Sri Lanka is host to the 4th edition of the World Twenty20 Cup. India won the inaugural tournament in South Africa in 2007, Pakistan won the 2009 event held in England while England defeated Australia in the 2010 Carribean tournament. 12 teams. 4 groups of 3. The top 2 from each group progress to the [Read more]
Howzat
September 10, 2012 by 5 Comments
Gideon Haigh will revisit World Series Cricket in a talk at the State Library tomorrow night. We revisit his article on the Supertest held at Waverley Park originally posted last month.
Cricket: UAE tour review
September 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
For those immersed in the footy news, our cricket aficionado, Luke Reynolds, provides results, analysis and player ratings from Australia’s one-day games against Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Stars align for Australian cricket
August 31, 2012 by 2 Comments
The stars are aligning nicely for Australian cricket. The English empire is crumbling and Australia is motoring along nicely in the UAE. It’s been a big week, and the resignation of Andrew Strauss was by far the biggest part of it. His decision came as no surprise. He has been in ordinary form for two [Read more]
Cricket: Proteas too good as fans enjoy another ripper Test
August 24, 2012 by 4 Comments
The South Africans are on top of the world Test rankings and deservedly so. They have just completed a convincing 2-0 series victory over England at Lord’s after an enthralling Test match, and can now look towards their trip to Australia in November with confidence. Michael Clarke’s men have much to ponder. Brendan McArdle
Melbourne Stars’ secret super squad
August 23, 2012 by 4 Comments
A Melbourne Stars insider has revealed to The Footy Almanac the T20 franchise’s full wish list for this coming season
Very Very Special
August 21, 2012 by 9 Comments
Saturday night was a dark night in my home. Couldn’t get to the Collingwood v North Melbourne game due to work commitments. So watched my pies lose on TV in an ordinary effort. Don’t want to talk about it. Recorded the Wallabies Test against the All Blacks at the same time and watched it afterwards. Same [Read more]
POW priest and the sacrament of sport – Eureka Street
July 24, 2012 by 3 Comments
One time when visiting Sydney from the US, author Brian Doyle got into a conversation with an elderly priest who had spent most of his working life on Bougainville Island. Talking about cricket on Bougainville sent him back to one particular cricket match which he had witnessed as a prisoner of the Japanese Imperial Army [Read more]
Lee and me
July 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Brett Lee was one of the more prominent influences in my junior cricketing career, which is a fond aspect of my childhood. Following the news of his retirement, these thoughts and memories came back to me. Gideon Haigh said Brett Lee was the last bowler of an era where bowlers, in the absence of bowling coaches, nutritionists and [Read more]
Ireland and England 2012 Tour Review
July 13, 2012 by 5 Comments
After dominating India and the West Indies much was expected of the world number 1 ranked Australian one-day team on its tour of Ireland and England. Injured paceman Mitch Johnson and 19 year old Pat Cummins returned while Mike Hussey was a late withdrawal due to the birth of his 4th child, replaced in the [Read more]
The Second Law of Thermodynamics applied to Umpiring
July 12, 2012 by 7 Comments
In the last twenty years we have seen the introduction of all sorts of technology in most sports. The collection of statistics, the recording of physiological states of the players, both during a match and at training and the use of what I shall call digital technology to aid (?) umpiring are now far more [Read more]
Australian selectors still preferring the cryptic over the quick
July 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
After watching Australia’s two one-dayers against England, there is one disturbing thought to emerge : some ghosts of the Andrew Hilditch era may have returned to our selectors’ thinking. There at Lord’s was that perennial selection of 18 months ago, Steven Smith, while Mitchell Johnson waltzed straight back into the side at The Oval when Pat Cummins succumbed to [Read more]
Diagnostic Criteria for Obsessive Compulsive Cricket Disorder
June 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
A: Obsessions (1) Recurrent and persistent ideas, thoughts, impulses or images that are experienced, at least initially as intrusive and senseless e.g. batsman tormented by thoughts that he should walk or an umpire having recurrent fears of getting the ball count wrong, leading to taking out two ball counters.(Crawley Subtype: See Appendix Four) (2) The [Read more]
Perry Ultimatum
June 1, 2012 by 5 Comments
The very vocal ultimatum given to Ellyse Perry by her W-League club, Canberra United, will stir-up the lefties’ free-will fibres. Still, it’s a necessary decision for the respectability of Women’s sport. Ellyse Perry, Australian fast bowler. Photo: canberratimes.com.au Ellyse Perry has been a popular media phenom since she made the Australian sides for both soccer [Read more]
Bob Hawke at the cricket
May 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5mBShX9fdU&feature=fvwrel Things that help us understand the Australian culture. Check the bloke in the suit in the background who’s in shot for about a second. There is an element of truth in this. Discuss. Almanac Admin
IPL 5: Less than maximum
May 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
I should preface this article by stating that I have never enjoyed Twenty20 cricket. This dislike for Twenty20 cricket has morphed into an equally strong dislike of the IPL. So from my perspective, it is not necessarily disappointing to hear that the IPL is losing sponsors and supporters. Patrick
2011/12 Premier Cricket Final – Review
April 3, 2012 by 9 Comments
by Mic Rees After 144 Home & Away matches and 7 finals, the dust has settled and one team stands alone at the top of the Premier Cricket summit. That team is Richmond, the Tigers convincing winners over a beaten but far from disgraced Dandenong. Richmond took control of the match during the final session [Read more]
An Innings for Dad
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
AN INNINGS FOR DAD The ball was short of a length outside off stump. Still early in my innings, it was my first opportunity to break the shackles. I leant back and unleashed a back foot square drive through point that was a combination of flourish and brute force. As I took off on those [Read more]
Arthur Fagg
April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Arthur Who? That might be the response of some almanackers. In the pantheon of cricketing statistics he holds a unique place, being the only player to score two double centuries in a first class match. This unmatched record was achieved back in 1938, in a county match, when Arthurs’ Kent played Essex at Colchester. Arthur [Read more]
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