41 h. ago Unfamiliar faces: who has a chance to shine for Australia at Champions Trophy? | Martin Pegan

Six players with minimal international experience are at the tournament in Pakistan and can expect to play a role Fewer than three months have passed since Australia’s Test team was seen to be in crisis as an ageing side that had shoehorned in a first debutant in almost two years was dismantled by India in Perth. A dramatic turnaround for a 3-1 series victory, followed by a clean sweep in Sri Lanka, went a long way to justifying selectors’ steadfast faith in the proven performers. Presenting baggy greens to five debutants across seven matches was an added bonus while suggesting the selectors might have had a much grander plan in mind all along.Planning around Australia’s white-ball sides has been much more haphazard. Opportunities have been handed out to emerging talents and second-stringers while frontliners have been on personal or parental leave, injured, or simply rested with eyes on bigger, more lucrative prizes. In the past 18 months alone, Australia blooded enough ODI players...

Politics

65 h. ago All the things announced by the Welsh Government in the 2025

More money has been added to the 'brighter' budget announced by Mark Drakeford with £120m additional spending planned for Wales

Politics

68 h. ago Welsh Government final budget expected to be passed by Senedd

The final budget is likely to pass with the help of Lib Dem Jane Dodds. It is expected to include changes and some extra money being announced

Politics

68 h. ago Labour secures backing for Welsh budget with final details set to be announced

Labour's final Welsh budget spending plans for 2025/6 are understood to have won the support of Lib Dem Jane Dodds. The new plans are expected to include changes and some extra money being announced

Politics

3 d. ago Criticism as Welsh Government puts less into legacy fund for women's football than men's

A legacy fund for the men's team after the World Cup was £1.8m, the equivalent for the women's team is £800,000

Politics

3 d. ago Council drops school music service cuts as final draft budget approved

The plans will go for final approval next week with other cuts still on the table

Culture

4 d. ago How Rachel Reeves' disastrous budget has put the 'final nail in the coffin' for hair salons

Hair salons are among those at risk after the country was hit by a 'wave of insolvencies', according to a report by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

Events

4 d. ago Ban on greyhound racing to come in ‘as soon as practicably possible’ in Wales

Huw Irranca-Davies, the deputy First Minister, announced the ban in the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on Tuesday.

Politics

4 d. ago Universities in Wales given £18.5m government handout amid 'significant financial challenges'

The Welsh Government has announced an extra £18.5m for universities and £500,000 to encourage higher-paying international students as institutions warn of huge deficits and cuts

Economics

4 d. ago People are so angry about a Lidl supermarket in this village, the Welsh Government may have to step in

Plans for a new Lidl near a Vale of Glamorgan village is subject to a holding direction, which means the Welsh Government may decide to have the final say on it

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