Roar Rookie About
Suffers from spontaneous karaoke syndrome, inexplicable Cowboys supporter, random golf swings/cricket shots, bad puns & attention deficit disor hey there's a bear!
- Member Since:
- March 2012
- Based In:
- Brisbane
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- North Queensland Cowboys
- Favourite Sports:
- League, Cricket, AFL,
Latest Articles
Come on Aussie, come on (please)
5 days agoIt is beautiful really. You, YouTube, a glass of scotch and more batting highlights than you can poke a stick at. Gilchrist, the bowler’s Anti-Christ. Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn, all elegance and timing. Steve Waugh, all bloody-mindedness; Matthew Hayden, just bloody for bowlers. Beautiful times, were they not? If you want something from this [...]
Don't Panic: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Australian cricket
26 Feb 2013That Australia will lose the first Test against India, let’s be honest, wasn’t completely unexpected. India have three players in their side with over 100 Tests each (Sachin Tendulkar with 195 of his own); Australia have Michael Clarke with 90 Tests, then Shane Watson and Peter Siddle with just under 40 each. India went in [...]
Is Mitchell Johnson the one who got away?
30 Jan 2013Those in the know fell hard for Mitchell Johnson. Dennis Lillee was the first. Up in Townsville in the late 90s holding a fast-bowling camp, Lillee was quickly onto his great mate Rod Marsh after watching this young man deliver the ball with some serious pace – and with his left hand to boot. Marsh [...]
Mark "Baby Boof" Cosgrove could be the answer for Australia
1 Nov 2012The Australian squad for the First Test against South Africa was named earlier this week without too many shocks. Victorian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade got the nod over veteran Brad Haddin in about the only contentious decision, but by the sound of it, Haddin knew that was coming. The pace bowling stocks are in pretty good [...]
Australian cricket must stick with Nathan Lyon
19 Oct 2012Nathan Lyon’s a pretty laidback character. A groundsman first picked for South Australia after doing well in the nets, Lyon impressed in the Twenty20 Big Bash and for Australia A before going on to take a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket. It was that of Sri Lankan superstar Kumar Sangakkara. Since then [...]
Sheffield Shield preview (part two)
27 Sep 2012Yesterday in part one, I previewed the prospects of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia in the upcoming Sheffield Shield season. Here are the previews for the final three states. TASMANIA TIGERS (second last year) IN: Aiden Blizzard (SA); Ben Dunk (Queensland); Andrew Fekete (VIC); Timm van der Gugten (NSW) OUT: Tom Triffit (WA) [...]
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