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David Micheluzzi follows up a stunning display from his P6 Australian PGA Championship finish last week with the opening day lead at the Australian Open

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Last week, David Micheluzzi never looked out of place from start to finish in the Top 10 where he finished 6th in this year’s Australian PGA Championship at the Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane. Right now, he’s currently leading the Men’s tournament after Day 1 of the Australian Open. He collected a total of eight birdies with four each on the front & back nine in a total of 7 under 63.

Joining Micheluzzi, there’s a few other Aussies off to a early flyer in the Top half of the leaderboard other than Josh Geary who hails from New Zealand. There’s Matthew Griffin in Tied 2nd with Geary, as well as the likes of Connor McKinney, Zinko Garcia & Haydn Bannon all sharing the Tied 4th position alongside American Gunner Wiebe, Pierre Pineau from France & Denmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard. Plus, shoutout to the two Peters of Leonard & Cooke, as well as Cameron Percy, Harrison Endycott & Lucas Higgins where they too also justified their strong showings after the first day in T10 at -2.

The returning Lucas Herbert isn’t also far away from the front runners in T10 with an excellent front nine of four birdies at 2 under 70 – after he withdrew prior to Day 2 of the Australian PGA Championship last Friday due to a sore back. He still has unfinished business though going into Day 2 today – so he can try & get a good result here in the hope of not only cementing a Top 50 world rankings finish – but also see him qualify to play at The Masters in early next year in Augusta, Georgia (USA).

If that’s not enough, joint Australian PGA Championship runner-up Ryo Hisatsune from Japan joins Herbert in a crowded Tied 10th spot, while current Australian PGA Championship winner Cam Smith has plenty of catch up to do if he wants to complete the double crown here following a rough Day 1 yesterday in Tied 62nd at one over 71. The same goes with Min-Woo Lee & Jason Scrivener down in T33, as well as Adam Scott in T23 at 1 under 71.

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Test Cricket News: Marnus Labuschagne’s stellar knock accompanied by Steve Smith puts Australia closer to 300 on Day 1 of the 1st Test v West Indies

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What a way to wrap the first day back of the new Australian Test Cricket season here at Optus Stadium in Perth, as Australia will pick up on Day 2 at 293-2 v West Indies.

Yes, the start has been been shaky having won the toss & chose to bat first when Dave Warner was clean-bowled early by Jayden Seales, while Usman Khawaja wasn’t bad as the other left-hand opener that helped Australia get the ball rolling until he was caught behind on 65 by Joshua Da Silva off Kyle Mayers. 

However, Marnus Labuschagne – who is our main man right now – has been exceptional all along since he came in after Warner’s early dismissal at No.3. 

Not only he got away with a half-century but also converted into a century before he’s still standing right now, having just got past the 150 mark on 154* runs not out off 270 balls. So much class there from a player who continues to make the first-drop role on his own – which has been happening for the last three years since he was thrown at the deep end after Steve Smith’s concussion at the time v England (away).

Speaking of Smith, he too played a supportive role of Labuschagne & also Australia’s turnaround during the second half of Day 1 with a 50 for himself. He will look to try and convert into another Test 100 on 59* not out off 107 balls. 

So staying a bit longer in the middle to see both Smith & Labuschagne a 100 & 200 respectively would be nice to declare Australia’s first-innings spell, before they delcare at some point on Day 2 & bring the bowlers in to do damage so they’re a few steps ahead towards wrapping up this Test match 1-0.

Meanwhile, West Indies have been stuck in a rut ever since they got away with Warner earlier yesterday. Splitting the Labuschagne-Smith stand would brighten up the start of Day 2 after a much-needed rest overnight, but then they will need to dig deeper when WI look to bowl them all out first ASAP before they will get tested with the bat where is the jury is on them to match & better Australia’s 1st innings scorecard.

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Main Event Cameron Smith is your Australian PGA Championship winner for the third time after a long day today through two rain delay hold-ups at the Royal Queensland Golf Club

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Here it is…Cameron Smith is your main man this year in the Australian PGA Championship for the third time (2017, 2018 & 2022) after an stellar Day 4 shift of three under 68, even though there were two rain delays in between throughout today at the RQGC in Brisbane. 

Love the way how Cam responded after that bogey on the Par 3 11 when he executed his 2nd out of nowhere that led into a birdie on the Par 4 12th – before he made a few more including a consecutive birdie on the 13th – and kept himself at bay right until the very end in which was enough to take home the Joe Kirkwood Cup. 

