Australia v West Indies – MCG Test: Call for writers (and predictions)

MCG Test. We’d love to publish your story of a day’s play. Nominate a day and make your predictions here.

Almanac cricket: Club v country and a future of All-Star Tests

All-star sport is the way of the world. It is the great money-spinner. So if Test cricket in its current format is struggling… David Wilson draws the logical inference.

Round 16 – Collingwood v West Coast: Aberrations

David Wilson didn’t see this game, Collingwood v West Coast, as he was tied up in Fitzroy (“exactly the right place to be”). [This story appears in the 2015 Footy Almanac – Ed].

Australia v West Indies – Hobart Test, Day 1: No words

E. Regnans’ take on Day 1 of the Australia v West Indies Test at Blundstone Arena in Hobart.

Australia v West Indies – Hobart Test: Call for writers

We’re looking for writers for the Hobart Test. Nominate a day.

Playing for a draw: Anna Karenina, Test cricket, story and context

A good sporting event is a good story. And in sports that allow it, playing for the draw can be among the best of all stories.

Supporting: who and why?

Following on from Charlotte’s debut piece, we re-visit this one in which E. Regnans asks ‘which is your team’? And why? (Happy to read short comments, but this might also inspire some autobiographical explanations and justifications – Ed)

Australia v New Zealand – Adelaide Test, Day 3: It’s getting dark

David Wilson with less of a match report; more of a despairing fist-shake. “The scientific method is out. Groupthink is in.”

Australia v New Zealand – Adelaide Test: Call for writers

Let’s organise a rough schedule of contributors to ensure Almanac coverage of the Adelaide Test. All welcome.

Australia v New Zealand – WACA Test, Days 4 and 5: Hmmm (it’s only the beginning)

David Wilson tidies up Days 4 and 5 from the WACA last week with seven key learnings.

Australia v New Zealand – WACA Test, Day 3: Hope

How do we value anything? David Wilson on WACA Day 3, Paris, hope and acceptance. Our behaviour remains predictably irrational.

Australia v New Zealand – WACA Test: Call for writers

After two years, the WACA is back hosting Test cricket. Who will shine in Perth? Who will share their stories of the Test? Nominations open. All welcome.

49 questions on a Tuesday – part 3

What is an expert? Why do we do what we do? A few questions to ponder from E.regnans.

Australia v New Zealand – Gabba Test, Day 1: Flaming tar barrels

First Test, Day 1: David Wilson on ritual and memory, humility and kindness; on how the flaming tar barrels of Ottery St. Mary relate today to DA Warner and UT Khawaja.

Australia v New Zealand – Gabba Test: Call for writers

At the Footy Almanac we’re looking to cover every day of Test cricket this summer. So step right up, sport fans, and send us your words of the 1st Test Australia v New Zealand. Nominate a day to cover. [A great time of year – Ed].

Australia v New Zealand: openings, World Cups, pink balls, The Gabba

David Wilson on the story of a Test series, the great 2015 trans-Tasman rivalry; on the swinging ball and on the place of a transistor radio.

Grand Final – West Coast v Hawthorn: Paranoid android

Sometimes appreciation comes creeping. Sometimes a doubt always remains. E.regnans on Hawthorn; game plan, recent history, the 2015 Grand Final, and the idea of appreciation.

Collingwood’s Best Side in 2016: Discuss

E Regnans picks Collingwood’s best side for 2016.

Rugby World Cup 2015: How do you understand this game?

How do you understand this game, Rugby? [Great series of videos – Ed].

AFL, fair competition and thought: the Bondi Effect

Explaining something to another can be the best way of finding holes in you understanding. Imagine trying to explain the AFL competition to an international visitor. [Have you done it? How did you go?].