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08 Jan 2022

BBL: All clubs to be based in Victoria, check updated schedule HERE

Changes to the schedule have been made to prioritise the health and safety of all players, match officials, staff, fans, and the wider community. These changes will also provide greater flexibility and operational efficiency for the League and Clubs.

29 May 2021

Australia's Victoria reports five COVID-19 cases amid lockdown

Australia's Victoria state reported five new local COVID-19 cases on Saturday amid a strict lockdown. The infections bring the latest cluster to 35, but the number of exposure sites visited by the infected people has expanded to more than 150. Victoria went into the weeklong lockdown on Thursday night, the state`s fourth in the pandemic, forcing residents to remain at home.

24 Sep 2020

A look at Dean Jones' journey from ex-Australian cricketer to commentator

Jones, a stylish batsman and a gritty Victorian, also donned the hat of a coach from 2016 to 2019 besides serving as a commentator and writer. Between 2016 to 2019, Jones served as a mentor to Islamabad United and Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League. Jones was in a bio-secure bubble in Mumbai to fullfil his committments for the host broadcasters in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

06 Sep 2020

Australia's COVID-19 epicentre Victoria extends hard lockdown

Australia`s coronavirus hot spot state of Victoria on Sunday extended a hard lockdown by two weeks to the end of September as infection rates have declined more slowly than hoped. State Premier Daniel Andrews on Sunday extended the hard lockdown, in place since August 2, to September 28 with a slight relaxation. Melbourne`s stage 4 restrictions, which had been due to end on Sept. 13, shut most of the economy, limited people`s movements to a 5-km (3-mile) zone around their homes for one hour a day and imposed a night time curfew.

02 Aug 2020

Australia's Victoria declares disaster, sets curfew to curb COVID-19

Australia`s Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID-19. Melbourne, Australia`s second-largest city, has struggled to rein in the disease, with record numbers of infections of the new coronavirus reported last week. On Sunday, Victoria reported 671 infections, one of its highest, and seven COVID-19 deaths.

Cricket Australia

17 Apr 2020

Australia’s Simon Fry, John Ward retire from elite umpiring

Cricket Australia Head of Cricket Operations, Peter Roach, congratulated the two umpires on behalf of the entire Australian cricket community.

03 Jun 2019

1st all-electric police car hits Australia roads

The fully electric 'Tesla Model X' will perform highway patrol operational duties as part of a feasibility study into using more 'intelligent vehicles' for policing, Xinhua news agency reported.

17 Mar 2019

We played more cricket than current generation, says Shane Warne

Warne refused to buy the argument that players nowadays don't find time to work on their game.

01 Mar 2019

Injured Tim Paine to miss Tasmania's Sheffield Shield match against Victoria

In Paine's absence, Tasmania skipper Matthew Wade is likely to don the gloves in the upcoming game against Victoria beginning in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Sheffield Shield

23 Dec 2018

Don't get fooled by grass on MCG pitch: Australia opener Marcus Harris

Harris cited the example of a Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and New South Wales on the same pitch, where he thought the match would be over in "a day and a half" but ended up raising an unbeaten 250.

29 Oct 2017

8 wickets in 10 balls! Nick Gooden does the unthinkable

19 Jul 2017

Australian state prepares for drought after driest June

According to a new threshold introduced by Premier Daniel Andrews, Victoria begins preparations for drought when dams sink to 60 per cent full, compared to the previous threshold of 54.1 per cent.

In vitro fertilization

12 Jul 2017

IVF children just as healthy as their peers – Physically, mentally and emotionally

The study, which is a world-first and compiled by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), found that IVF children were healthy physically, mentally and emotionally by the time they reached school age.

Japanese Encephalitis

22 Jun 2017

Australian man dies after catching Japanese encephalitis in Thailand – How to recognise JE symptoms

The 60-year-old Victoria state resident contracted Japanese encephalitis (JE) while on a 10-day holiday in Phuket in May, reports Xinhua news agency.

12 Jun 2017

Australian police arrest man for allegedly supplying gun in deadly Melbourne attack

Victoria state police said in a statement on their website that the man had been charged with four offences and would appear in court on June 14.

Commonwealth Bank

18 Nov 2016

Twenty hurt after man sets fire to Australia bank

More than 20 people were hurt today, some seriously, after a man apparently set fire to a branch of the Commonwealth Bank in Australia, police said.

02 Sep 2016

Australia's oldest surviving Test player Len Maddocks dies

He played 112 first-class matches, representing Victoria and Tasmania.

07 Aug 2016

Recently-developed 4D technology may aid treatment for lung ailment, reveals research

A team of Australian researchers have come up with a four-dimensional lung scanning technology that can transform treatment for respiratory problems.

06 Aug 2016

Man arrested in Australian counter-terror raids

Australian police arrested a 31-year-old man on Saturday in counter-terror raids in southern Victoria state, saying they believed they had interrupted something "quite serious".

03 Mar 2016

Vatican cardinal denies attempts to cover up child sex abuse

A high-ranking Vatican official said on Wednesday he should have done more to stop the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, acknowledging that he was told of at least one priest "misbehaving" with boys at an Australian school.

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