Scott McIntyre spins the English language superbly in this debut story for the Almanac. [Mark Craig “looks more like a chippie’s apprentice at a Colac Cup buck’s turn than a Test cricketer, and bowls accordingly.” – Welcome Scott – Ed].
Australia v New Zealand – Gabba Test, Day 1: Damp Squibs and Unmitigated Tripe
November 6, 2015 by 6 Comments
Australia v New Zealand – Gabba Test, Day 1: Davey Warner and Dodgy WiFi
November 6, 2015 by 7 Comments
Paddy Grindlay battles to follow Day 1; his best-laid plans are frequently thwarted. Am mp3 player is no match for Melbourne rain.
Australia v New Zealand – Gabba Test, Day 1: Flaming tar barrels
November 5, 2015 by 14 Comments
First Test, Day 1: David Wilson on ritual and memory, humility and kindness; on how the flaming tar barrels of Ottery St. Mary relate today to DA Warner and UT Khawaja.
Australia v New Zealand – Gabba Test: Call for writers
November 4, 2015 by 9 Comments
At the Footy Almanac we’re looking to cover every day of Test cricket this summer. So step right up, sport fans, and send us your words of the 1st Test Australia v New Zealand. Nominate a day to cover. [A great time of year – Ed].
Taking Stance in the Clem Jones Stand
November 4, 2015 by 2 Comments
The First Test in Brisbane brings back Gabba memories for David Parker.
Hazlewood, not Lee… Selectors. Media. Groupthink. Ageism.
October 30, 2015 by 5 Comments
CrankyPete wants to know your ideal selection for the Australian bowling attack. He’s gotten the ball rolling with a BIG call…
Australia v New Zealand: openings, World Cups, pink balls, The Gabba
October 27, 2015 by 16 Comments
David Wilson on the story of a Test series, the great 2015 trans-Tasman rivalry; on the swinging ball and on the place of a transistor radio.
Australia’s Best Team of 2015/16: Discuss
October 23, 2015 by 19 Comments
Luke Reynolds reminds us it’s cricket season and for all the talk on this site about next year’s line-ups for AFL sides, what about the Australian Test team and ODI team?
What happens in the next chapter of Australian cricket?
October 23, 2015 by 1 Comment
Tom Riordan on what may occur as a new chapter of Australian cricket begins in the upcoming summer of cricket.
Almanac Old Buggers’ Indoor Cricket: The Boos of The Fishermen
October 14, 2015 by 7 Comments
Huge controversy, among team-mates.
When ‘The Fishermen’ don’t quite agree: Gigs ‘Garfish’ Gigacz gives an account of a dropped catch in a crucial indoor cricket fixture which denied Damian ‘Plankton’ Callinan a hat-trick while Plankton offers an alternative account.
[Please let us know about your incident of internal strife. And also, we’d love to hear stories of hat-tricks denied.]
Come in, Spinner: Lindsay Kline (1934-2015)
October 12, 2015 by 15 Comments
Lindsay Kline has died at the age of 81. Bernard Whimpress’s first day at a Test match was in Adelaide in January 1961 when Linday Kline shone in the most unlikely way.
Finals Week 3 – The Iliad and the Odyssey
September 30, 2015 by 6 Comments
Peter Baulderstone and the Zestok Orao (Avenging Eagle in Croatian) continue their epic European odyssey with a reflection on a weekend where life reflects sports reflects opportunity, chance and achievements (big and small).
Ultimate Wool Team – Joe Darling: Norwood footballer, Australian cricket captain, wool-grower, paliamentarian, family man (and nude wrestler).
September 23, 2015 by 15 Comments
Joe Darling is in the squad of South Australian wool team. He was a leader in many fields, especially cricket (he was Australian captain) and the wool industry in Tasmania.
But he was also a fine footballer and a nude wrestler.
Almanac Cricket: Blind Cricket and the folly of assumptions
September 17, 2015 by 1 Comment
A great extract from a speech given by former Sight Impaired Australian Cricketer, Graeme Innes, at the launch of the All Abilities championships held in the Melbourne Cricket Club’s famed Long Room. Assumptions and discrimination hold so many of us back; “we are limited by the soft bigotry of low expectations.”
Almanac Cricket – Australia A: Who’s knocking on the selectors’ doors?
September 10, 2015 by 17 Comments
With the Ashes behind us, Brad Haddin and Shane Watson on their test careers, Crio ponders what the next generation Australian Test side could look like, after the recent Australian A tour to India
On Clarke, Sport and Family.
September 9, 2015 by 25 Comments
Tonight, Michael Clarke plays his final Test Match. In this touching reflection on family, Josh Pinn reflects on how sporting events can be markers in one’s life, and of how a discussion about Clarke helped he and his brother in a difficult time.
Almanac Cricket – If It’s Good Enough For Watto…
September 7, 2015 by 2 Comments
In much the same way as Shane Watson has seen the writing on the wall, so too has MV Younger. Here he notifies Brendan Bolton, James Sutherland and Ange Postecoglou he’s no longer available for selection.
Almanac Cricket: Phil Hughes inquest and side-on batting
September 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Former Australian and Queensland opening bowler, Tony Dell, explains that the legacy of Phil Hughes’ tragic death can be to show batsmen the importance of good (side-on) technique.
Why this Ashes series was a disappointment (not just the result)
August 26, 2015 by 4 Comments
Jeremy Hill on why he believes that not just the result, but the whole Ashes series was a disappointment.
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