Posts Tagged "Stuart MacGill"

With the second Test in Hyderabad all said and done the embattled Aussies will now have to win the last two Test matches to keep their hands on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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Australia’s been blessed with three world class leg spinners since the end of World War II – Richie Benaud, Shane Warne, and Stuart MacGill.

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Joel Parkinson, the perennial place getter of the surf scene, finally clinched his first world title in Hawaii on Sunday, and officially avoided the title of being an ‘almost’.

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The Queensland Bulls must turn around a poor recent record in Sheffield Shield finals if they are to defeat Tasmania in this year’s final, starting Friday at the Gabba.

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Here we are, on the eve of another spin on the international cricket merry-go-round. This time Australia stops off in the West Indies. But after an entertaining home summer, why should fans care about facing a team that now gets as little credibility as Bangladesh, Zimbabwe or even Ireland?

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Brilliant fielding helped the Sydney Sixers to a thrilling two-run Big Bash League victory over the Melbourne Stars at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday night.

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I attended the Sydney Sixers versus Brisbane Heat Big Bash League match on Friday night, so I am going to throw my two cents in on the experience. I went with an open mind, and my first impression was that they were really trying too hard with making it hip, funky, glitzy and cool.

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The new T20 Big Bash – Australian domestic cricket’s biggest gamble. Six state teams out, replaced with eight city-based franchises. New names, new colours, new team line-ups. Support for the new concept was far from unanimous in cricket circles; but the true test would be what unfolded when the new league started.

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Sydney captain Brad Haddin smashed 76 runs to guide the Sixers to a seven-wicket victory over Brisbane in the opening Big Bash match of the summer on Friday night.

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I was compiling a list of batsmen who were possible Test candidates as a means of proving that keeping Ponting and Hussey in the team was costing Australian cricket.

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Five years since the retirement of its greatest exponent, Australian captains have forgotten how to use spin bowling, and at times seem to forget it exists at all.

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Whilst there were some encouraging signs to emerge from the naming of the Test squad to head over to Sri Lanka, the overwhelming sense is that the squad has raised more questions than answers.

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Having reminisced on the controversial John Snow and inspirational “Taylor Who” Tests of 1971 and 1987 in Part I, let us focus on two heart-warming dramas of 1999 and 2003 in this second and final part of SCG extravaganza.

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There is no doubt that the task humans have not found a way to make any easier is that of letting go of something once held dear. From today’s mullet growers to ‘Heartbeat’ watchers, moving on to greener pastures and keeping with the times is a frivolous task fraught with tears, denial and embarrassment.

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Stuart MacGill has always been known for his free-thinking, outspoken ways. But his ill-advised comments about the shape of the Australian pace bowling attack in India illustrated the problem of former players – in any sport – offering public opinions based on precious little relevant knowledge.

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Former Test spinner Brad Hogg has called on Australia’s selectors to give Nathan Hauritz an extended run in the Test side while the next generation of tweakers fine-tune their art.

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Typical Warney. Even when he isn’t playing, he seems to command centre stage. Quite the best thing about viewing the Ashes series this winter has been Shane Warne’s commentary for the Sky/SBS team.

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A formidable international team can be formed from the TV commentators or Ashes experts on SBS and Foxtel channels: Michael Atherton, David Lloyd, Damien Martyn, Mark Waugh, Allan Border, Nasser Hussain, Ian Botham, Greg Matthews, Shane Warne, Stuart MacGill, Brendon Julian, Damien Fleming, Michael Holding and Rodney Hogg.

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For all the relief and excitement that swept across England – and Wales – following the home side’s great escape in Cardiff, history says it may only have delayed the inevitable.

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To catch the atmosphere before the opening ball of the 2009 Ashes series, I turned to the Fox Sports coverage. The studio team of Mark Waugh and Damien Fleming were incisive and fluent.

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