The release this week of a new book on World Cup cricket by regular Almanac contributor Liam Hauser offers an opportunity to readers of the Almanac to provide a review for our site. Read here for details.
2019 Cricket World Cup – Australia v England: An incomplete yet resounding victory
Australia managed to out-class England in a blockbuster World Cup clash at Lord’s, as Sean Mortell reviews the encounter and what Australia got right.
2019 Cricket World Cup – Australia v West Indies: Restoking old rivalries
Sean Mortell reviews Australia’s last gasp win in their second match of the 2019 cricket World Cup against the dangerous West Indies.
Almanac Book Review: Ruling The World, The Story of the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
Ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Luke Reynolds reviews “Ruling the World, The Story of the 1992 World Cup” by Jonathan Northall, from a time when one-day cricket really did rule the world.
Almanac Cricket: Player Spotlight – Ireland’s Captain William Porterfield
Neil Drysdale talks to Ireland cricket captain William Porterfield ahead of the upcoming ODI series in Dublin against Sri Lanka, and in wake of the ICC’s announcement of a possible two division Test league featuring extra teams such as the Irish.
Reducing Cricket World Cup Nations limits game development
Neil Drysdale questions the ICC decision in reducing the number of competing World Cup nations
Grand Final – West Coast v Hawthorn: Paranoid android
Sometimes appreciation comes creeping. Sometimes a doubt always remains. E.regnans on Hawthorn; game plan, recent history, the 2015 Grand Final, and the idea of appreciation.
Who’s a Minnow Now?
Qualifying for the 2019 Cricket World Cup just got interesting according to the Footy Bogan. Oh the irony!











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