Yoshi is proof that once you fall under the spell of Test cricket, it is all-consuming. A doctor’s appointment, some physiotherapy and job hunting couldn’t stop Imagawa-san from keeping an eye on events at the SCG.
SCG Test, Australia v India – Day One: Doing Multi-tasks on Tuesday
January 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
SCG Test, Australia v India – Day One: Playlist
January 6, 2015 by 8 Comments
E.regnans turns to music and video to describe Day 1, SCG, Scenes 1-5.
SCG Test, Australia v India – Day One: Test cricket with an ocean view!
January 6, 2015 by 4 Comments
Summer traditions blend by the ocean for Jill Scanlon as she combines her love of the beach and her love of cricket.
SCG Test, Australia v India – Day One: Australian Top Order Flays India
January 6, 2015 by 7 Comments
Viraj Deshpande reviews day one at the SCG as a new era of Indian cricket dawns: Virat Kohli assumes the captaincy of the Test team from MS Dhoni
SCG Test, Australia v India – Day One: I Must Be in Sydney
January 6, 2015 by 5 Comments
Bob Utber’s summer of Test cricket continues. Having stayed the course at Adelaide, Brisbane and the MCG, Bob heads to Moore Park and, with the demands placed on his wallet, quickly realises he can only be in Sin City!
Cricket Froth: Knowing When to Declare
January 6, 2015 by 1 Comment
Ahead of the start of today’s fourth Test in Sydney, the team at Cricket Froth put Steve Smith’s Melbourne declaration in context. While the Aussies secured the Border-Gavankar trophy, there’s still plenty to play for at the SCG.
SCG Test, Australia v India – Call for writers
January 4, 2015 by 13 Comments
The Sydney Test begins on Tuesday. The is the last Test match until June in the West Indies. Prospective story-tellers, get on board. All welcome.
Lou: The Talent Pool
January 2, 2015 by 4 Comments
Lou with some thoughts on the depth of the Australian talent pool. [Includes a rare admission from Lou that he got something wrong – Ed]
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day 5: Geoff Marsh – A Father’s Pain
January 1, 2015 by 18 Comments
At the MCG on Day 5, Andrew Starkie sympathises with another father’s pain
Lou: A veteran’s perspective?
January 1, 2015 by 5 Comments
Lou, as we know, likes a chat. He has spent years with his customers. He knows them well. Some have been talking to him about keeping things in perspective.
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Five: Denouement
December 31, 2014 by 9 Comments
The final day of the MCG Test was a stop-start affair that fizzled out. John Harms talks pizza, golf and the Australian attempt to take ten wickets.
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Five: Bob Church, the Cherry Flicker and the Scarlet Pimpernel
December 31, 2014 by 3 Comments
‘Citrus Bob’ Utber describes the denouement of the third Test; a final day that promised so much, but delivered little by the time stumps were called.
Lou: What are they saying about the last day of the MCG Test in the shop?
December 31, 2014 by 6 Comments
Lou is back from counting his Christmas dollars, and tells us what the cricket chat is in the shop this morning. Conclusion: Steve Smith and advisors have forgotten I.M. Chappell.
Seasons in the Sun (Part Eleven): The Needle and the Benefit Done
December 30, 2014 by 5 Comments
Callum O’Connor chronicles the Lower Plenty Third XI’s run chase, and (reluctantly) reveals his contribution to the effort.
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Four: No Train Ride to Glenrowan
December 29, 2014 by 2 Comments
Bob Utber officially moves from [possible] Grumpy Old Man to ‘Mover and Shaker’, as Cricket Australia’s powerbrokers echo his calls for Victorian Cricket to lift its game [L.I.G]
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Four: Watching Highlight Videos
December 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s a love affair: Yoshi Imagawa and Test cricket. Yoshi struggles through the the cold of Sapporo’s winter and what sounds suspiciously like a hangover to keep tabs on the action at the MCG on day four.
MCG Test, Australia v India: Day Three – The struggle (within, without)
December 28, 2014 by 20 Comments
A solitary ERegnans takes in Day 3 at the MCG and muses on life, cricket, arrogance and all that stuff.
MCG Test, Australia v India – Day Three: Yoshi’s Cricket Diary
December 28, 2014 by 2 Comments
The Test cricket bug has well and truly bitten Yoshi Imagawa. Yoshi keeps track of both Australia and New Zealand’s fortunes in matches against India and Sri Lanka, respectively, while going about his usual Sunday in downtown Sapporo, Japan
24 : “The Following Takes Place…”
The Almanac’s own Jack Bauer of sport – Gregor Lewis – recalls a hectic 24 hours of some truly enthralling contests from all corners of the globe. Now, that’s one heck of day!