David Warner has been handed the chance of a hoped-for Sydney Cricket Ground farewell after being named in Australia’s squad for the first of three home tests against Pakistan. If he hold his place for the second test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground starting on Boxing Day, Warner will be in line for his dream farewell on his home ground in Sydney from Jan. 3 to 7. Warner’s recent test form has been mixed and he has averaged 28 in test matches since the summer of 2019 when he made a triple century against Pakistan at Adelaide.
I am very much looking forward to the australian game on monday. i hope they do quite well. finally, i wanted to ask you about overall the tournament, given so many surprises, is this tournament living up to the hype? oh, i think so. i think so. because you want the women s game to be evaluated to the point where wherever someone is playing someone else on the field, your australians are playing well and holding up their end of the bargain as the host nation, one of the two hosts, i think that s what we want to see. we want to see countries investing in women s sport. and when they do that, around the world, many of these misogynistic, sexist nations, in terms of women s football, when they start to invest in the women s game, look what happens. and the fact that there are 32 teams, which is to the men s for the first time ever in this world cup, 16 making it through, the idea that you ve got
The latest. we begin this hour in melbourne, australia, where a clash of heavyweights is now underway at the women s world cup. team usa, the two-time defending champions are taking on sweden, the third-ranked team in the world. and this is a do or die match for both countries, with a spot in the quarter finals on the line. cnn s sports analyst christine brennan joins us now, live. good to have you with us, christine. this game just about to kick off or probably has just kicked off. it is a do or die game. and the last time the u.s. and sweden played, sweden won 3-nil, back in 2021. what needs to happen today for the u.s. team to win? lynda, the united states has to be basically a whole different team. the team that we saw during group stage, it just wouldn t be
To get through into the knockout stage in their first time, and germany going out, germany the number two ranked. right now in this match, it s number one, u.s., against number three, sweden, germany bng o out, all the upsets, those younger nations in the sense of it not being in world cups for as long as usa and sweden and others. and i think japan. they won the world cup in 2011, and they have looked just so technically efficient, as they usually are. they look like the team to beat. so i would say there s some surprises in the sense of teams that went home, another one, a perfect example of how the world has caught up, lynda. canada won the olympic gold medal just two years ago, literally, two years ago, right now in tokyo and the other day, they were eliminated by australia and sent home. so the olympic gold medallists didn t even make it to the final 16 in this tournament. and i have to say, i don t feel sorry for canada.
Well, a tight contest between two powerhouse teams is currently underway at the women s world cup in australia. team usa are facing world number three sweden. and as the first half ends, neither side has scored. the winner of this match will move on to the quarter finals. the loser, of course, will be eliminated from the tournament and sent home. we ll have much more on this match at the top of the hour with cnn this morning. well, after two years on the sidelines. simone biles triumphantly returned to competition saturday. and just like that, she won. at the core hydration classic outside of chicago, the 26-year-old superstar won the all-around, the floor routine, and the balance beam.