Warwickshire have signed Australia Test opening batter Jake Weatherald for the 2027 County Championship season. The 31-year-old has played six times for his country, making his debut in last winter’s Ashes series where he hit 201 runs, with a top score of 72 in Brisbane, as England were hammered 4-1. Weatherald joined Leicestershire for the
Building a global company from Australia has long meant juggling foreign bank accounts, waiting days for revenue to settle, and dealing with unnecessary currency conversions. That friction is now being tackled head-on. Stripe today launched Stripe Treasury in Australia at its annual Stripe Tour Sydney event. The product gives businesses a single platform to accept
Nathan McSweeney will miss the final three games of Northamptonshire’s County Championship Division Two season because he will be representing Australia A in India. The 27-year-old is Northants’ leading run-scorer in the Championship this season with 589 runs at an average of just under 50, hitting three centuries and two half-centuries. McSweeney will feature in
Former Australia batter David Warner has been fined A$1,500 (£1,109) and ordered to have an interlock device fitted on his car after pleading guilty to drink-driving in Sydney in April. The 39-year-old’s blood alcohol reading was more than twice the legal limit as he failed a random breath test when driving his family home from
A proposal slated by Pauline Hanson to allow Australians to withdraw more from their superannuation would “decimate” the retirement income of millions of Australians, Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned this morning. “[Superannuation] is a really important part of our economic security and retirement incomes for Australian workers,” Chalmers told Seven’s Sunrise. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.Alex Ellinghausen
Available for over a year Reaction as Bangladesh complete one of the greatest shocks in cricket history, beating the number-one ranked Test side in Australia for the first time by nine wickets. We hear from player-of-the-match Hasan Mahmud, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, Australia’s skipper Pat Cummins and also batter Steve Smith. Plus, analysis from
