Lisa Sthalekar, the international women’s cricketer of the year for the past two years, has started the 2008-09 season in the same form, leading Australia to successive wins over India in the first two of five one-day internationals being played in Sydney and Canberra.
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Bat all day, for openers
Sydney University openers Ed Cowan and Greg Mail are hoping for a long day at the office when they resume their innings against Gordon at University No.1 Oval on Saturday.
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Education retains the Interfaculty Sport Emily Small Shield
The Faculty of Education and Social Work retained the hotly-contested Emily Small Shield as the champions of the annual Interfaculty Sport competition for 2008.
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Sydney University Swim Club Achieves Gold Status
Sydney University Swim Club has achieved the prestigious Gold status for 2008 from the Australian Unity GO Club, becoming one of only seven clubs in NSW and 34 in Australia to receive the award this year.
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Compton ton cruels Students
Any hopes Sydney University had of taking points out of the two-day match against Western Suburbs at Pratten Park were buried when Nick Compton took strike at the start of the second day.
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World record to Jaukovic
Sydney University Sports Scholarship holder Matt Jaukovic broke the men’s 50m butterfly world record on Saturday night when he sizzled through the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre pool in 22.50 seconds.
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Flames take the hard road
The heat was on from the start when Sydney University headed to the far north for the first match of a Round 4 Women’s National Basketball League double-header, in Townsville on Friday night.
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Weekes on comeback trail
Sydney Olympic Games women’s water polo gold medallist Liz Weekes has returned to the sport and is in training to compete for her old club, Sydney University Lions, in the 2009 National League competition, beginning next February.
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Students collect bonus point
Sydney University collected a bonus point when they took just 37 overs to chase down the 172 set by Manly-Warringah in their 50-over fixture played at Manly Oval on Sunday.
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Flames capitalise on home court
ACUVUE Sydney University Flames coach Karen Dalton has worked overtime on her team’s defensive structure since the opening round of the 2008-09 Women’s National Basketball League competition and it paid dividends on Saturday night.