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Latest Articles
Top five Test series by Australian batsmen
21 Feb 2013The Indian frontier is only days away for the Australian Test team, and with it lies the opportunity for the Aussie batsmen to put together a series that will define their careers. Michael Clarke returns to the country where he burst onto the Test scene with a century on debut, while all but Shane Watson [...]
Top 10 highlights of the Australian sporting summer
7 Feb 2013With the NRL All-Stars match about to take place and the NAB Cup on the footy agenda, it sadly means that summer is coming to a close. Summer sport is dominated by red and white-ball cricket, but the increasing popularity of the A-League, EPL, NFL, Australian Open, golf and northern hemisphere rugby tours means there [...]
Proteas attack amongst Test cricket's best ever
4 Feb 2013Pakistan’s humiliation of being bowled out for 49 in South Africa this week is a pain that many countries around the world know all too well. Less than 18-months ago Australia was routed in South Africa for 47, while the Proteas win in the third test in Perth this summer can be put down to [...]
Selectors playing the guessing game again
1 Feb 2013Australia’s policy of rotating its fast bowlers has come under much attention and scrutiny in recent weeks. However, if the announcement of Australia’s 17-man Test tour squad to India has confirmed one thing, the main theory selectors use when picking sides is that of ‘guess and check’. The tour party includes three batting all-rounders, two [...]
Australia's greatest fielding side
22 Jan 2013Fans will forever remember Ricky Ponting as a brilliant batsman but also an outstanding fielder and it is the latter which brings up some of my fondest ‘Punter’ memories. Be it his poise in the slips, pace in the outfield, or deadly accuracy in the infield, Ponting was perhaps the greatest fielder of his generation. [...]
Can the All-Stars game become more than a gimmick?
17 Jan 2013Today saw the announcement of the NRL and Indigenous All-Star teams for the annual All-Star clash, this year to be held at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. The All-Stars concept was created from the mind of proud Indigenous player and former Dally M winner Preston Campbell, and nobody could doubt what he is trying to achieve. A [...]
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