Then we go a bit further down the leaderboard where Jason Scrivener was back in the hunt at one point earlier today, but then his unfortunate hit & misses on the Par 3 17th when he was a shot away from Smith beforehand on the tee at ultimately saw him settle for 2nd best at four under 67. The same goes with Min-Woo Lee who just couldn’t find something special on the back nine after a good start with back-to-back birdies, as Min-Woo finished in Tied 4th alongside John Parry (England). 

Looking further on Parry, he started Day 4 on Tied 20th before he made a huge turnaround, especially when he wrapped things up well on the back nine that saw him left the RQGC by only five shots behind Smith at six under 65 today.

It’s also good to see a trio of Japanese competitors finish within the Top 10-11 mark. Although Masahiro Kawamura slipped away from the Top 3 thanks to his struggles on the back nine that eaten up more shots at of over one 72, but he‘s not a bad player nonetheless when he was a decent threat back on Day 2 & 3. We also covered briefly about another two players to watch from Tied 11th in Ryo Hisatune & Takumi Kanaya; they too ended up on a high with Ryo as joint runner-up alongside Scrivener, as well as Kanaya who capped off a consistent weekend run of 69 strokes in Tied 7th. 

And shoutout to the ever-consistent David Micheluzzi who stayed in the Top 10 all along from around 8-10th to 6th; he’s now ready to do some damage at the Australian Open in a few days time at Kingston Heath in Cheltenham, Victoria.

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Day 3 of this year’s Australian PGA Championship changed everything with Cameron Smith now as leader despite a mixed day today

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Well, moving day of this year’s Australian PGA Championship has dramatically shaken up the leaderboard going into the final Day tomorrow at the Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane. Cam Smith is your leader right now at -11 despite four bogeys on the 9th & back nine; plus a couple of visits outside the putting green today alongside six birdies sandwiched in between on two under 69.

Just behind Cam by three shots is a pair of Internationals in China’s Yan Wei Liu who nearly sinked a hole-in-one Par 3 11th & Masahiro Kawamura from Japan as they’re both currently in Tied 2nd (-8), while Min Woo Lee & Brad Kennedy are back in the hunt in Tied 4th (-7) following their respective inconsistent Day 2 scores yesterday, especially when Min-Woo was extremely good on the front nine with four birdies.

Joining Min-Woo & Brad is Jake McLeod where he was exceptional as always since his rapid rise from T40 to the Top 3-5 yesterday. Although Day 1 & 2 leader Jason Scrivener may have endured a tough day in the office today with only back-to-back birdies on the 17th & 18th on top of five bogeys, but he’s out of the race just yet alongside Min-Woo, Brad & Jake. The same can be said for Cameron John when his score today of three over 74 saw him slip down from Top 3 to Tied 11th.

There’s also a couple players who emerged as of late starting with Spaniard Alfredo Garcia-Heredia in Tied 8th (-6) following his Day 3 rebound at four under 67; So does Scott Hend and David Micheluzzi where they both never looked out of place going into the final day inside the Top 10 alongside Garcia-Heredia, as they hope to wrap up on a high note.

And if that’s not enough, look out for Sam Brazel (T11), Scott Strange & Cameron Davis (both T15) as outsiders not far away from the Top 10, as well as another Japanese pair of Takumi Kanaya & Ryo Hisatsune (both T11).

Who will take home the Joe Kirkwood Cup & the $2 million prize money tomorrow? Will it be one of the local boys, another Aussie from another State or will it be an International player this time since Harold Varner III (USA) in 2016? We’ll wait & see.

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Jason Scrivener stays on top after Day 2 of the 2022 Australian PGA Championship with a pair of Camerons in Smith & John, as well as few International competitors sniffing around his radar

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Jason Scrivener is still your leader by himself this time at -10 following Day 2 of this year’s Australian PGA Championship at the Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane. He too never looked out of place of four under 67 today when Scrivener kept it up with plenty of pars, as well as four birdies on the front nine & Hole 12 with no bogeys at all.

But he will need to be aware of current British Open champion Cam Smith right behind him in 2nd at -9. Cam not only continued to be consistent on the front nine, but his improved progress of a whopping eight birdies including another the back nine that helped him work his way through the field of six under 65.

