Glamorous, jaw dropping, captivating, brilliant. No, it is not Erin McNaught strutting down a catwalk. It is T20 cricket – and it is about to rock Australia like never before. BBL ‘20 Days to go’ promo “KFC T20 Big Bash League is the most talked about event in the country. Fans love their teams [Read more]
My Australian XI for Boxing Day
December 15, 2011 by 4 Comments
With the pre-season and rookie drafts done and dusted it’s time to take a look at the state of Australian cricket. Unlike many others who were calling this past week’s defeat one of the lowest moments in Australian cricket, I see it more as a wake-up call. This side needs a total overhaul for the [Read more]
Premier Cricket Round 9 – Review
December 14, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Mic Rees Five of the nine clashes in last weekends Premier Cricket action ended in stalemates. There were centuries aplenty, nine in total, on a weekend when poor weather played a hand in determining a number of contests. I’ll start with an apology. In my Friday (9/12) preview I suggested clubs would have [Read more]
Rescinding a decision
December 13, 2011 by 7 Comments
by Sean Curtain It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong, and on this occasion, I am both of those. Last week, after many reds worth of soul searching, I declared that I no longer wished the selectors to include me in their considerations for a position in the Australian Test [Read more]
Evading a bouncer
December 13, 2011 by 1 Comment
It is often said the only thing crazier that being a fast bowler is being the person facing them. This image is a good case in point! In a SACA district cricket game at Glandore Oval (now Called Revolution Reserve) the Buffaloes Batsman is evading a fearsome bouncer from the West Torrens quick. The [Read more]
As Easy As 1 2 3
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By Peter Argent From the SACA under 16s country cup competition held around Suburban Adelaide from Monday to Thursday…… Game is South East (Bowling) vs Eyre Peninsula Almanac Admin
Pavlov’s Duck
December 9, 2011 by 9 Comments
A bloke recently explained to me why it is that summers as a child seemingly stretched out forever, whilst in adult years they seem to fly past like Vettel passing Webber. His logic is simple. For a four or five year old kid a year represents about 25% of their life, however for a fifty [Read more]
Premier Cricket: Round 9 Preview
December 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Round 9 of Premier Cricket is another Saturday/Sunday affair (Dec 10 & 11). Clubs may have access to their state representatives. Good for them. Rain is forecast for both days. Anyone surprised? Here’s a preview of this weekends games. Mic Rees
Come back Bill!
December 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
There was one thing missing from Channel 9’s coverage of the First Test in Brisbane. Actually, many would argue that there were lots of things missing from Channel 9’s coverage and that there has been for a long time. But that’s a conversation for another time – or in the Comments section below if [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Round 8 review
December 7, 2011 by 4 Comments
by Mic Rees Round 8 of Premier Cricket was a Saturday/Sunday fixture completed last weekend (Dec 3 & 4). Bat dominated ball with 9 batsmen posting centuries. Amongst the three figure totals were two maiden tons, another coming off the bat a district stalwart, his first in senior company in over a decade. At [Read more]
Unavailable for Test Consideration
December 6, 2011 by 17 Comments
By Sean Curtain I’ve now officially made myself unavailable for consideration in the Australia Test team. I’m not sure how I let the Australian selectors know this though. I’m sure John Inverarity has a bit on at the minute coming up to speed with the team, his new work colleagues and those available in Shield [Read more]
Qualified Joy in Kiwi Clobbering
December 6, 2011 by 26 Comments
Two seasons ago Australia were undefeated in six test matches against the mediocre opposition put up by the West Indies and Pakistan. All that success served to achieve was to mask the deficiencies of an ordinary team, and set Australia up for last summer’s Ashes debacle. So an easy win over a New Zealand [Read more]
Australia and Test cricket not done with yet
December 5, 2011 by 12 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz This was a day when everything went right – maybe not for Phil Hughes, but for me and the rest of the Australians. Knowing that I’d be doing the Day 4 report for the Almanac, I headed out for my morning coffee with the intention of returning home to catch the [Read more]
Australia on top
December 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Australia V New Zealand – 1st Test – Woolloongabba Cricket Ground – Day 3 – 3 November, 2011 JJ Leahy New Zealand 295 & 10/1 Australia 427 First Session The grey leaden clouds of the first two days had been replaced white puffy ones barely moving against clear blue sky as Australia resumed at 145/3. [Read more]
Umpires’ Day at the Gabba
December 3, 2011 by 4 Comments
The second day of the First Test between Australia and New Zealand will be remembered as a day when weirdness and officialdom took over the game. Actually, let me start again: the second day of the First Test between Australia and New Zealand will not be remembered. John HarmsJTH is a writer, publisher, [Read more]
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