Australia 295 (BJ Haddin 94) & 0/65 v England 136 (MG Johnson 4/61, RJ Harris 3/28) A stunning hour of play where Australia took 6 English wickets for just 9 runs has turned a Test match and maybe a series on its head. At 2/82 England had work to do but were seemingly in control [Read more]
Gabba Test – Day 2: What the…?
November 22, 2013 by 9 Comments
We may have turned it on for Day 2, but it’s cost us a cracker of a piece from Sean Curtain. This is a pretty good substitute, mind you.
Gabba Test – Day 2: The no show – damn tradesmen
November 22, 2013 by 3 Comments
Matt Watson sets himself a busy and productive day, but wouldn’t be missing the cricket. It’s a pity events, Cricket Australia phone policies, and an unreliable tradie are conspiring against him.
Memo: Ashes Day One Pessimism Alert
November 22, 2013 by 12 Comments
Smokie Dawson reviews the obituary notices from Day One at the Gabba Test. Ask not for whom the bell tolls……………..
Gabba Test – Day 1: Australia fall short
November 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
John Harms watches the Poms dismantle the Australian top order in Brisbane.
Summertime Sadness
November 21, 2013 by 2 Comments
Matt Watson has sunk the slipper into the Saints; and mocked Marsh’s mendacity. He’s thrown Almanackers a curve ball with his faux outrage. But now its shooting fish in a barrel time: battering our baffled batting buffoons.
Clarke Time
November 20, 2013 by 3 Comments
Have the Poms got Michael Clarke sorted out? Brendan McArdle looks at the skipper’s record against the Englishmen and wonders what is going on.
So Brisbane’s Bloody Boring is it Mate?
November 20, 2013 by 5 Comments
Archie Butterfly has been on the angry pills, and he’s taking dead aim at KP’s sledging of his beloved BrisVegas.
Rod Marsh – traitor and treason
November 20, 2013 by 7 Comments
Matt Watson has pulled the knife out of the back of the staggering Saints, wiped the blade, and plunged it into the front of Australian cricket traitor Rod Marsh,
Half time is nearly over: What I hope to see in the First Test (and am scared I might see)
November 20, 2013 by 7 Comments
Sean Curtain has been to the mountain top, and he shares his vision of Australian cricket’s imminent future. You get to choose between the penthouse option and the basement slum view.
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.”
Poetry: The first ball of the first Test
November 18, 2013 by 8 Comments
Vin Maskell offers some blank verse that touches on something elemental in first encounters of all kinds.
The Talk is almost over: Ashes preview, Shield wrap and have we treated our guests too well?
November 18, 2013 by 7 Comments
Sean Curtain shows why he’s over-qualified to be an Australian selector, with this common sense review of the Shield season to date, and the lead-up to the First Test starting the day after the Almanac Book Launch in Brisbane this Wednesday. Thanks to all at Cricket Australia for working around the Big Event with their 3 day slap and tickle.
Sachin, Sachin, The Little Master
November 18, 2013 by 13 Comments
The greatest batsman of the modern era, and probably the second greatest willow wielder of all time, has pulled up stumps. Join Luke Reynolds in hailing the career of a model sportsman.
Ashes Writers: Your Almanac Needs You
November 17, 2013 by 22 Comments
Invers writes for the Almanac, with a desperate plea for advice from the Almanac’s cricket experts over each day of the Ashes Test series. The Australian selectors have suggested a line-up, but all contributions are welcome. Let us know which day you want to kick Watto, or decry the modern game and how 20/20 has ruined everything. Original suggestions will also be published.
PNG – cricket contenders?
November 15, 2013 by 2 Comments
PNG have recorded a confidence-building win in their campaign to reach the 2015 World Cup. Adam Cassidy reports from the UAE on an exciting possibility.
Cracks and Sizzles
November 14, 2013 by 11 Comments
Matt Zurbo is not a cricketer, but he has played a few times. [some interesting reflections on the game, and a nice comparison with footy – Ed]
Out or Not Out
November 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
Is it physiologically possible for an umpire to give the correct decision? In a large number of cases, Phil Hill suggests not.
Boris, The Bunch of Cherries, and The Gatting Ball
November 12, 2013 by 12 Comments
Take a walk through the pub memories, both the good and the awful, of international drinker and one-time XXXX champion Mickey Randall. What did AB have to say about the Gatting Ball?
How to play Cricket
November 11, 2013 by 1 Comment
Young Fraser Sutherland shares a poem that beautifully captures the temperament of the bowler.
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