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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,

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Don't Panic: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Australian cricket

26 Feb 2013

That 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 2013

Those 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 2012

The 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 2012

Nathan 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 2012

Yesterday 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) [...]

Sheffield Shield preview part one

26 Sep 2012

Aah, spring. The weather’s warming up and the footy seasons are coming to a close. Time then for willow fanciers around the country to stock up the fridge, make sure the couch is still comfy and get ready for the upcoming cricket season. With Test series against the top-ranked South Africans and the always competitive [...]

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Australia needs to bench Nathan Lyon for Ashes success

Going in with an all-pace attack only works in certain conditions and/or you're the West Indies 1975-1995. While Australia did do well in the 4th Test in 2009 with four quicks, perhaps the word of caution should come from the Test against India in Perth in 2008. Australia went in with three of the world's fastest - and wildest - bowlers in that match (Lee, Johnson & Tait) but still lost with Kumble and Sewag taking four wickets in the final innings to help India to an unexpected win. To use another example, the 1989 Ashes team included Trevor Hohns for five of the six Tests. While he didn't set the world on fire, he nipped in with handy wickets and gave Australia a different option from Alderman, Lawson & Hughes. Lyon can do that and then some - just have to stick with the man.

10 May 2013

WIZ: Cowboys are the NRL’s slowest starters

It was always going to be a tough start with games against the Bulldogs, Storm, Knights and Warriors (away) - but what's been concerning is that ball control has been absolute rubbish in the last two games. Something as simple as keeping hod of the ball could well see some big wins.

5 Apr 2013

Batting Quiney at 3 was a cruel mistake

The alternative argument you could use is that by coming in at number 3 with not very many on the board, you're more likely to see what a batsman like Quiney's really made of. Come in at 4-down for a few hundred, and there's a lot less pressure on them and subsequently the runs only show they can make them, not that they can make them in a Testing (pun intended) situation. Of the two other debutante #3s, Khawaja was making starts but couldn't quite go on with them, while Marsh seemingly flourished with a century on debut and 60-odd in the first innings in Cape Town before hurting his back. That he failed so spectacularly last summer against India isn't because he'd played his admittedly short Test career at number 3.

13 Nov 2012

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