There’s a set formula for writing hackneyed cricket headlines that goes as follows:
“{Subject} hits {players name} for {six} or {actual figure based on the story}.”
You can alternate that with a passive voice format for variety. But very rarely should you ever leave that trusty formula completely. Unless you want to be interesting and engaging.
Case in point: CA hits Symonds for $4000
Ok, so I may be exaggerating- the SMH to its credit doesn’t have a whole lot of those. At the moment. But it’s such cliched headline writing.