Adelaide Test, Australia v India, Day Five : Rulebook’s (W)rap

Malcolm Rulebook Ashwood wraps up yet another exhilarating conclusion to an Adelaide Test match.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Five: In Praise of Test Cricket

There is no other game like Test cricket.

Top 5 Cricket Memories

Dave Chettle loved the Adelaide Test. He asks for your top Test cricket moments – when you were actually at the ground.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Four: Our Melbourne Cup

Approaching lunch on the final day Dave Brown provides some unique Adelaide context to this morning’s session, which saw India’s run chase begin.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India : Day Four. Structure and Execution

I pay far too much attention than I should to Twitter. It was probably this time last week that twitter decreed Michael Clarke selfish and obstinate for declaring himself fit for the Adelaide Test. By Wednesday evening, according to the ‘soshal meedja’s’ he was a genius, a study in courage and a legend. He was [Read more]

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Four: The Beauty of Day Four

Jill Scanlon offers a beautiful summary of Day 4, as the gathering storm for a torrent of wickets (or runs?) to come as the cricket drought breaks over Day 5 of the Adelaide Test.

What Cricket Means

Dave Chettle remembers some of the great cricket matches of his youth, and suggests that cricket is the True National Game.

Captain’s Call Beats Captain’s Knock

Maleny Musings breaks his maiden status with some stirring words in honour of Michael Clarke’s character and grit.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Three: Kohli magic and Almanac launch

Raj Singh witnesses a Day 3 run-fest at the Adelaide Oval; then journeys to the Almanac book launch word-fest at the Adelaide Lutheran Football Club.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Three : “The Lions of India and the Lyon of Australia.”

Day three at the Adelaide Oval, and the cricket gods reward Bob Utber for coming up with the line: “He leant into the ball like a brush stroke from the hand of daVinci” by granting him some one-on-one time with Rahul Dravid.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Three: Dhawan’s Theory

Joe Moore samples the best of both worlds; Sheffield Shield cricket at Bellerive with the radio tuned to the Adelaide Oval.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Two : Smith and Clarke Take Full Toll of India’s Pop-Gun Attack

Malcolm ‘Rulebook’ Ashwood was at the Adelaide Oval for yet another day that will go down in the proud history of Test cricket in the City of Churches

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Two: Mitch Johnson’s Moustache Releases Album of Boney M Covers

With access to Channel Nine’s pictures and England’s SkyTV commentary for the Australia V India Test series, have Mickey Randall and Singaporean cricket fans got it too good (with bonus points for references to Tintin, pixelated ‘Escape to the Country’ cleavage and An American Werewolf in London in the same piece)?

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Two: Lambs to the Slaughter

Bob Utber takes in Day Two at the Adelaide Oval, revealing he may not exactly be a fan of the Neil Kerley or Peter Carey bars [Go the Bays! Go Super! – Ed].

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day Two: “Do your job”

Day Two saw what will be one of Michael Clarke’s more memorable centuries – but what will it cost him and his side? Callum O’Connor reports.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day One: The Simplicity of David Warner.

Dave Warner has dealt with the slings and arrows of life in the cricketing spotlight, and his game is better for it, writes Andrew Starkie

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day One: Tributes

There’s light at the end of a very dark tunnel for cricket lover Luke Reynolds

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day One: The Emotion of Cricket

All of the emotions were on display on Day 1, writes Jill Scanlon. What’s your view on nightwatchmen?

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day One: Warner Reigns Supreme

“Warner Reigns Supreme” says Bob Utber – all round sporting tragic – with more miles on the clock between Mildura, Melbourne and Adelaide than TNT Transport. “No dark clothes here, it was the day for creams”.

Adelaide Test, Australia v India – Day One: Ride on

E.regnans is taken by Clarrie Grimmett to the ride. It is Test match morning in Adelaide and it is time to ride on. Ride on. “…and DA Warner is galloping now not under the swarming sky but amidst it and a part of it…”