Cricket Articles

North proving his doubters wrong with timely knock

by Greg Buckle - March 21st 2010 @ 2:30am

Marcus North knew he was “under the pump”. Young NSW all-rounder Steven Smith was in the Test squad and under consideration for a place in the side for the first Test against New Zealand, while North hadn’t made a strong case after averaging under 30 in Shield cricket this summer.
North’s form in the baggy green [...]


ADVERTISEMENT

Clarke, North set partnership record

by Greg Buckle - March 21st 2010 @ 2:15am

Big fast bowler Doug Bollinger took the prize wicket of Ross Taylor as Australia put New Zealand under enormous pressure on day two of the first Test.
The Black Caps were 4-108 at stumps on Saturday at Wellington’s Basin Reserve in reply to Australia’s first innings of 5-459 declared.
Marcus North capped his return to form with [...]

Vics ready to claim Sheffield title

by Adam Cooper - March 21st 2010 @ 2:13am

Victoria will on Sunday be crowned Sheffield Shield champion again, and it’s only a case of whether it comes after a win or draw against Queensland in the final at the MCG.
The Bushrangers set Queensland a monstrous victory target of 640 after amassing 8-591 in their second innings on day four before declaring an end [...]

Clarke recovers to play one of his finest Test innings

by Spiro Zavos - March 20th 2010 @ 1:13am

Some time during the very slow period of play during the Test at Wellington, when Simon Katich and Michael Clarke seemed becalmed, I heard one of the good old boys at the Basin Reserve say to a weather-beaten mate: “They’re batting as if they’re Kiwi batsmen.”
It was very slow batting. There was a succession of [...]

Clarke leaves week of drama behind, thanks Lara

by Greg Buckle - March 20th 2010 @ 1:58am

“I’ve read every paper possible,” Australian Test cricket’s vice-captain Michael Clarke said, breaking all the rules of sports stars talking to the media.
While generally a player will tell reporters he doesn’t read the papers and couldn’t care less what they say, Clarke is quick to admit the extensive coverage of his broken engagement to bikini [...]

Don’t ditch Sheffield final for more Twenty20

by lachymac - March 20th 2010 @ 1:22am

It has been said that Australia’s premier first class cricket competition will be ditching its final to make way for a bigger Twenty20 competition.
It is an idea that has been brought up by Cricket Australia, in order to increase the amount of people taking interest in domestic cricket.
But since when has cricket become about the [...]

Forget the drama, Clarke will make a great Test captain

by David Sygall - March 19th 2010 @ 7:48am

Michael Clarke will lead Australia when Ricky Ponting retires and will finish his career as a respected and successful skipper. The chaos of the past couple of weeks will not hinder this in any way. Rather, it genuinely begins Clarke’s path to the post of captain.
Just like Ricky Ponting’s wake up call came at the [...]

North to hold spot, Australia wait on Harris

by Greg Buckle - March 19th 2010 @ 5:58am

Marcus North will hold his spot in the Test side for at least one more match, although skipper Ricky Ponting admits North is feeling the heat.
Ponting says talented NSW youngster Steven Smith, who is also in Australia’s squad for the two-Test series against New Zealand, will just have to wait a little longer.
North has scored [...]

Third ten-wicket win in IPL

by AAP - March 19th 2010 @ 5:48am

Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals have been flogged in the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore winning their encounter by ten wickets on Thursday.
South African Jacques Kallis thumped 44 runs from 34 balls and fellow opener Manish Pandey 42 from 30 as the home side won with 56 balls remaining, just the third 10-wicket victory in [...]

Kiwi cricket in disarray as Aussies move in for the kill

by Spiro Zavos - March 18th 2010 @ 7:53am

A storm of driving wind and rain hit Wellington a couple days ago and fieldsmen at the Basin Reserve for the New Zealand-Australia Test can expect stinging hands if they are unfortunate enough to have to catch a hot chance.
I was chatting to an old cricket hand who said to me that both teams would [...]

Hot debate

What you're Roaring!

By signing up to the daily The Roar email you'll receive all the new articles and sports opinion that we put up on the website each day - delivered direct into your inbox. For free. We think it's the best way to receive our content.

Our emails contain the article along with the images - just like on the website.