Australia 295 (BJ Haddin 94) & 0/65 v England 136 (MG Johnson 4/61, RJ Harris 3/28) A stunning hour of play where Australia took 6 English wickets for just 9 runs has turned a Test match and maybe a series on its head. At 2/82 England had work to do but were seemingly in control [Read more]
Gabba Test – Day 2: What the…?
November 22, 2013 by 9 Comments
We may have turned it on for Day 2, but it’s cost us a cracker of a piece from Sean Curtain. This is a pretty good substitute, mind you.
Gabba Test – Day 2: The no show – damn tradesmen
November 22, 2013 by 3 Comments
Matt Watson sets himself a busy and productive day, but wouldn’t be missing the cricket. It’s a pity events, Cricket Australia phone policies, and an unreliable tradie are conspiring against him.
Almanac launch – Brisbane
November 22, 2013 by 3 Comments
The 2013 Footy Almanac has been launched in Brisbane and a very good night was had. If you missed it, here’s the snapshots to put you in the picture.
Memo: Ashes Day One Pessimism Alert
November 22, 2013 by 12 Comments
Smokie Dawson reviews the obituary notices from Day One at the Gabba Test. Ask not for whom the bell tolls……………..
Gabba Test – Day 1: Australia fall short
November 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
John Harms watches the Poms dismantle the Australian top order in Brisbane.
Irish Sportsmen Lead from the Heart
November 22, 2013 by 7 Comments
Peter Baulderstone loves that sport can be a vehicle for debate and change about important social issues, as Nicky Winmar and Adam Goodes have shown. The Irish have brave men like hurling champion brothers Conor and Donal Og Cusack. Here in the land of plenty and home of ‘The Bachelor’, we have Aker and Watto.
Summertime Sadness
November 21, 2013 by 2 Comments
Matt Watson has sunk the slipper into the Saints; and mocked Marsh’s mendacity. He’s thrown Almanackers a curve ball with his faux outrage. But now its shooting fish in a barrel time: battering our baffled batting buffoons.
Crio’s Racing: the 11-race programme
November 21, 2013 by 30 Comments
The Spring Carnival may be over, but Crio will be taking trip to the Valley on Saturday (plus a nod to Ascot) and be off to Ballarat for the Cup on Sunday. Get on it.
Book launch – Black and Proud
November 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
You’ve seen the photo, now read the book. Almanackers are invited to the launch of ‘Black and Proud – The Story of an Iconic AFL Photo’, next Friday, 29 November 2013.
On the streets
November 21, 2013 by 5 Comments
The phenomenon of hearing stories from a bunch of 17-year-olds in the lead-up to the draft can remind us of our own childhoods
Clarke Time
November 20, 2013 by 3 Comments
Have the Poms got Michael Clarke sorted out? Brendan McArdle looks at the skipper’s record against the Englishmen and wonders what is going on.
Dog Day Afternoon
November 20, 2013 by 8 Comments
Crio trades the Rails Ring at Flemington for the tails ring at the Meadows. An insight into the world of greyhound racing from our all-purpose punting adviser.
Data Visualisation – Draft picks and career games
November 20, 2013 by 6 Comments
Jake “Cobba” Stevens uses his incisive brain and IT wizardry to show us how successful the AFL draft has been in predicting a long term playing career.
So Brisbane’s Bloody Boring is it Mate?
November 20, 2013 by 5 Comments
Archie Butterfly has been on the angry pills, and he’s taking dead aim at KP’s sledging of his beloved BrisVegas.
Rod Marsh – traitor and treason
November 20, 2013 by 7 Comments
Matt Watson has pulled the knife out of the back of the staggering Saints, wiped the blade, and plunged it into the front of Australian cricket traitor Rod Marsh,
The Carnival is Over
November 20, 2013 by 3 Comments
Can’t wait for your copy of the new Almanac book – just to get your hands on Kate Birrell’s glorious cover painting? Fear not, Kate has tided us over with her beautifully poetic vision of the needy, the greedy and the seedy on their way home from Flemington.
Half time is nearly over: What I hope to see in the First Test (and am scared I might see)
November 20, 2013 by 7 Comments
Sean Curtain has been to the mountain top, and he shares his vision of Australian cricket’s imminent future. You get to choose between the penthouse option and the basement slum view.
It’s November, this must be Brisbane.
November 19, 2013 by 8 Comments
JB’s back with some of his trademark sensibly-considered doubt: “Australia’s current idea of digging in is to place ourselves in the hole.”
A disrupted start to the season for both Heart and Victory
November 18, 2013 by 9 Comments
Tom Riordan puts the disappointing start to the A-League season for Melbourne Heart down to injuries. He is prepared to cut manager John Aloisi a little slack, but is more worried about his Melbourne Victory’s loss of their manager to national duties.
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