Almanac Cricket: Picking Australia’s Best Ashes XI

Daniel Saunders selects his Australian XI for the 1st Test. Do you agree with him?
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Almanac Cricket: Where it Went Wrong for the Aussies

Junior Almanacker Daniel Saunders delivers has take on the recent disappointment for Australia at the ICC Champions Trophy in England. Who is needed for the upcoming India tour?

Almanac Cricket: What next for Australia?

Citrus Bob Utber loves a selection discussion and, after reporting on the entire Test summer, he picks his squad to tour India.

Almanac Cricket: Cricket Bloody Cricket

Bernard Whimpress takes us on a tour of cricket over the past few days and places it all in the context of the last few weeks and the last few years. Cricket! Bloody Cricket! It’s all happening – even in Adelaide.

Australia v South Africa – Adelaide Test, pre-game: Agile, innovative, creative selection

Alright Australian squad – acknowledge your luck, look after each other and have a crack. That’s David Wilson’s message to the unrecognisables. And their teammates. What a time to be alive.

Australia v South Africa – Hobart Test, Day 3: De Kock ton, Hazlewood’s sixfa, and Khawaja’s steel, as the Australians survive

Citrus Bob Utber is happy to record something of an Australian fightback thanks to Josh Hazlewood and Usman Khawaja. But our correspondent is already focusing on Australian selection for Adelaide.

Almanac Cricket: “Is this your fifty, mate?” A day at the Sheffield Shield

Tbone proves that a day out at the Sheffield Shield is worth more than the admission price.

Under siege: could Australia lose four Test series in a row?

On the morning of the First Test at the WACA, Pat White wonders where the Australian Test team is at.

Australia v New Zealand – Adelaide Test: The New is Old is New again

New, old, new, new, old, old, new, new, old, new, new, old and new. Sharp observations from Joseph Ryan who visited Adelaide for the Test.

The Ashes 2015 – Third Test, Day 3: For Whom the Bell Tolls!

Jill Scanlon here on that rapidly finishing Third Test, with questions of not only the Australian team, but of the future of Test cricket itself.

The Ashes 2015 – Second Test: 10 Things I have learnt from Lord’s and London

It’s one-all in the battle for the Ashes, following a masterful display by Australia at the Home of Cricket. Here’s what Citrus Bob Utber learned from the second Test.

The Ashes 2015 – Second Test, Day 3: Marsh makes it Australia’s day

The Australians worked away at the English resistance and Mitch Marsh did exactly what he was picked to do. Citrus Bob Utber reports from Lord’s.

The Ashes 2015 – Second Test, Day 2: Australians dominate at Lord’s

A great day for the Australians in the end, despite an early English fightback, as Citrus Bob Utber finally meets his nemesis.