Round 15, the penultimate home & away round of Premier Cricket for season 2011/12 will be played over both days of the upcoming weekend Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th of February. A preview follows, but prior to that a shameless plug. Footscray Edgewater Cricket Club is holding its annual past players function at the [Read more]
Trumper Charge
February 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Photo by Peter Argent Do we see any resemblance? Photo by George Beldam Almanac Admin
Aireys Inlet reclaims the Ashes
February 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Aireys Inlet has reclaimed the Ashes after a rare win over Macedon in the 29th annual cricket game between the two bushfire towns. Aireys Inlet, on Victoria’s west coast, and Macedon, just an hour north of Melbourne, were both ravaged by the Ash Wednesday bushfires of February 16 1983. The fires killed 75 people [Read more]
Don’t Kill The Keeper
February 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
DON’T KILL THE KEEPER by Wally Wright If I had to choose one word that best-described my experience at Sunday’s ODI at the Gabba between Australia and India, it would be CONFUSING. My confusion began shortly after I arrived at the Cricketers’ Club around midday. Looking for some sustenance, I gravitated towards [Read more]
Using the old noggin’
February 22, 2012 by 3 Comments
Here’s one of the more unusual “caught behind”s you’re ever likely to see. Thanks to Luke Ridgwell for passing on the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCO3ik4Px2Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player Almanac Admin
Captain Oh Captain
February 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Andrew Weiss Over the past few months there have been announcements of captains for various teams in the AFL, Australian cricket teams and even this last weekend in the A-league. For some it was just a temporary appointment, for others hopefully a long term position. Whenever captains are announced there is often quite heated debate [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Round 14
February 21, 2012 by 4 Comments
by Mic Rees Eight of the nine Round 14 Premier Cricket matches were wrapped up on Saturday. Four teams achieved outright victories, one was completed on the first day of the scheduled two day fixture. Here’s a quick look at what went on. Dandenong (145) completed a rare outright inside one day dismissing Essendon [Read more]
Hogg vs Warne via Whateley
February 20, 2012 by 29 Comments
By LES EVERETT Discussion on ABC TV’s Offsiders (Sunday 19 February) turned to Shane Warne’s attempt to make a return to the Australian cricket team. The talk was sparked by a story by Gideon Haigh in the nice-looking new website The Global Mail… http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/shane-warnes-never-ending-glory-part-1/67/ Panellist Gerard Whateley suggested a return via the Australian [Read more]
Book Review: Australia Story of a Cricket Country
February 14, 2012 by 7 Comments
Editor: Christian Ryan Publisher: Hardie Grant RRP: $90 (Almanac price $75. Details here) We are told a lot of things nowadays. We’re told nobody buys books anymore. That iPads and eBooks are the inevitable, irresistible way of the future. Even cricket administrators tell us few under thirty care much about test cricket now. [Read more]
Peter Argent Photos: Great catch that!
February 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
Photos by Peter Argent Almanac Admin
Peter Argent: Cricket Slips
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This cricket clothing faux pas (embarrassment) happened during the final of the 2012 Grand Final of the Senior Country Carnival at University Number one oval on Thursday Feb 9. The batsman in question in Yorke Peninsula an Lower North all rounder Matthew Higgs This guy is the prospective son in law of 1980s Australian batsman-keeper [Read more]
Mohammad Shahzad: My man
February 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
Slap! Reverse sweep for six! Simply … wow. Saeed Ajmal’s bemused look says it all – who is Mohammad Shahzad? I’ve made it to my Nepali friend’s little Afghan house in the heart of Kabul just in time. Shahzad has played one of the greatest cricket shots I’ve ever seen; authoritative, brash, powerful. The reverse sweep [Read more]
A real Ashes game
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A real Ashes contest The 28th annual Ashes cricket match between the towns of Aireys Inlet and Macedon will be played this coming Sunday, 19 February, at the Anglesea cricket ground. The two towns, Aireys Inlet on Victoria’s west coast and Macedon just an hour north of Melbourne, were both ravaged by the Ash Wednesday [Read more]
Premier Cricket: Round 14 Preview
February 9, 2012 by 6 Comments
Round 14 of Premier Cricket, a two day fixture, will be played over the following two Saturdays -February 11 & 18. Here’s a preview of the upcoming action MATCH OF THE ROUND Prahran (2nd) 50pts v Richmond (6th) 42pts @ Toorak Park 2011/12 P’ran TWWWWLDWDWWWW R’mond LWWLWWDWDWLWW Last time they met: Round 2 2010/11 [Read more]
The Ascension of Pup
February 8, 2012 by 26 Comments
The test summer has concluded in unanticipated rout. Australian success has spawned a thousand post-Argus paternity claims, whereas Indian failure is truly an orphan. Indeed, it seems India’s initial inclination is to pretend the summer never happened at all. But as we bask in the afterglow, Australian fans might still harbour a nagging doubt. [Read more]
Premier Cricket Round 13
February 7, 2012 by 8 Comments
by Mic Rees Round 13 of Premier Cricket was completed last Saturday. Highlights included an outright victory, a superb all round performance, five centuries and a couple of squeaky bum finishes. At Princes Park Melbourne (5/233) had to settle for first innings points in its clash with top of table Carlton (116 & 7/196). [Read more]
Never too far away
February 7, 2012 by 4 Comments
by Pamela Sherpa Towards the end of last football season, my daughter, Tashi, feared that stress was adversely affecting me. She suggested that I should go on a relaxing holiday and get away from the frustration of sport. What a good idea ! We planned to meet in Cambodia in January after she had been [Read more]
Shadow Batting
February 6, 2012 by 4 Comments
A movement without thought. A small step forward, a bend of the front knee, weight easing onto the left foot, the left elbow pointed at the ball- text book style I’m walking down the hallway in our house. Then the stroke. A quick stiffening of the body and then relax. [Read more]
Decision Pending….
February 6, 2012 by 2 Comments
As I ponder the Australian cricket team’s 2011/12 dog’s-breakfast of a schedule, I see a sport undergoing a form of mid-life crisis, a game grappling with its very identity. In the fast-paced, highly competitive world of elite sport, international cricket’s administrators are directionless. Good, decisive governance of the international game is seriously lacking. The [Read more]
Obituary: WEP Harris
February 2, 2012 by 2 Comments
John HarmsJTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is founder and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au. He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf’s Story and Life [Read more]
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