Round 13 of Premier Cricket is a two day fixture to be played over the next two Saturdays (28 January & 4 February). For what it’s worth here’s my preview. MATCH OF THE ROUND Carlton (1st) 51pts v Melbourne (4th) 37pts @ Princes Park #1 Carlton 2011/12CarltonWWWWWWDDWWLW MCC LLWWWWDWWLWL Last time they met: Round [Read more]
Hit by the Indian Coach
January 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Talk about your dear old thing. I did a Blowers this morning when I was hit by a double decker bus carrying the Indian Team. When I told some colleagues that I had been hit by the Indian coach they came up with the comment “that’s the first success Duncan Fletcher has had as a [Read more]
Another Australian Day
January 27, 2012 by 11 Comments
In the context of this increasingly lopsided ‘contest’, the celebration of Australia Day seemed a case of considerable overkill. What day hasn’t been Australia’s day in this series? India have certainly proved themselves a most accommodating opponent this summer. Unable to muster serious resistance when it counted, the prospect of them showing much fight here [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in
January 26, 2012 by 11 Comments
Work commitments took me down to my old stomping ground around Albury this week. I’m not sure how Albury became “the greatest inland city in Australia” but it is apparently that. Since moving to the less greater land locked city on Canberra many year ago, Albury’s greatness has been considerably elevated above my teenage memories. [Read more]
Hawthorn v Papua New Guinea
January 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Papua New Guinea will play the Hawthorn Cricket Club in a 30 over a side Charity Challenge match at Rathmines Road Reserve in East Hawthorn this Sunday 29 January. PNG have shown enormous improvement in world cricket in recent times to now be ranked 19th in the world (9th in the ICC Associate/Affiliate World Rankings).
Clarke & Ponting: The Big Stand
January 26, 2012 by 2 Comments
Peter Argent captured some of the highlights of a monumental partnership.
Black Caviar lights up the Valley
January 25, 2012 by 4 Comments
by Chris Riordan It’s a huge weekend of racing with the Australia Day holiday on Thursday and a bumper provincial calendar for Saturday but the truth is that the only story is Friday Night at The Valley…..Black Caviar. Moody’s mighty mare steps out again in the Gr1 Australia Stakes (1200m) and suddenly we’ve got [Read more]
“First Dog on the Moon” Art Exhibition
January 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
“First Dog on the Moon” Art Exhibition: A must see, and it ends on Saturday 28th January. by Yvette Wroby Yesterday, I decided on the hot Sunday morning to pretend I was overseas and holidaying and do what one does on holidays and go for adventures. So I jumped on my trusty tram and [Read more]
Meet me at the Lehmann statue
January 25, 2012 by 3 Comments
by Bob Utber DAY 2 IN ADELAIDE “Meet you at the Lehmann statue” is the new catch phrase at the Adelaide Oval. Coined by that wonderfully insightful Sri Lankan journalist (whose name I forget at the moment) but goes under the nom de plume of PJ.Flynn in Australia. ABC’s Jim Maxwell unveiled the Darren [Read more]
Australian dominance continues
January 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
ADELAIDE DAY 1 by Bob Utber Walking through the park to the ground this morning and you realise what a picturesque site it is. Let us hope the new edifice does not distract. Memories flood back of many great games here at this ground. The fans were out in force today and I don’t [Read more]
West Coast Dave in Adelaide – Session 3 Update
January 24, 2012 by 16 Comments
Dave Bruce at the Adelaide Oval and will be updating this report throughout Day 1. It’s the sort of inscrutable omen that rather permeates test cricket, but I walked into Adelaide Oval this morning in the company of four rather muscular smurfs, each of whom then bought a copy of the program as though to [Read more]
4th Test blog: ‘Nackers to call the tune
January 24, 2012 by 35 Comments
This is the place to have your say about the goings on in Adelaide. Australia are batting first and look to be on song. And speaking of songs, I have a theory that when when Freddie Mercury wrote “I Want to Break Free” that his original version was a song about taking a hat trick [Read more]
Giant showdown
January 24, 2012 by 10 Comments
by Michael Parker One of the by products of currently only working part time is more time to indulge in sport on TV. And when One HD isn’t giving us old episodes of M.A.S.H or Cops, it occasionally still serves its original purpose of televising sporting contests. It has given me the chance to [Read more]
Adelaide, its cricket ground, and The South Australian nation
January 23, 2012 by 14 Comments
Thursday morning, December 2010. I am at the table in my Melbourne terrace house, reading a very Melbourne newspaper, The Age. Despite the urbanity it assumes, the pages remain parochial in that black T-shirt, black polo-neck, macciato sort of way. Already there are football stories – in December. There are always football stories: trivial and [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Round 12 review
January 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
A controversial end to proceedings, two outright results, a couple of maiden tons (same team seven days apart) and an “Eight for” headlined the Round 12 action of Premier Cricket. Richmond (5/139) & Hawthorn Monash University (191) got the afternoon off when umpires deemed the Monash University pitch “unfit for play” after less than [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Moments Measured in Time
January 23, 2012 by 13 Comments
Barry Nicholls* mused: “I measure life’s key moments through cricket. The end of primary school spells Australia – West Indies 1975-76 (when) we hammer them 5-1. Year Nine the Centenary Test, Hookesy’s five fours in a row and Mr Davis making history at least accessible. So my question is how do you measure moments in [Read more]
Herschelle Gibbs
January 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Photo by Peter Argent Big Bash League: Herschelle Gibbs – even his teammates are in danger when he gets going.
Into temptation: the extended mix
January 23, 2012 by 26 Comments
Vin Maskell presents an extended mix of a music pilgrimage story. I’ve got to be careful when I visit the CD shop at lunchtime. I’ve got to make sure I don’t reach for my wallet every time I make my weekly visit. Down from the 16th floor, along Queen St, into Little Lonsdale, then [Read more]
Is having a 20/20 team the real question?
January 21, 2012 by 10 Comments
Ok, having just read the Almanac article by Chris Riordan piece and the responses, I thought this occasion called for another fuller response. My thought is, who cares about the team, just join the party. You see, I have witnessed a 20/20 game on Thursday night, the Melbourne Stars versus the Adelaide Strikers in fact, [Read more]
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