There is not only one Cameron fighting for the title, but there’s also another in Cameron John who is currently in Tied 3rd at -8. He may have fired off slow on Day 1 yesterday before he turned around with seven birdies including three on the back nine also with today’s score of six under 65.

Then we have a mix of International players looking to split Smith & Scrivener up top. We’ll start off with Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura where he played really well after an improved Friday run of five under 66 that helped him soar in Tied 3rd alongside Cam John. So does the likes of Adrian Meronk from Poland, China’s Yan Wei Lou & Spaniard Alejandro Canizares who are all currently in Tied 5th at -7.

Plus, don’t write off a some domestic stars such as Anthony Quayle and NZ’s Denzel Ieremia also in Tied 5th despite their respective scores today of 69 from 66 and 68 from 67. The same goes with Min Woo Lee & Adam Scott when both players may have came off their disappointing spells today; Although Scott sinked a nice long range putt birdie on the Par 3 17, but there’s still two days left for both players to rebound.

And we won’t see Jed Morgan defend his title in T78 following another sub-par score of three over 74 that saw him miss the cut, as well Lucas Herbert – who pulled out prior to Day 2 due to a sore back – as he looks to recover in time for next week’s Australian Open. 

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A three-way tie for the lead between Min-Woo Lee, Jason Scrivener & John Lyras after Day 1 of the 2022 Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane

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Well, it was such a competitive first day of this year’s Australian PGA Championship where there were plenty of contenders in the mix at the Royal Queensland Golf Club in Eagle Farm, Brisbane. 

The likes of Min Woo Lee, Jason Scrivener and John Lyras are all sharing top spot right now at six under 65. All three players kept up the consistency, especially on the front nine with plenty of pars, seven birdies and just one bogey.

Looking at outside the Top 3, Adam Scott may have been a bit inconsistent with back-to-back bogeys on Holes 4-5 on the front nine – but he wrapped his shift really well in Tied 4th right now even though the early wake-up alarm was stressful just like how Min-Woo flew straight here to Brisbane from Dubai two days ago – with three straight birdies between holes 16-18 at five under 66. 

Joining Scott is Anthony Quayle – who made some sensational shots here & there – especially when he nearly sinked a hole in one on the Par 3 at Hole 4 before Quayle scored an eagle from the bunker on a Par 5 at the 7th hole. Now he hopes to improve on the back nine going into Day 2 tomorrow; The same goes with Brad Kennedy and South Korea’s Jeungjun Wang.

Meanwhile, World No.3 Cam Smith is back following his breakthrough major win at the British Open in St. Andrews, Scotland a few months ago. He got away well with a 1st hole birdie followed by a couple more on Holes 6-7 & 9, but again Cam needs to bridge the consistency towards the back nine as he’s currently Tied 14th at three under 68.

And World No.55 Lucas Herbert endured a tough Day 1 on T91 at plus one 72. He may have fixed the 6th hole on Par 4 from just outside the putting green with a birdie  – but there’s still lots of work to do if he wants to continue his title hunt here going into this weekend’s final two rounds that could hopefully see him return to The Masters in Augusta, Georgia early next year. 

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IT IS COMING HOME FOR ENGLAND AFTER AN AMAZING CAMPAIGN

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By Shenol.M.Wilson

Sundays are always special, but this Sunday was amazing as it was a day to remember for all the cricket lovers all around the world. Destiny was on stake again for the founders of cricket England and Asian Green Army Pakistan as they were all set to face on the big stage of ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Over 80,000 crowd were all fired up for the big occasion at MCG.

Winning the most important toss, England Captain, Joss the Boss decided to put Pakistan into bat. It was a tricky pitch to start with as bowlers were able to produce enough swing going into it.Pakistan had a slow start as usual as they were able to produce 29 runs opening partnership by taking almost 5 overs. Sam Curran and Adil Rashid was able to take some early wickets by making the enthusiastic Pakistan fans silent. Pakistan middle order batsmen Shan Masood and Shadab Khan tried to up the anti with their quick knocks of 38 runs from 28 balls and 20 runs from 14 balls. At one stage they were just 121-4 after 16.2 overs but ended up by only making 137 runs after the 20 overs by loosing 8 wickets. England bowlers were exceptional at the death to limit them for such a low score as Sam Curran produced a life time spell of 3 for 12 runs in his 4 overs and Chris Jordan was able to get 2 for 27 by helping him. Spin Master Adil Rashid was also able to produce another exceptional figures of 2 for 22 runs.

