 and once trained in Melbourne Storm’s NRL development program, played for Casey at VFL level pre-pandemic before joining the Tigers’ program in 2022.

He suffered an ACL tear after six games but returned this past June and played 11 VFL games.

🏏 Brisbane Heat will play Perth Scorchers for a spot in the Weber WBBL|09 final after cruising to a 44-run victory in the Eliminator over Sydney Thunder.

Robbie Williams paid tribute to his friend, Shane Warne,  during his concert at Melbourne 's AAMI Park.

🏀 LeBron James set the record for most minutes played in the NBA on the same night he suffered the heaviest defeat of his career.

James, 38, scored 18 points in the LA Lakers' 138-94 defeat by the Philadelphia 76ers.

He surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's league record of 66,297 minutes during the first quarter of the game.

James also surpassed Abdul-Jabbar's tally of 38,387 points in February to become the division's leading scorer.

⚽️ Arsenal are lining up a January move for Aston Villa's 25-year-old Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz, with 30-year-old Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey's Gunners future uncertain. Manchester City & Liverpool are also interested in Luiz.

🏈 The Panthers fired Frank Reich on Tuesday after just 11 games [1-10] as Carolina's downward spiral under owner David Tepper continues.

  • Reich's tenure is the second-shortest in NFL history for a head coach who coached a regular-season game. The 49ers fired Pete McCulley after a 1-8 start in 1978.

⚽️ The International Football Association Board announce that ‘sin-bins’ are going to be trialed at higher levels of football. Players punished for dissent would be temporarily removed from the match for 10 minutes.

🏏 Namibia have booked their spot at the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup after guaranteeing a top-two finish in African qualifying with a game to spare.

Next year's 20-team tournament in the United States and the West Indies will be Namibia's third consecutive appearance at the T20 World Cup.

💰 World number two Rory McIlroy has beaten Tiger Woods to the PGA Tour's US$15m prize for generating the most media interest in 2023.

Northern Ireland's McIlroy pipped the 15-time major winner to top spot on the tour's 'Player Impact Programme' (PIP).

The word is Tiger Woods who won it in 2021 & 2022 is hoping to play one tournament per month in the coming year as his latest comeback begins this week at the Hero World Challenge.

🏈 Catch of the year. Absolutely phenomenal - tip up and behind the back interception grab from Belleville High’s Adrian Walker Jr.

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