Columnist About
Kersi is an author of 13 cricket books including The Waugh Twins, Crcket's Great All-rounders, Six Appeal and Nervous Nineties. He writes regularly for Inside Cricket and other publications. He is busy with his new book on Cricket's Conflicts and Controversies with a Foreword by Greg Chappell.
- Member Since:
- April 2009
- Based In:
- Sydney
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Indian cricket team, Australian cricket team, Parramatta in NRL
- Favourite Sports:
- Cricket, Tennis,
Latest Articles
IPL has skeletons, whatever Warner tweets
6 days agoThe arrest of three IPL players including a Test cricketer, S. Sreesanth, confirms what I have been saying for the last five years about the sham competition. The reason cricketers play IPL is for money, only money and nothing but the money. They are well-paid but still they want more. The three IPL cricketers – [...]
No current cricketer in the best ever Australian Ashes XI
3 May 2013Roarers have requested me to pick the best Australian Ashes team based on their performances in Australia and, sadly, no current cricketer makes it to my all-time great Australian team (based on statistical criteria in Ashes Tests in Australia). Eight batsmen have scored 1400-plus runs: Don Bradman (2354 runs at 78.46 in 18 Tests), Clem [...]
Best ever Australian and England Ashes XIs based on stats
29 Apr 2013No two experts will agree on selecting all-time best XIs in Test cricket. In 2009, ten experts from Cricinfo – Peter Roebuck, Mike Coward, Gideon Haigh, David Frith, Phil Wilkins, Jim Maxwell, Malcolm Conn, Warwick Franks, Chris Ryan and Chloe Saltau – selected the following XI in batting order as the best Australian Test XI. [...]
Aussies face huge challenge in England
25 Apr 2013Far from being dispirited after their 0-4 whitewash in India, the Australian squad is hungry for success. That was skipper Michael Clarke’s sentiments at the packed press conference in Sydney yesterday as the national selector John Inverarity announced the 16-man squad for the Ashes in England. “We certainly go into it as underdogs with England [...]
Dickie Bird drops Bradman and says Lillee best bowler ever
20 Apr 2013Umpires create controversies on the cricket field, but English umpire Dickie Bird has started one off the field 17 years after retirement. Harold Denis ‘Dickie’ Bird, made OBE in 2012, umpired 66 Tests from 1973 to 1996 and remains one of the most respected umpires. He is remembered with affection among players. But on his [...]
Clarke’s men should play Ashes practice matches at WACA
11 Apr 2013The all-important Ashes tour starts in June. This is April. The last serious match the Australian cricketers played was in March. And that was on India’s spin tops – as poor a preparation for an Ashes series in England on seaming grassy pitches as you can imagine. The difference is more cheese and soap than [...]
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