Moving into the more important chase, Pakistan brutal pace attack didn’t give the England openers to freely swing as they did in India match as Shaheen Afridi sent back Man of the Match of last match, Alex Hales into the pavilion when score was only 7 on board. It was a struggle for the English Batsmen from the beginning as Pakistan Pace bowlers bowled exceptionally well. At one stage it was 45 for 3 in the brink of power play. However, ever reliable Ben Stokes had other ideas as he was able to anchor the innings with a brilliant knock of 52 runs from 49 balls by playing according to the situation. Harry Brook and Moeen Ali gave him a proper support by scoring 20 runs and 19 runs respectively. At one stage Pakistan was almost there to take the upper hand, but knee injury for their star bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi hindered there hopes.

Ben stokes was able to execute the well-deserved winning runs off his bat as they got their hands into the second T20 World cup and got crowned as the current Champions of  both 50 Overs and T20 World Cups. Player of the Final was Sam Curran and without any doubt he was able to get the player of Series award as well in such a young age. It was an amazing world cup with lots of ups and downs which were full of upsets. After all, the trophy is coming home for England and party is yet to begin.

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Unpredictable Pakistan gets them closer to a cricketing miracle 

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By Shenol.M.Wilson

It was an another beautiful day on Sydney as destiny was on stake for both Pakistan and New Zealand. Going on to the match New Zealand were absolute favourites being the table toppers on group A by only losing to England. Pakistan had a funny but interesting story on the other side as they were only able to win 3 matches out of 5 coming into the semis.

Going on to the start, New Zealand Captain cool Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bat first inorder to get the maximum out of the conditions.SCG was a bat first and win ground so far in most of the matches played in this World cup and it was always a plus for the Kiwis. 

Unfortunately the New Zealand openers were not able to stand there for so long as ever reliable Shaheen Afridi showed Finn Allen the way back to the pavilion as he was dismissed for 4 runs. His partner Conway and Captain Williamson were able to build up some sort of a partnership before Conway was run out for 21 with a magnificent fielding effort by Shadab Khan. 

Daryl Mitchell was the highest scorer for Kiwis as he was able to get a score of 53 from just 35 balls by maintain an excellent strike rate of 151.Kane Williamson did his duty as usual before he was dismissed for 46 runs. Shaheen Afridi was the highest wicket taker for Pakistan as he produced a brilliant bowling spell of 2 for 24. Wonderful fielding effort by the Pakistani players were a highlight in the inning as it was able to save lots of runs for them. New Zealand ended up at 152 at the end of their 20 overs by loosing just 4 wickets.

Discussing about the second inning, it was a perfect score to chase for the Babar-Rizwan combo who are sometimes bit slow at the start. It was definitely there day as Babar Azam was dropped by Conway in the first ball he faced. They were able to build up hundred runs partnership thereafter by making the chase so easy to go on with. 

Mohammad Rizwan was able to get a brilliant score of 57 as his captain and partner Babar Azam was able to get back into the form after a while with 53 runs. Trent Boult bowled his heart out as always as he was able to get 2 wickets for 33 runs while completing his spell. After the dismissal of Babar and Rizwan, youngster Mohamad Haris completed the ending of the chase with quick 30 runs from just 26 balls.

Finally, this wonderful win from Pakistan team who were down and out after their first two league stage matches have shown us the way to realize everything is possible if you believe in yourself. They will meet the winner of the second semifinal tomorrow which will be played between England and India. If Pakistan are going to be the winners on Sunday, it will surely be one heck of a tournament with all the ups and downs we had so far. However, it won’t be that easy with their arch rivals India or the English men on a roll who will try to get their hands into the trophy.

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Rashid Khan’s illustrious show with the bat almost crushed Australia after a narrow loss for Afghanistan but Australia’s semi-final hopes rely on Sri Lanka beating England

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Today, we are describing fantastic news about the post-game match Report between Australia v Afghanistan that will prove very informative. Let’s start reading now! Glenn Maxwell made outstanding efforts in a half-century to reach Australia’s semifinal. However, Afghanistan’s outstanding performance makes Australia’s success hopes to an end. Rashid Khan at Adelaide Oval was afraid to host the team from his magic performance.

Reigning champions Australia must get their rivals to 106 runs or less to surpass England’s net run rate. Before England’s performance, Sri Lanka is in their final team play on Saturday.

