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Shades of '92-93 in Australia's loss to Proteas
6 Dec 2012It has been noted that the South Africans were the first visiting team since the 1992/3 West Indians to win a second successive series touring Australia. However, there are some parallels between the two series which may dispel some of the gloom after the recent Perth loss. The glaring similarity, to me, is that in [...]
Maths for the Reds to make Super Rugby finals
28 Jun 2012The not particularly evocatively named Mr Price Kings Park, Durban. The not overly fan-friendly time of 3:10 am, Sunday eighth July. One of those intra-South African games where the casual rugby watcher is still not certain where the teams come from. And yet possibly it should be the focus of attention for Reds followers – [...]
Is Brad Haddin really that dismal?
22 Jan 2012In all of the debates about Australian cricket selections lately, one almost constant has been the criticism of Brad Haddin, with calls for him to be dropped forthwith based on his poor keeping and batting. Feeling contrary, I thought I’d play devil’s advocate for Haddin, at least as regards his batting. I don’t have the [...]
An alternative view of Australia's current World Cup prospects
29 Sep 2011Three-quarters of the way through pool play at the Rugby World Cup and it’s hard to find anyone with a good word to say about Australia’s campaign so far, let alone their prospects. From the high of the strong performance against New Zealand in the last Tri-Nations game in Brisbane not so very long ago [...]
Is it really the 2000th cricket Test match?
23 Jul 2011The 2000th cricket Test match has just begun between England and India at Lords. Some are querying whether it is really the 2000th Test, generally because of a view that the game a few years ago between Australia and the ICC World XI should not count. That view, as I understand it, is generally based [...]
Simon Katich contract saga: what price consistency?
10 Jun 2011Simon Katich was – and deserves the opportunity to continue to be – one of those unobtrusive types of Test openers, who doesn’t catch the eye by thrashing the bowling to all parts, but always seems to be there or thereabouts. You have to wonder if that isn’t an extremely good quality to have in [...]
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