And Cricket Australia wonders why the faithful are dropping off. The latest on Dave Warner (the Test cricketer).
Sorting out Watto
September 25, 2013 by 7 Comments
Peter Baulderstone runs the ruler over Graeme Hick’s selection to head the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence. What the???
ODI cricket review: How did your favourite player fare?
September 20, 2013 by 2 Comments
It may have been a meaningless one-day series, tacked onto the tail-end of an Ashes tour, and England may have rested many of its players, but a win’s a win! Smokie rates the players.
Cricket: One Day International Series Review
September 20, 2013 by 6 Comments
Believe it or not, Australia have just played England in a 5 match ODI series. And won. Not many people this side of the world noticed. Who better than Luke Reynolds to bring you up to speed.
England v Australia – 1st Twenty20 International: T20 cricket at its best
September 1, 2013 by 3 Comments
With this game of very little context starting at 3.30 AM Victorian time I had very little incentive to watch. So I didn’t. However I recorded the game for the sole purpose of watching Fawad Ahmed bowling his first overs in Australian colours. But after waking up on Friday morning and reading the scorecard and [Read more]
Nice sticker, I mean innings, Aaron
August 30, 2013 by 2 Comments
Drew hates the huge VB logo plastered across the chest of our cricketers. Do you?
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.
The Poms? Time we got out the full length mirror and had a good hard look.
August 26, 2013 by 6 Comments
There may be much to dislike about England at the moment, but there was also much to dislike about Australia when it dominated the world, writes Sean Curtain.
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.
Fifth Test – Preview: Hughes or Khawaja – the selection Hokey Pokey
August 20, 2013 by 6 Comments
Who plays tomorrow night? Who knows. Sean Curtain looks at the ins and outs of the ins and outs.
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.
So, once we were good, once we were bad, too: recollections of the 1985 Ashes tour from the mid north of South Australia
August 12, 2013 by 3 Comments
It offered so much, but the 1985 Ashes tour delivered few results for the Australians. Although it did convince one youngster that cricket from the Old Dart was something to savour.
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