The hosts reach 168 for eight from their 20 overs on the behind off Maxwell’s innings. Later, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi got five wickets between them to control their rivals. It appeared challenging for the match.

The Black Caps’ 89-run triumph in their first encounter proved so expensive to Australia’s championship campaign that New Zealand had already secured a spot in the semifinals. Australia was required to defeat Afghanistan by over 185 runs to surpass their NRR. 

Currently, Sri Lanka must defeat England in a shock result for Australia to advance. If England triumphs, they will meet New Zealand in the following round.

While scoring 169, Gulbadin Naib and Ibrahim Zadran put up a third-wicket partnership of 59 runs. However, Australia regained the initiative with four wickets in nine deliveries, two of which fell to Adam Zampa in his final over. 

Rashid scored an undefeated 48 off 23 balls at the end of the game. As he terrifying the packed house. While cheering his followers at the place he refers to as his “second home.” Still, Australia was capable of staying on and triumphing by four runs.

Controversial call

 A very harsh puzzle occurs as Mitchell Starc declares to away from their line-up. Aaron Finch and Tim David were changed from Cameron Green and Steve Smith less contentiously as both could not recover sufficiently from spasticity problems.

Afghanistan’s opening batsman was at the center of controversy in the first over. 

The bowler Josh Hazlewood struck with his first delivery. He was taking out the batsman with a sharp bouncer that caught him on the head. He was replaced by Pat Cummins and reportedly hurt his shoulder when he collided with Gurbaz in the running after hitting the ball.

Maxwell, Marsh Outstanding Performance

Mitchell Marsh had been on the receiving end of a barrage from Cameron Green and David Warner in the third over. But he was back at the crease in the fourth. He appears to bat with his team trailing by 20 runs and is determined to make a difference.

He starts slowly, carving Gulbadin at slip for four before catches at mid-on by Najibullah Zadran off Gulbadin with 19 runs on board. However, he soon found himself in trouble again. He dismisses Gurbaz with a top-edge straight over his head for a catch by Mujeeb Ur Rahman at cover point.

Afghani wrecking ball touch

With three wickets in four balls, Naveen Chandra’s performance was pivotal in putting a lid on an Australian side needing as big a total as possible to help their troubled title ambitions.  Then, Gurbaz Ahmed’s bright start and Gulbadin Naib’s determined innings before an excellent Maxwell throw from midwicket ran him out.

Afghanistan is within touching distance of the magical 106-run total that would have helped Australia’s NRR comparison with England considerably. When Afghanistan went from 98 for 2 to 99 for 5 and 103 for 6, they were still shy of the mark.

It’s a good week to be a T20I fan. First, the Adelaide Strikers’ Rashid Khan smashed his career-best T20I score, smashing four sixes in two balls off Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Starc over deep midwicket and long-off. It was that kind of T20 Cricket World Cup: explosive, high-scoring, and full of star power. Afghanistan’s bowling attack appears to have been swapped out for another set of explosive attacks.

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Gold Trip supercharged his way on the front straight with the 2022 Melbourne Cup win at Flemington Racecourse

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How good was that finish right on the front straight for the 2022 Melbourne Cup trophy, as Gold Trip just took home the ultimate prize alongside at Flemington Racecourse.

The first half was quiet before gradually building up the hype when Smokin’ Romans fired off well ahead of the entire field through the opening stretch, before Serpentine took over top spot and stayed there for the majority between the first two corners and the backstretch.

By the time we entered the 2nd half distance, more and more new contenders entered the mix for the run towards the Melbourne Cup trophy going into the final stretch. Tralee Rose, Knights Order & Deauville Legend ended Serpentine’s time up top at Turns 3 & 4, while Smokin’ Romans briefly regained the lead in a bid to take home the $8 million AU prize. 

But at the end of the day, this year’s Cup race belongs to Gold Trip where he made the winning move past Deauville Legend with 250 metres to go and he has done it after Gold Trip crossed the finish line in 1st.

What a day for owners/trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, as well as jockey Mark Zahra for the Gold Trip organisation who hails from France; We saw 22 riders in the running earlier this afternoon for the race that stops the nation, with most of the field came from outside of Australia.

For now, we have two huge Melbourne Cup Carnival events on display at Flemington before the 163rd Melbourne Cup edition returns here in a year’s time: Oaks Day on Thursday and Stakes Day this Saturday.

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