Almanac Cricket: Memories of Australia v Pakistan Tests

November 8, 2019 by 16 Comments

A few years ago, Peter Clark provided this commentary on Australia v Pakistan Test encounters. With this summer’s First Test not too far away, let’s revisit Peter’s piece and enjoy his emotions ranging across humour, dismay, doubt, surprise and disgust. What will the 2019 series deliver?

2019 Cricket World Cup – Australia v Pakistan: Battling hard, doing enough

June 17, 2019 by 1 Comment

The mecurial Pakistanis have been hard to pick and Australia caught them on a middling day writes Sean Mortell.

Three reasons to support Pakistan in Sydney

January 5, 2017 by 1 Comment

Pat White has a lot of empathy ofr the forever-touring Pakistani cricketers. He’s calling for cricket fans to acknowledge their plight, respect their phenomenal effort, and support them in this Sydney Test match.

Baked Beans in the Garden of Eden

January 14, 2015 by 4 Comments

With the Aussies recording a comprehensive series win in the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Fitzroy Pete travels back in time to Australia’s disastrous tour to the sub-continent in 1998, when India ruled supreme, and preferring baked beans over local cuisine turned out to be a P.R nightmare for SK Warne.