Dave Brown, with the assistance of Darwin, Shakespeare and Marx, makes an impassioned plea for the inclusion of Joe Mennie in the test squad
A cricketing revolution: Three cases for the selection of Joe Mennie
December 18, 2015 by 16 Comments
Statistics in Cricket, a Cautionary Tale
December 16, 2015 by 7 Comments
Demonymic discusses how caution must be taken when looking at cricket statistics, as they don’t tell the overall story.
Doug Walters: Century on debut 50 years ago
December 15, 2015 by 17 Comments
Was it really fifty years ago? Peter Clark on Dougie Walters’ maiden Test century. Where were you on that day?
Almanac Cricket: A bit of diversity and respect, please
December 11, 2015 by 2 Comments
Swinging the ball between seething and high dudgeon, Anne Cahill Lambert makes strong cases for more women’s voices in the commentary box, the boardroom and for more international cricket at Manuka Oval
Almanac cricket: When the Windies, and cricket, were king
December 10, 2015 by 31 Comments
As the Test gets under way at Blundstone Arena, Phil Dimitriadis returns to the final days of his childhood when Calypso cricket had no peer. [Super memoir, first published 2009 – JTH]
Almanac Cricket: Middle Australia and the Science of Swing
December 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Blundstone wearer – our resident biomechanist and general sports scientist and claimer of the ground of Middle Australia – demystifies the pink cricket ball with a bit of straight science. [Very clear, Middle – JTH]
No “Department of Youth” Here: A Real-life Dad’s Army
December 8, 2015 by 8 Comments
Demonymic reckons he’s found the Test cricket team of players with the oldest average age. Any advances on this nomination?
Almanac Cricket – India v South Africa: That’s Entertainment
December 7, 2015 by 29 Comments
This is cricket.
Almanac (Backyard) Cricket: Family Tradition
December 3, 2015 by 5 Comments
The great cricket tradition of the Clarks, Cowells and Wests continues as Jayden West of Whitefriars’ College reports.
Beyond Bradmania
December 3, 2015 by 16 Comments
DG Bradman’s first game for St George in November 1926 is the dawn of modern cricket history according to “Cranky” Pete Warrington. But let’s not discount those who came came before The Don. Cricket’s “Golden Age” needs to be remembered.
Milo Cricket: Is There Value Beyond The Kit?
December 3, 2015 by 8 Comments
Jeff Dowsing, father of two, questions the merit of Milo Cricket and other children’s sporting programs. Plastic stump bases as a fielding cradle? What happened to net practice??
Three “Three-Test Wonders” from the Seventies
December 1, 2015 by 15 Comments
Thesaurus Rex on three ‘Three Test Wonders’ for Australia in the 1970’s.
Australia v New Zealand – Adelaide Test: The New is Old is New again
November 30, 2015 by 2 Comments
New, old, new, new, old, old, new, new, old, new, new, old and new. Sharp observations from Joseph Ryan who visited Adelaide for the Test.
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