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The death of South Australian cricket
6 Dec 2009Adelaide Oval’s long serving curator and the artist behind many a summer masterpiece has suggested that drop-in pitches might have to be looked at as a pay-off for the redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval. Many of you will be familiar with Burdett’s work, he nearly always produces the same pitch; beautiful to bat on for [...]
Why English cricket continues to fail
5 Dec 2009Oh, how I wish I was English. Not for the food, the weather or their famous fangs. But for surely by now, I’d have played international cricket. Of course like many Australian’s, my dream from childhood was of the baggy green and, like many Australian’s, the talent was just never there. Some representative cricket at [...]
The Roar's Football Razzies of 08-09
2 Dec 2009The debates as to who is the best player in the world is about to heat up with the naming of the Top 10 for the coveted Ballon d’Or, but let’s take a different tact – who are the most overrated players in world football? Sure we can debate the amazing grace of Messi, the power [...]
The media is ruining Australian Cricket
1 Dec 2009Mitchell Johnson recently attributed his lack of form during Australia’s recent Ashes defeat to personal issues involving his bitter mother. Will his be another whose life is destroyed in the public domain? Today’s sportsmen and women are subjected to intense media scrutiny. Every action is replayed from any number of angles, lip-readers are contracted to [...]
Blanc to accede the Manchester United throne?
28 Nov 2009With Sir Alex Ferguson approaching his 68th birthday, the press speculation as to his eventual successor is about to enter full swing yet again. Replacing the Scot is a seemingly impossible task, but are the stars aligning for Laurent Blanc to step in? It is clear that the next in Old Trafford’s hot-seat will need [...]
Second German match fixing scandal in 4 years
25 Nov 2009European football has been rocked by it’s largest ever match-fixing scandal. Luckily for some of those who should have been responsible for keeping the game clean, Thierry Henry stole the headlines with his handball against Ireland. Enough has been written on Henry, so I won’t delve any further. The match-fixing scandal, on the other hand, [...]
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