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Draft explainer: How clubs will sign overseas stars in BBL|12 The Melbourne Renegades have earned the coveted first pick in the inaugural BBL overseas player draft after being drawn first in the league’s weighted lottery. Last season’s Wooden Spoon had a 50 per cent chance of getting the number one pick and holding off the Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat in the first of two lotteries held at Cricket Australia’s Melbourne headquarters on Wednesday. The Stars pulled out second leaving the Heat with a third pick. But the biggest surprise came in the second draw for picks four to eight, with the Sydney Sixers – who had just a 13 per cent chance of receiving the fourth pick after being runners-up last summer – pulled out next. The Adelaide Strikers received pick five, which looks set to be used to defend Afghan superstar Rashid Khan, with reigning champions Perth Scorchers – who have only one entry in the second lottery – taking pick six ahead of the Sydney Thunder who will pick seventh.

The Queen allegedly said “thank goodness Meghan didn’t come” to the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral, according to an unnamed source cited in a new book. Tom Bower biographer’s latest book – Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors – being serialized on Time and Sunday Time and includes controversial claims. An excerpt published in Saturday’s newspaper indicated that the Queen was relieved that Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, then seven months pregnant, would not attend her husband Philip’s funeral on April 17 last year. For more news and videos related to the Royal Family, check out the Royal Family >> “‘Thank God Meghan isn’t coming’, the king said in a clear voice to his trusted aides,” the book says. Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the story. However, a source close to the Queen questioned whether she would be thinking about anything other than Philip on the day of the funeral. An unflattering new nickname has been given to Meghan Markle Big new re

Among all the comments that came out of the Wallabies after their second Test loss in Brisbane last weekend – they missed crashes, too many self-plagued, misguided lineouts – there was one key underlying message. Key points: Australia lost the second Test in Brisbane due to their inability to close the game Improving their discipline will be crucial because of England captain Owen Farrell’s goal kicking prowess The return of Queensland striker Harry Wilson should give the Wallabies an extra dimension of attack Australia just didn’t have enough patience to last longer than a dodgy England side who, through Owen Farrell’s boot, only managed to stay ahead the entire game. As a result, when they returned in the first game of a draw in Perth, they couldn’t be in Brisbane — all because of their own faults they made in the face of relentless pressure from an England team desperate to break records. losing four times in a row. There’s not even a pattern to it. It started with a toppled lineo

A worker at an outsourcing firm Qantas has registered to replace Aussie staff has claimed the national carrier lost ‘one in 10’ baggage bags – although the company vehemently denies that figure. The ‘spirit of Australia’ was brought to justice by the Transport Workers Union in late 2020 when it was ruled that the airline had illegally fired nearly 2,000 baggage handlers, cleaners and ground staff before shifting their jobs to foreign-owned providers including Swissport. The Swiss company has since been forced to seek employment firms, some of which are not aviation-specific, to manage worker shortages for Qantas and Jetstar flights – a decision that infuriated company staff who accused them of being poorly trained and up to 10 percent of all misplaced luggage. “I would tell everyone, don’t check-in bags when you fly with Qantas now, or even better if you can avoid it, don’t fly Qantas at all,” an anonymous Swissport worker told The Guardian. A Swissport baggage clerk who works at