Posts Tagged "Merv Hughes"
Aussies lack facial hair, says big Merv
By AAP, 7 Mar 2013Former Australia paceman and ex-Test selector Merv Hughes wants to see the players sport more facial hair.
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Siddle the go to man in the Aussie pace battery
By Glenn Mitchell, 20 Dec 2012Peter Siddle is living proof of the adage, “from opportunity comes success.”
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The days of the ample athlete are over
By Cutback, 17 Apr 2012Piri 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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Joe Darling was a real hero with a real mo’
By Rob McLean, 3 Dec 2010The 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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Hughes axed as Aussie selector
By Guy Hand, 30 Oct 2010Put 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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It’s a pity a selector will lose his job, says Hilditch
By Steve Larkin, 27 Oct 2010Australia 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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Merv does not want 50-over cricket to change
By AAP, 17 Jun 2010National 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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Big Merv sets tone at Clarke presser
By Greg Buckle, 18 Mar 2010The 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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Answers for the Aussie cricket selectors
By Freud of Football, 27 Oct 2009The 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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Two more years for chairman Hilditch? Amazing!
By Spiro Zavos, 20 Oct 2009Last 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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Time to show some faith in our cricketers
By Luke D'Anello, 8 Aug 2009The 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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Sid Vicious an off-field charmer
By Tom Wald, 16 Jul 2009The 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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Aussies set to put faith in raw attack
By Tom Wald, 8 Jul 2009Australia 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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Hot reception awaits Australians at Wanderers
By Greg Buckle, 22 Feb 2009Australia 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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McGain makes South African tour claim
By Roger Vaughan, 3 Feb 2009The 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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Pressure and expectation: selectors feeling the heat
By The Crowd, 19 Jan 2009Perspective 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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