SCG Test, Australia v India – Day Four: Wee Joe Burns Day

For Bob Utber, the SCG Test is all set for a thrilling final conclusion – if the competitors want to come to the party, that is. Meanwhile, there was plenty happening on a great fourth day as Bob’s latest report shows…

SCG Test, Australia v India – Day Three: The Kohli Masterclass

Day three at the SCG sees Bob Utber mixing it with former PM’s, searching for ‘The Richie’s’ and reveling in the beauty of a Virat Kohli masterclass with the willow.

SCG Test, Australia v India – Day Two: When Citrus Met Blowers (Fashion Worlds Collide)

Conformity abounds: Two of cricket’s most colourful correspondents – Henry ‘My dear old Thing’ Blofeld and ‘Citrus Bob’ Utber – lament the lack of colour, expression and daring when it comes to mens fashion. Oh, and cricket…

SCG Test, Australia v India – Day One: I Must Be in Sydney

Bob Utber’s summer of Test cricket continues. Having stayed the course at Adelaide, Brisbane and the MCG, Bob heads to Moore Park and, with the demands placed on his wallet, quickly realises he can only be in Sin City!

MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Five: Bob Church, the Cherry Flicker and the Scarlet Pimpernel

‘Citrus Bob’ Utber describes the denouement of the third Test; a final day that promised so much, but delivered little by the time stumps were called.

MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Four: No Train Ride to Glenrowan

Bob Utber officially moves from [possible] Grumpy Old Man to ‘Mover and Shaker’, as Cricket Australia’s powerbrokers echo his calls for Victorian Cricket to lift its game [L.I.G]

MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Three: Nureyev and Helpmann in Cricket Whites

Day three at the MCG leaves Bob Utber revelling in the joy of watching Test batting at its finest. Kohli’s Nureyev to Rahane’s Helpmann, followed by Harris’ fightback with the ball as the shadows lengthen, is Test cricket at its finest.

MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Two: The Bradman-esque Compiler of Runs

Bob Utber ponders why Victorian cricket has fallen off the pace while watching Steve Smith, Brad Haddin and Ryan Harris wrest control of the third Test from out of India’s grasp

MCG Test, Australia v India – Day One: Batsmen, Not ‘Batters’

Bob Utber’s summer of cricket continues as he settles in at the Temple Down the Road for day one of the traditional Boxing Day Test.

Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day Four: Apologies to Ian Healy

Bob Utber’s wrap of the final day at the ‘Gabba – complete with a Mea Culpa on his all-time Six Best Queensland Cricketers.

Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day Three : The Generation Gap

Bob Utber lays claim to being the Almanac’s official ‘Grumpy Old Man’. Why is the Big Bash attracting 30,000 people to the Adelaide Oval, while just 9,000 people turn up to a day’s Test cricket at the Gabba?

Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day Two : Labu Who?

Bob Utber’s wrap of the second day’s action at the Gabba. Another great day of test cricket, with the honours evenly shared.

Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day One: The Gabba – Clem Jones’ Home

Like most Australian cricket fans, Bob Utber is at a loss to explain how three fast bowlers sustain [possible] match-ending injuries on the same day.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Three : “The Lions of India and the Lyon of Australia.”

Day three at the Adelaide Oval, and the cricket gods reward Bob Utber for coming up with the line: “He leant into the ball like a brush stroke from the hand of daVinci” by granting him some one-on-one time with Rahul Dravid.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Two: Lambs to the Slaughter

Bob Utber takes in Day Two at the Adelaide Oval, revealing he may not exactly be a fan of the Neil Kerley or Peter Carey bars [Go the Bays! Go Super! – Ed].

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day One: Warner Reigns Supreme

“Warner Reigns Supreme” says Bob Utber – all round sporting tragic – with more miles on the clock between Mildura, Melbourne and Adelaide than TNT Transport. “No dark clothes here, it was the day for creams”.

AFL Round 22 – Adelaide v Melbourne: Crows depart with little pizzaz

It was Adelaide’s last game at Football Park. Alas, it wasn’t one to write home about, says Bob Utber.

AFL Round 14 – Gold Coast v Adelaide: A chat with our newest Prime Minister

Bob Utber has a chat with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd following the Gold Coast-Adelaide game.

Stawell and the Cats

Going to the Stawell Gift is like going back in time, says Bob Utber. However, some things – like a Geelong-Hawthorn result – never change.

AFL Round 1 – Adelaide vs Essendon: And finally the game begins

Bob Utber, grandfather of a certain 32, thinks the Crows are in for a long year based on their opening performance. He doesn’t think the Bombers will fare much better.