Check out this piece, published on Cricinfo 12 months ago, from writer Chris Ryan (leg-spinner and author of Golden Boy). http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/447092.html Almanac Admin
Calypso Capers on Cross Street
January 24, 2011 by 16 Comments
Last November Footscray Edgewater Cricket Club announced they had acquired the services of Surrey County Cricket Club captain Rory Hamilton-Brown for the remainder of the 2010/11 Premier Cricket season. This was quite a coup for the Dogs. Hamilton-Brown debuted for Surrey in 2005. He was named captain of the England Under 19 team in 2006, [Read more]
The Almanac XI
January 21, 2011 by 39 Comments
Yes, folks, The Almanac XI is looking for players for the big challenge on Feb 20. Three things: One, if you’d like to play please nominate by comment here, using the time-honoured terminology of the ABC Cricket Book. RHB, ROS. Creativity insofar as explanations of strings in the bow are concerned may work favourably with [Read more]
Haigh unloads
January 20, 2011 by 12 Comments
Gideon Haigh could be speaking on behalf of many at the Almanac with this withering assessment of Cricket Australia’s performance this summer, from Cricinfo. His aim proves much more unerring than Australia’s bowlers. http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/497175.html Almanac Admin
Prepare to Scream
January 17, 2011 by 17 Comments
I went to the T20 match between Australia and England on Friday night at the MCG. On the train going in from Merri (where the MCG’s centre wicket once came from) I looked at the plastic card-ticket on the lanyard that hung around my neck. It had a barcode, and a clear warning that no [Read more]
Cricket Losing Out In Schools
January 14, 2011 by 5 Comments
By Peter Hulthen In my last few years in education I could see the writing on the wall . One of the unsaid that is besetting our Australian Cricket is that it is not promoted in schools to anything like the extent it should be. Sports such as Rugby League, Basketball , AFL and some [Read more]
Putting it in context
January 12, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Dave Bruce Pleasingly, Monday’s game against the PM’s XI where the Poms got 3 for 225 was only the fourth worst day that an Australian team has had against England on this tour, which is not a bad result at all. Even better, there were five other days that are arguably as bad or [Read more]
Brand Bland – Why is the Australian cricket team unpopular?
January 10, 2011 by 38 Comments
Was it just me, or were you increasingly aggrieved by those merciless TV ads as the summer of Ashes discontent dragged on? You know the one’s – Vodafone, VB, the bloody Colonel. Over after over. Session after session. Day after day. While a guest spot on The Gruen Transfer is perhaps beyond my capabilities, my [Read more]
COMMENT: What has happened to the world?
January 10, 2011 by 59 Comments
Fair dinkum, I’m going nuts. And if it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny. It’s sad because this is the world my kids are growing up in. It’s a world where the disingenuous thrive, where mendacity is trumps, and truth is the currency of fools. Well call me a fool. And take me to [Read more]
Australia Left Only With Questions
January 7, 2011 by 4 Comments
Though the weather briefly attempted to emulate dreary Australian spirits, it couldn’t prevent the final rites being enacted on this Ashes series. Steve Smith and Peter Siddle did their best to delay the party, but as English players and fans swung into full celebration mode, it was left to a humbled Australian cricket scene to [Read more]
Andrew Starkie’s Ashes Diary (13)
January 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
ASHES DIARY Entry 13 Thursday January 6, 2011 With Walkman in ear, I went for a stroll around the quiet, sunny streets of Reservoir during the morning session, day 4. Lawn mowers grumbled and old ladies waited for the bus. The singlet wearing Italian from up the road proudly gave me a few apricots from [Read more]
Cook pops Australia’s bubble
January 6, 2011 by 5 Comments
AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND 5TH TEST – DAY 3 Matt O’Connor We caught the Ferry to the cricket. As a Melbourne boy, I don’t get to say that too often. Actually it was something called a River Cat, the river in question being the Parramatta. And if this is a river, then the Yarra needs a [Read more]
And the Australian disappointment continues
January 6, 2011 by 19 Comments
Sydney Test – Day 3 The big thing about this Test series is how disappointed cricket-lovers across Australia feel. Not the sort of disappointment that has you lamenting the half a metre of water that is rushing under your Queensland house, but disappointment of a sporting time. This was a series set up for cricket-lovers, [Read more]
Andrew Starkie’s Ashes Diary (12)
January 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
ASHES DIARY Entry 12 Tuesday, 4 January, 2011 Australia’s first innings in Sydney was fairly typical of its performances during this Ashes series. Hughes and Watson’s opening partnership should have been a solid foundation. Johnson and Hilfenhaus’ rewarded swinging at the end either saved or provided further embarrassment for teammates sitting in the dressing room. [Read more]
The new Clarke of the course of Australian cricket
January 4, 2011 by 10 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz With Ricky Ponting absent, Michael Clarke became Australia’s 43rd Test captain yesterday. Clarke is one of those characters who tends attract the latterly popular term, “polarising”. And in recent times, it seems that many more people have been gravitating to the negative pole than the positive. Perhaps this is the reason the [Read more]
The Making of Michael?
January 3, 2011 by 2 Comments
Any boy who has ever played a backyard test match has likely imagined himself captain of Australia, but only a rare few are able to convert those boyhood dreams into reality. When it happens, the anointed one is expected to cherish the honour with the utmost reverence. More people dream of captaining Australia than ever [Read more]
Ashes Sydney Test Blog
January 3, 2011 by 61 Comments
The Ashes stay with England. But important questions remained unanswered. Can Australia save face by levelling the series? Is it worth levelling the series, anyway? Should Australia be more concerned with rebuilding for the future rather than winning in Sydney? And with Usman Khawaja set to make his debut, the really big question is just [Read more]
ASHES DIARY- Entry 11
December 31, 2010 by 1 Comment
Thursday December 30, 2010 Such was England’s dominance, this Test felt old by the end of the second day. Its course was obvious and result assured. The dark skies that glared menacingly down on Australia’s batsmen on Boxing Day provided an appropriate opening scene. English conditions suited the visiting bowlers who moved and slid the [Read more]
PAIN ,PLEASURE AND PERSPECTIVE.
December 31, 2010 by 5 Comments
Thank goodness for sport. It takes our minds off important things. Be honest, how often have you worried about your bills in the last few days? Not as much as you’ve thought about the demise of our cricket team, I bet. Pamela Sherpa
Ricky
December 31, 2010 by 9 Comments
He would skip across the rope would Ricky, a spritely, cocky and confident skip, a skip that took him from Ricky the man to Ricky the captain, Ricky the cricketer, and often Ricky the saviour. It’s only a small piece of rope that separates the two Rickys but it must be that Ricky wishes it [Read more]
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