New South Wales

Australia call up Maddinson after cancer recovery

2 Oct 2026 01:07 AEST Summary

From the report

Australia have recalled Nic Maddinson for the first Test against South Africa after the New South Wales batter recovered from testicular cancer.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

BBC News (Australia) Australia call up Maddinson after cancer recovery plain
WAtoday Maddinson and Harper called into Test squad as Green injury confirmed plain
The West Australian Australia call in two bolters for Tests with star hurt plain
ABC News (Sport) Australia calls Maddinson and Harper into Test squad plain

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How it is written

Niral Score 5.5 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

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series4cancer3batting2capt2cover2cricket2finger2injury2made2played2recovery2scored2season2squad2testicular2

Sentiment -0.2 hostilefavourable Sourcing 50 unattributednamed sources Mood 57.4 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

How the article is written, not whether it is correct. How each is measured.

Measured on BBC News (Australia)’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
BBC News (Australia)as they published this story	5.5	4	50	-0.2	57.4
ABC News (Sport)	10	6	17	-0.4	53.6

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The same event elsewhere

6 other outlets filed this story. The scoreboard above is what they did differently.

WAtoday Maddinson and Harper called into Test squad as Green injury confirmed Niral 2.3 · calm political 0 The Age Maddinson and Harper called into Test squad as Green injury confirmed Niral 2.3 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times Maddinson and Harper called into Test squad as Green injury confirmed Niral 2.3 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Maddinson and Harper called into Test squad as Green injury confirmed Niral 2.3 · calm political 0 The West Australian Australia call in two bolters for Tests with star hurt Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 ABC News (Sport) Australia calls Maddinson and Harper into Test squad Niral 10 · calm political 0