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Former Australia opener David Warner has pleaded guilty to a mid-range drink-driving offence in a Sydney court. The former cricketer will be sentenced on August 18 and faces a driving ban, fine and possible jail term under Australian traffic laws.

After recently ending his international career, the explosive opener is now free to focus solely on the Big Bash League

Rodrigues, who was noticed strumming her guitar on several occasions in the past, was seen playing this Arijit Singh’s song in her team bus.

An average audience of over 1.4 million watched the Sydney Sixers claim their third BBL title in thrilling fashion over the Perth Scorchers on Saturday night across Seven

Coulter-Nile is currently playing for Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Melbourne Stars. On Wednesday, Melbourne Stars suffered a five-wicket defeat after Renegades chased down the 159-run target.

"Melbourne Stars player Adam Zampa has been suspended for one KFC Big Bash League match after accepting a charge for an audible obscenity during his side's match against the Sydney Thunder on December 29,"

It has been harder than I thought, spending so much time in the hubs and bubbles, and I came to the realisation that it wasn't doing me much good

The 29-year-old first joined the Strikers in 2017 ahead of BBL season six, and already sits third on the run scorer tally with 1,163 runs from his 35 matches played, including one century and six half-centuries.

Perth will host five matches in January including four home games for the Scorchers while 11 games have been penciled in for Melbourne. Five of these will be held at Marvel Stadium, with six at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The duo has signed their first BBL contracts. Scott has most recently featured in each of South Australia's four Marsh Sheffield Shield rounds in Adelaide this season, with the highest score of 61 which saved the game against Victoria.

Banton and his Somerset teammate, allrounder Lewis Gregory, will both be involved with England's upcoming tour of South Africa which will see them miss the start of the BBL next month.

Having made his debut last year, the right-handed batsman scored 361 runs at a strike-rate of 164, smashing 45 boundaries and 12 sixes and registering four half-centuries during the campaign.

The 31-year-old has represented England in every format of the game having made his Test debut in 2012. Bairstow was representing SunRisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League

His availability will be determined on Australian selection in the Test squad for the series against India, with those Sixers players selected for the entire series likely to be available for the last three games of the regular season