The evidence was that the boys were in slow decline as they prepared for Day 3 of the Wellington Test. Just, says Dennis Gedling, like a Test pitch. [Hang in there lads – Ed]
Almanac Cricket – NZ v Aust, First Test: Day 2 – Aotearoa dispatches
March 2, 2024 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling reports from Wellington on a day when Josh Hazlewood emerged as an all-rounder.
Almanac Cricket – NZ v Aust, First Test: Day 2 – Green and Hazel favourite colours
March 1, 2024 by 6 Comments
A crook Citrus Bob Utber missed the end of the Aussie innings but was there to watch New Zealand get off to a disastrous start on Day 2 of the First Test in Wellington.
Almanac Cricket: Pomborneit CC Weekly Wrap
March 1, 2024 by 2 Comments
Wins, losses and junior premiership reunions (featuring 2 former AFL players) in another big week at the Pomborneit Cricket Club.
Almanac Cricket – NZ v Aust, First Test: Aotearoa Dispatches
March 1, 2024 by 2 Comments
Dennis Gedling and his mates make a pilgrimage to one of Test cricket’s great grounds – The Basin.
Almanac Cricket: NZ v Aus, First Test – Windy Welli
February 29, 2024 by 6 Comments
After leaving a 45degree Mildura, Citrus Bob wonders whether he should have packed more clothes for a cool and windy Wellington as he watched Cameron Green score a memorable century on the first day’s play of the First Test against New Zealand.
Almanac Teams: One Test Players
February 26, 2024 by 19 Comments
Rounding out his series of cricket-related teams for 2024, Rodney Boyd takes a deep dive into those who played just one Test for Australia – and some who played just the solitary match for other nations too.
Almanac Cricket: Pomborneit CC Weekly Wrap
February 24, 2024 by 1 Comment
Luke Reynolds updates all the scores and results from matches played by the Pomberneit Cricket Club in all divisions last round.
‘Country Week memories abound…’ by KB Hill
February 22, 2024 by 2 Comments
Country Week cricket is a highlight of the game’s annual calendar in Victoria. KB Hill revisits the triumphs of the WDCA over the decades.
Almanac Cricket: Summers of Twin Delights 1977-1979
February 21, 2024 by 10 Comments
“The Establishment Boys” is a new book by Barry Nicholls in which he talks to players who represented Australia in Test matches in the shadows of World Series Cricket
Almanac Teams: Only T20s for Australia
February 19, 2024 by 5 Comments
The most recent of the three international standard forms of cricket is the subject of Rodney Boyd’s latest side – those who represented Australia’s T20 men’s side but not Tests or ODIs.
Almanac Cricket: Pomborneit CC Weekly Wrap
February 17, 2024 by 1 Comment
It was a week of mixed results for the Pomborneit Cricket Club in all divisions in their previous round of matches but the annual ‘Bulls Ball’ was a great success.
Almanac Cricket: Across The Ditch
February 15, 2024 by 9 Comments
With the Australian men’s Test team on the verge of a two-match series in New Zealand, Glen! takes a look back at the 1973-74 tour.
Almanac Cricket: The Hunt For The Pomborneit East Pitch
February 13, 2024 by 17 Comments
Luke Reynolds takes us on a cricket history journey as he records his search for his ‘holy grail’ of old abandoned cricket pitches – the Pomborneit East cricket pitch. [Cracking read Luke! – Ed.]
Almanac Book Review: ‘The One Indiscretion of His Life’ by Gideon Haigh
February 12, 2024 by 1 Comment
The inimitable Roy Hay has reviewed Gideon Haigh’s latest book which looks at the life and times of William ‘Barlow’ Carkeek.
Almanac Teams: Tests but no ODIs
February 12, 2024 by 14 Comments
The reverse of Rodney Boyd’s last team sees long form cricketers who wore the baggy green but missed out on ODI opportunities.
Almanac Cricket: Pomborneit CC Weekly Wrap
February 8, 2024 by 2 Comments
Luke Reynolds provides all the latest from another big week at the Pomborneit Cricket Club. The Pombo Bulls are charging!
Almanac (Fiction) Cricket: Viv on milking the strike (Part 1)
February 6, 2024 by 2 Comments
Viv Tufnell, that cricketer from an alternate universe, is annoyed and frustrated when he realises why his partner is hogging the strike.
Almanac Teams: Zero Tests, only ODIs
February 5, 2024 by 20 Comments
With the battle between the Australian men and the West Indies now shifted from Tests to ODIs, Rodney Boyd outlines his chosen team of players who donned the yellow and green PJs on at least one occasion but never made an Aussie Test team.
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