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Almanac Cricket: BBL13 ready to roll from tomorrow night

BBL13 blasts off tomorrow night to begin a 7-week frenzy of T20 cricket culminating in the Final on January 24.

Almanac Cricket – WBBL: Adelaide Strike(r)s again!

The Adelaide Strikers have clinched back-to-back WBBL titles after a pulsating win over Brisbane Heat in front of a big Adelaide crowd.

Almanac Cricket – WBBL Grand Final: Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat

The Adelaide Scorchers will host the Brisbane Heat in this weekend’s Grand Final of the 2023 WBBL. Here’s the how, when and where.

Almanac Cricket: Maxwell madness leads Australia to another potential World Cup berth

ACS Literary Scholar Kobe Jacobs surveys the ODI World Cup and sees a dominant Indian side seemingly destined to lift the trophy. But what about an Australian revival centred on the amazing exploits of Glen Maxwell?

Almanac Cricket: A letter to ICC Hall of Fame inductee Aravinda De Silva

Aravinda de Silva is the 110th inductee to the ICC Hall of Fame. Mahela Jayawardena welcomes De Silva as the fourth Sri Lankan inductee to this exclusive club.

Almanac Cricket: What do you call six wickets in one six ball over?

If three wickets with consecutive balls is called a hat-trick, what do you call six wickets in one six-ball over? It’s a rum tale!

Almanac Books: ‘Ashes 2023: A Cricket Classic’ – Gideon Haigh

Scribe Publications invites the Footy Almanac community to the launch of Gideon Haigh’s new cricket book, ‘Ashes 2023: A Cricket Classic’ on Thursday 2 November at The Yarra, Como Park.

Almanac Cricket: Reunited With The Baggy Green

The Philpott family have taken possession of their late father Peter’s treasured baggy green cap. And Smokie played a very minor part in the story.

Almanac Teams: Cricketing politicians

Glen! channels Rodney Boyd to come up with an Australian team comprised of those who have managed to combine both higher level cricket achievements and political involvements.

Almanac Cricket: ODI World Cup – India October 2023

The Australian Cricket Society’s Literary Scholar Kobe Jacobs reports on the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, and the fortunes of the Australian team.

Almanac Cricket: The Story of Igino De Bolfo – A Champion Bowler for Boneo Cricket Club 1933-37

Roger Spaull examines the cricketing feats of Italian immigrant Iginio De Bolfo at the Boneo Cricket Club 1933-37.

Almanac Cricket: Australian Cricket Society – AGM and Luncheon

The Australian Cricket Society invites you to their AGM and luncheon with special guests from Cricket Victoria.

Almanac Cricket: Goodbye Mr Happy

Michael Sexton remembers the deeds of South Australian Shield cricketer Ken ‘Charlie’ Horsnell including Ken bowling Garry Sobers for a first ball duck.

Almanac Cricket – The Ashes 2023: A Series to Long Remember

Australian Cricket Society literary scholar Kobe Jacobs concludes his coverage on one of the most memorable Ashes series in recent times. Filled with controversies, storylines and fierce trades of verbal exchanges that spilled into the media and political landscapes as well. Kobe recaps the series of events that had unfolded here.

Almanac (Cricket) Life: Veterans’ Cricket

Here is cracking yarn from Roderick St. George recounting how he came to don the whites for the Mont Albert Veterans, a team of over 50s playing in the Veterans Cricket competition.

Almanac Cricket Dinner with Rick Darling (July 27) – at The Clubhouse, Tanunda

Rick Darling is our guest at dinner at The Clubhouse in Tanunda tonight, Thursday July 27. We’ll enjoy dinner with Rick and then adjourn to the bar for a feast of TV sport – in particular the first day of the Fifth Test and The Matildas second match.

Almanac Cricket: Pees and Queues

At Old Trafford for the Fourth Test match, Smokie was confounded by the length of the queues

Almanac Cricket: A BazBall Glossary

Smokie Dawson has been in Manchester at Old Trafford watching the 4th Ashes test. In between drinks, and the rain, Smokie spent his time devising a glossary for the spectacle that is Bazball.

Almanac (Cricket) Poetry: ‘These Baggy Greens’ by Patrik Klika Dempsey

The reputation of the Baggy Green has taken a battering during the current Ashes series. Prague-based journalist, philosopher and poet Patrik Klika Dempsey offers this reflection.

Almanac Cricket (and travel…and poetry): The Greeks play cricket?

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast, Andy Thurlow discovered that the Greeks play cricket – and successfully at that! It also twigged a memory of a poem he wrote during lockdown.