Is New Zealand’s fate to be forever the not quite team?
Cricket: Where’s Cozzie?
May 1, 2013 by 2 Comments
Rob McLean wonders whether there is a place for a 28 year-old stroke-maker with a love of all things crumbed in both the Australian and South Australian teams (or at least squads).
Ten random, frustrating, useless yet altogether important questions from the world of sport and music
April 29, 2013 by 5 Comments
The first few rounds of AFL, the pending Ashes tests and other observations from the sporting and music landscape have provoked a series of questions that I hope Almanac readers have answers to.
Plenty to like about the Ashes squad
April 26, 2013 by 10 Comments
Previous Ashes squads have upset Luke Reynolds – the omissions of Mike Whitney and Dean Jones were shattering – but he says there is much to like about the 2013 squad.
Rotation, rotation
April 23, 2013 by 10 Comments
Bernard Whimpress gives the national selectors something to think about before they choose their squad for the Ashes.
All Girls Twenty20 a huge hit in Jamestown helping kids with cancer
April 9, 2013 by 1 Comment
There’s never a dull moment at Vic Park, Jamestown in South Australia’s Mid-North. James Lang was there (as usual).
Scenes from Silly Point
March 30, 2013 by 4 Comments
Mickey Randall tells the tale of a cricket game on a hot afternoon on the Yorke Peninsula.
Answers to the pre-Ashes quiz
March 28, 2013 by 5 Comments
All players will be required to answer a simple multiple choice questionnaire before the Ashes? It is therefore fortuitous for the players (especially Watto) that the answers to this quiz have been slid under the door at the offices of the Footy Almanac.
It wasn’t meant to end like this
March 26, 2013 by 3 Comments
It wasn’t meant to end like this, not in the game Luke Reynolds had played in his head many times leading up to the South West Cricket Association Division 1 Grand Final.
Where have you gone Australian leadership, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you
March 22, 2013 by 24 Comments
We have a cricket team led by Watson and a country led by Gillard. In the words of Marvin Gaye (no, not that bit about needing sexual healing), “What’s going on?”
An early Easter miracle: the potential (and frightening) resurrection of Shane Watson
March 19, 2013 by 10 Comments
Maybe it is the impending arrival of Easter, however the death and resurrection of Shane Watson in the last week has been one of truly miraculous proportions.
Within reach of the Hill of content
March 14, 2013 by 26 Comments
This weekend, the Clifton Hill 4th XI, of which Gigs is a regular member, will take on Wyclif in the Grand Final of the Merrell Shield. He doesn’t know who Merrell is or was but he does want his shield.
Cricket’s Test
March 13, 2013 by 14 Comments
The understanding of cricket is lost. Sadly, instinct in cricket (maybe most sports) is dead, writes Dips.
India – the undisciplined story
March 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
A leaked email has revealed the extent of recent fines coach Mickey Arthur has slapped on the Australian side.
Dear Mickey, I’m feeling unwell
March 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli has submitted his wellness report to Mickey Arthur.
Test suspensions – a classic example of logic vs emotion in following sport
March 12, 2013 by 3 Comments
The homework ban represents the classic dilemma of sport, where logic and emotion clash. Sean Curtain is a man divided.
Down wiv Skool – my letta to Selektaz
March 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
Watto tells his side of the story.
Time-poor parents and their influence on cricket participation
March 12, 2013 by 8 Comments
When talking to parents about a decline in cricket participation, there is a common thread of what is good for the parent being a decision making factor. Parents are saying that the impact on their weekends is a significant factor.
Victorian cricketer? You’re out!
March 7, 2013 by 6 Comments
The Victorian cricket squad holds a remarkable statistic – it contains four players who are not in the current Test team who have played one Test – Maxwell, Hastings, McKay and Rogers.
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