Posts Tagged "Merv Hughes"

Former Australia paceman and ex-Test selector Merv Hughes wants to see the players sport more facial hair.

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Peter Siddle is living proof of the adage, “from opportunity comes success.”

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Piri Weepu has let himself go and Chris Sandow has had too many pies. The message for today’s professional sports men and women is resoundingly clear; fat is out.

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With some of the flack from the recent batting debacles being flung in the direction of the Australian batting coach Justin ‘Play Your Natural Game’ Langer, it is only fair that the plaudits regarding the meteoric rise of an inexperienced bowling attack be given to the bowling coach, Craig McDermott.

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The end has come for Movember, with the facial fuzz grown over the past month set to be erased from men’s faces like a bristly bad memory.

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Put in the unusual position of having to select the selectors, Cricket Australia have axed Merv Hughes from the new-look panel which will decide Australia’s Ashes team this summer.

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Australia cricket’s chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch, says it’s a pity one of his panel will lose their job on Friday. Cricket Australia will reduce the selection panel from five members to four at a board meeting on Friday.

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National selector Merv Hughes does not think there is anything wrong with 50-over cricket and sees no reason to tinker with the format.

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The indoor training nets at Wellington’s Westpac stadium were bulging with camera crews tripping over each other in a bid to film Michael Clarke putting his pads on, chatting to a team-mate, anything really.

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The end of a beautiful thing need not be a time of mourning. Indeed, Australia’s cricketing future is looking so bright that it’s causing some headaches at the selection table.

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Last week, Cricket Australia issued a brief statement confirming that the chairman of the selection panel for Australia’s national cricket teams, Andrew Hilditch, has been re-appointed for two more years.

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The National Selection Panel has been criticised heavily in recent times – and it has not stopped during this year’s Ashes series.

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The British media really aren’t an easy bunch to impress. But Peter Siddle had them eating out of the palm of his hand this week with his refreshing responses and cheeky smile.

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Australia are set to place their Ashes defence in the hands of their rawest bowling attack to play on British soil for almost a quarter of a century.

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Australia will have good and bad memories of Johannesburg’s Wanderers three years ago and with crowd numbers surging towards a possible ground record, the atmosphere at the famous “Bull Ring” stadium is sure to be intense for Thursday’s first Test.

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The day after Andrew McDonald strengthened his case for a South African trip, Victorian cricket team-mate Bryce McGain also showed impeccable timing.

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Perspective finds me shortly after I’m convinced by a fellow fanatic that Matthew Hayden was right to call it quits on his illustrious career.

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