Our equine correspondent Clarrie Grimmett accompanies E.Regnans (aka David Wilson) at a day of fluctuating temperatures and fortunes at the MCG.
Melbourne Test – Day 3: el león y el bigote (the Lyon and the Moustache)
December 29, 2013 by 9 Comments
A West Indian team, from Sub Continental origins
December 28, 2013 by 4 Comments
Glen picks his best West Indian team of players with sub continent origins, notwithstanding the problem in the fast bowling ranks. What do you reckon?
Melbourne Test – Day 2: Think.
December 28, 2013 by 31 Comments
Rulebook Ashwood, with his trademark analysis, wonders about the thinking of many involved in the administering tha game and playing in this Boxing Day Test.
Melbourne Test – Day 2: Down from the bush
December 28, 2013 by 13 Comments
Luke Reynolds has the quintessential down-from-the-bush cricket experience.
Melbourne Test – Day 2: Someone woke up the Barmies
December 28, 2013 by 3 Comments
Mick Jeffery is on tour from Capricornia again and takes a Herbert-eye to the second day’s play.
Crio’s racing: A quaddy and a liver in need of supplements
December 27, 2013 by 8 Comments
Tthe weeks don’t so much “end” as roll in to each other at this time of the year, but there’s another full round of races to be run and a last chance for a metrop “get out” for the calendar year.
Melbourne Test – Boxing Day: The Day Unfolds. Christmas Pudding Settles.
December 27, 2013 by 7 Comments
The fragility of England sits in stark contrast to the relentlessness of the Australian attack, writes Dips O’Donnell.
Melbourne Test – Boxing Day: Clarke hands back the momentum
December 27, 2013 by 12 Comments
Raj Singh can’t believe the Australian skipper inserted the Englishmen.
Melbourne Test – Boxing Day: Swanny, Spandau Ballet and Spotted Dick
December 27, 2013 by 18 Comments
More colourful stuff from our Singapore correspondent, Mickey Randall as he wonders which Swan(n) has retired?
The Year of Un-innocence
December 26, 2013 by 1 Comment
Peter Baulderstone shares a review of 2013 in sport from Brian Phillips at the US website ‘Grantland’. Cynicism and naivety are the staples of sports fans globally. Enjoy.
Drop us a holiday line about cricket and leftovers from wherever you are
December 26, 2013 by 3 Comments
G’daySportsfans Very keen to hear how you are experiencing Boxing Day, where, who with, what the leftovers are, how you are taking in the cricket. This could develop into a national profile. (Send a photo) Cheers JTH
Happy Christmas from the Newell
December 25, 2013 by 11 Comments
John Harms makes his annual pilgrimage north along the Newell Highway.
Greetings from what season?
December 24, 2013 by 3 Comments
Sal Ciardulli casts his eyes back across the 2013 sporting wreckage (sorry landscape) and nominates his 3 best and 3 worst of the year. Get your votes in folks.
A Spirit of Cricket Carol
December 24, 2013 by 7 Comments
David Wilson channels Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim (not the ‘singer’) and Ebenezer Scrooge in this cricketing version of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’.
The ugly Australians
December 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
Matt Watson (or at least his alter ego – Pete the Builder) reckons Australia’s arrogance and attitude are over the top in the Ashes series. Discuss.
Crio’s Racing: Slim Christmas Pickings
December 23, 2013 by 9 Comments
Crio recommends rural racetracks for the Boxing Day punters. City meetings are ‘as thin as a boarding house scrape of butter’ to use a well-worn. But there’s a winner in every race and Crio’s crew are always on the lookout.
Crio’s Question: Who missed their moment?
December 23, 2013 by 5 Comments
Cricket critics are this morning dumbfounded by the draw played out between South Africa and India. What do others think of their decisions? And are there other moments when athletes, to their cost, failed to “seize the day”?
A year is a long time in cricket: Boxing Day 2012 and the year since
December 23, 2013 by 4 Comments
Sean Curtain looks back at the side that was, the sides that have been, and the side coming up. A year’s a long time in cricket.
Boxing Day Test: Call for Writers
December 23, 2013 by 22 Comments
Invers calls for writers for the MCG Test. Should the poms be allowed to bring in Mickey Randall as a replacement for Swann? Let us know your availability and dates.
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