From the vault: Smokie Dawson and six mates were grateful their wives gave them such an extraordinarily long leash so they could attend the Manchester Test in 2013. They just had to be careful they didn’t hang themselves with it.
Greetings from what season?
December 24, 2013 by 3 Comments
Sal Ciardulli casts his eyes back across the 2013 sporting wreckage (sorry landscape) and nominates his 3 best and 3 worst of the year. Get your votes in folks.
It’s November, this must be Brisbane.
November 19, 2013 by 8 Comments
JB’s back with some of his trademark sensibly-considered doubt: “Australia’s current idea of digging in is to place ourselves in the hole.”
Ashes Diary 2013, entry no.6
August 28, 2013 by 13 Comments
I may be getting ahead of myself – and not for the first time – but The Oval may have thrown together a batting line-up Australia can work with this summer.
Fifth Test – Day 4: Rain
August 25, 2013 by 6 Comments
Rain on Smokie Dawson’s parade made him angry, so he has listed ten things about the English team which annoy the hell out of him (and without mentioning KP!).
Fifth Test – Day 3: England drop anchor, drag the chain
August 24, 2013 by 14 Comments
England is a good side, but not a great side. The sobering realisation must be that we currently trail that good but not great side 3-0.
Fifth Test – Day 2: Smith stands up in swinging London as the Poms scrap to stay in the match
August 23, 2013 by 4 Comments
Smith puts Australia in a good position but the story of the second innings is the wasting by Australia of the new ball. The visitors are playing with intent to win but there are three days ahead and twenty wickets remain to be taken.
Fifth Test – Day 1: Watson takes chance, will Smith take his?
August 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
Smith has batted well for his 66, huge opportunity for him on Day 2 to go on and get a really big score instead of getting out after doing the hard work like he seems to do.
Watto!
August 22, 2013 by 16 Comments
Watto: always making language more complicated than it needs to be.
Pay your tribute here.
Australia bumbles along as selection process fails
August 21, 2013 by 19 Comments
At times over the last two years Australian cricket has shown it is emerging from the chaos of the Andrew Hilditch era. Yet still we manage to shoot ourselves in the foot. Mistakes like the Agar one have proven to be very costly, writes Brendan McArdle.
Ashes Diary 2013, entry no.5
August 20, 2013 by 4 Comments
Australia has led on the first innings in three of the four Tests, yet trails 3-0. The beauty and bear of Test cricket is the five day bit. Australia need to last the journey.
11 random observations on the Ashes series and coverage so far
August 13, 2013 by 19 Comments
Whilst staying up too late and watching the horror show that has been the Ashes, a young man’s mind turns, due to red wine, lack of sleep and comfort food, to weird things. Here’s Sean Curtain’s XI casual and random observations so far. Much like our team, they are a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Fourth Test – Day 4: It’s all about momentum
August 13, 2013 by 9 Comments
Clarke must shoulder some of the blame for England’s second innings total – no third man, poor body language and field placements, and a refusal to give Siddle the new ball.
Fourth Test – Day 3: Terrific Test Match shows Bell is all class and Lyon is determined and gives us the verb ‘to Watto’
August 12, 2013 by 16 Comments
In an absorbing tussle Ian Bell steers England into a strong position.
However, the day will be remembered for the emergence of the verb ‘to Watto’. Some concepts defy the explanation language should provide and I’m not sure what exactly this is but Shane Watson ‘Watto-ed’ last night. Help please.
Finding a positive in the DRS: Remove the policy of neutral umpires
August 12, 2013 by 2 Comments
In the spirit of ‘when life gives you lemons, make lemonade’ there is a positive to take out of the DRS farce that is engulfing the Ashes. We can only hope that this brings to an end the policy that the ICC has of allocating neutral umpires for Test matches.
Fourth Test – Day 2: Moranis and Iglesias ride the waves to help da boort coom in
August 11, 2013 by 11 Comments
Tony Roberts reminds us of the location of Durham and the sporting environment within which it exists and takes us through the Australian fight. (Includes a defence of Watto)
Fourth Test – Day 1: The Lyon of Chester-le-Street
August 10, 2013 by 3 Comments
Sean Curtain wonders why Australia was so successful on the first day of the Test match in Durham.
Fourth Test – The Lyon roars
August 10, 2013 by 21 Comments
Snubbed for the first two Tests of the Ashes, Nathan Lyon took 4/42 against the Poms.
What to do with Mitchell Starc?
August 9, 2013 by 5 Comments
Mitchell Starc is without doubt one of the most talented young cricketers in the world but at the moment he is creating more problems for Michael Clarke than he is solving, and he is flattering to deceive.
Third Test – And the wine goes to…
August 9, 2013 by 76 Comments
The third umpire has made his decision on closest to the pin. Further correspondence welcome if you feel you have been hard done by.
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