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It was Jeff Thomson’s birthday recently - the legendary Thommo, pig shooter, fisherman, gardener, after dinner speaker and at one stage the fastest bowler…
It was Jeff Thomson’s birthday recently - the legendary Thommo, pig shooter, fisherman, gardener, after dinner speaker and at one stage the fastest bowler…
It’s the Boxing Day Ashes Test in 1982 and I’m 14 years of age. I’m sitting in the family room of my boyhood home…
Is there anything Australian cricket fans revere more than a great bowler? I'd argue not. Down the years, they have been a hallmark of…
Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are a more prolific fast bowling team than Australia's most famous pace pair, Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson. That's…
Last Thursday past at The Roar Xmas drinks I was thrilled and honoured to be chatting with legendary septuagenarians David Lord, Spiro Zavos and…
In a recent interview, Australian coach Darren Lehmann declared that 'Mitchell Johnson's bowling is the most dangerous he has seen.' A statement that usually…
Are you enjoying your cricket? More specifically, are you enjoying the sight of a moustachioed Aussie fast bowler sending down 150 km/hr thunderbolts to…
The current Ashes series and subsequent hostile bowling from the Australian pacemen has evoked memories of the feared Australian fast bowlers of the late…
Tall-timber Australian paceman Mitchell Starc should be encouraged to constantly let it rip and ignore the generally accepted line and length theory. Four or…
After having a list of my favourite cricketers published on The Roar, the logical follow-up is to focus on the Australians I have most…
After having a list of my favourite cricketers published on The Roar, the logical follow-up is to focus on the Australians I have most…
After having a list of my favourite cricketers published on The Roar, the logical follow-up is to focus on the Australians I have most…
Former firebrand Jeff Thomson is right on the money: Australian fast bowlers need to bowl more, not be wrapped in cotton wool by rotation.…
Former firebrand Jeff Thomson is right on the money: Australian fast bowlers need to bowl more, not be wrapped in cotton wool by rotation.…
Former firebrand Jeff Thomson is right on the money: Australian fast bowlers need to bowl more, not be wrapped in cotton wool by rotation.…
Jeff Thomson walked on stage at Melbourne's Crown Casino dressed a little like a clown. The Australia pace-bowling great wore a bright pink shirt,…
For the sake of this discussion, this definition excludes magnificent fast-medium performers Alan Davidson, Bob Massie, Max Walker, and Glenn McGrath, among others. Let…
A roll of Australia's greatest Test pacemen would feature Dennis Lillee, Glenn McGrath, Ray Lindwall, Alan Davidson and Fred Spofforth. Slightly below them sit…
It's been a mixed weekend for Australian sports. While our athletics team achieved its best ever result at a World Championships, with two gold…
Former Test paceman Jeff Thomson has mocked England's prospects of winning next week's Ashes decider and said that Andrew Flintoff's farewell Test is set…
Former Test paceman Jeff Thomson has mocked England's prospects of winning next week's Ashes decider and said that Andrew Flintoff's farewell Test is set…
It was Jeff Thomson’s birthday recently - the legendary Thommo, pig shooter, fisherman, gardener, after dinner speaker and at one stage the fastest bowler…
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“NSW banned him until the very last Shield game of 73/74”
Why was he banned?
His football career with Melita Eagles came…(more)