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“English” Test Cricket teams from across the British Empire
June 19, 2014 by 8 Comments
Glen Davis chooses three British Empire Test Cricket teams: from Africa, the Caribbean and India. He welcomes your suggestions, especially for wicketkeepers!
First Test – West Indies v New Zealand
June 17, 2014 by 15 Comments
Pomborneit Cricket Club’s Luke Reynolds burns the midnight oil to keep us well-informed of the first Test between the Windies and New Zealand.
Wandering and P. Flynn fulfilling contractual obligations as international cricket correspondents for The Footy Almanac
June 16, 2014 by 13 Comments
First rule of publishing: put your best writers in the most important places. P Flynn and Wandering Norton at Lord’s.
Where were you when Gary Gilmour took 6/14 in the semi-final at Headingley?
June 11, 2014 by 14 Comments
Tell us where you were and what you were doing on June 18, or the morning of June 19 (Australian time), 1975, when you heard of Gary Gilmour’s 6/14 to smash England at Headingley, and get Australia into the first World Cup final.
Leadership Matters (reprised)
June 11, 2014 by 295 Comments
Malcolm Ashwood runs the ‘rulebook’ over good and bad leadership in sport. [This piece has been generating comments again – so we thought we’d bring it back – Ed]
Cricket on Christmas Day
June 4, 2014 by 9 Comments
The possibility of having international cricket played on Christmas Day opens up business and scheduling opportunities for more than just Cricket Australia, writes Geoff Lockhart.
Coarse Cricket Comes To Tassie
June 2, 2014 by 3 Comments
Geoff Lockhart opens the batting on a series of yarns about local cricket in Northern Tasmania. Why is a good fridge always more important than a good opening batsman?
Book review: Bradman’s war
May 21, 2014 by 1 Comment
Glen Davis reviews Malcolm Knox’s Bradman’s War – and heartily recommends it.
The Fab Fourteen – finals glory for Sharks’ 5ths
May 17, 2014 by 4 Comments
Henry Miller once noted “The ordinary man is involved in action, a hero acts. An immense difference.” The Shark’s 5th XI cricket side was once the domain of the ordinary man. This is no longer the case.
Nepal Buddha Cricket Academy
May 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Here is an unlikely initiative, but those involved are very keen. You can help the Buddha Cricket Academy. Have you got any old cricket books you’re happy to donate?
Melbourne Premier Cricket: And the winner is…Footscray!
April 10, 2014 by 19 Comments
Mic Rees loved every minute of the Premier Cricket Grand Final.
A Cinderella Story-Part 2
April 4, 2014 by 14 Comments
Raj Singh completes the story of Pembroke Old Scholars making it to the hallowed turf of Adelaide Oval. Goliath evened the score, but David was happy to be back on the big stage after a couple of millennia.
The Day the Netherlands beat England (again) – and other cricketing upsets
April 3, 2014 by 28 Comments
Luke Reynolds celebrates the Oranjee men’s victory over the Old Dart, and revisits the long history of upsets in cricket World Cups. Talk about the luck of the Irish.
The Craig Simmons Conundrum and the Singapore Sling
March 26, 2014 by 16 Comments
John Butler remembers the Test Cricket heroics in South Africa, and dissects the Indian takeover of world cricket decision making.
The ‘Baz’ Mullins Cup
March 25, 2014 by 2 Comments
Damien ‘Baz’ Mullins was a handy cricketer, barrister, administrator, and on the board of Cricket Australia, before dying, from cancer, at he age of 49 in 2010. Each year his memory is honoured in the ‘Baz’ Mullins Cup. Peter Herring reports.
Local heroes
March 20, 2014 by 3 Comments
Peter Hannan finds his attention diverted from his beloved Blues as the Muckleford boys try to knock off their local rivals.
Long Weekend
March 14, 2014 by 3 Comments
Kate Birrell kicks back on the deck for a gloriously technicolour weekend of backyard cricket.
Cricket: You’ve just got to go local
March 11, 2014 by 4 Comments
Ian Hauser wanders north into the foothills of the Great Divide, to watch the local cricket finals in “Dog on the Tuckerbox” country around Gundagai and Tumut.
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