Almanac (Cricket) Book Review – Playing to Win: Seeing a bit of Australia in the 1972 Ashes series.

August 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Mike Sexton introduces us to Barry Nicholls’ new book, ‘Playing to Win: Australia and the 1972 Ashes’ and reflects on the series and the impact of the dramatic final Test win to level the series.

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Three “Three-Test Wonders” from the Seventies

December 1, 2015 by 15 Comments

Thesaurus Rex on three ‘Three Test Wonders’ for Australia in the 1970’s.

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