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The spiritual leader of the spiritless Quokkas Cricket Club, The Rev wails for the state of sports administration generally, while wondering why he cares. Go Dees. The Rev can occassionally be heard on White Line Wireless @whitelinewire, or read on Twitter @revdanichols
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With the Ashes won by Australia and with two Tests left to play, organisers and fans alike are searching for ways of making the…
The Australian summer has arrived and with it, an Ashes series against the Old Enemy and a bunch of maniacal team selections. With the…
An Ashes Summer is due to start in Australia in the coming months, which was greeted in different ways by Australian vice-captain Dave Warner…
In case you missed it, the Australian domestic one-day cricket tournament began a few weeks ago. It's been rebranded the JLT Cup after its…
The Australian cricket team defeated Bangladesh at Chittagong last week to tie the two-Test series after losing the first match in Dhaka. The loss…
Australia's male cricketers ended their contractual standoff with Cricket Australia recently, swapping pickets for wickets in a three-day warm-up game in Darwin ahead of…
Ahead of the upcoming Ashes series, English captain Joe Root has decided that challenging the Australian side is too easy, so he has decided…
The Ultimate Frisbee Asian Club Championship kicks off in a week and a half. Wanting to get to know some of the Australian teams…
Cricket Australia are currently a cricket administration group without a team. This oddly leaves them employed, but not the team they seek to manage…
The negotiations between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association continued over the last week in the same farcical way that they started. The…
With the Australian Cricket Team knocked out of the Champions Trophy by the 'New South Africa' (otherwise known as England) and the players facing…
With the 2017 Champions Trophy a week old, the tournament has already provided great insight into the teams playing and what can be expected…
The relationship between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association continues to leap from one burning building to the next, with the ACA revealing…
Australian Test vice-captain David Warner and Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland have come out strongly in the media this week in relation to the…
The Melbourne Football Club went into the 2017 AFL season with pundits expecting them to play in the finals for the first time since…
In a world where cricket is battling to remain relevant, the Champions Trophy is about to arrive to assist calibrate our minds, values and…
And so it comes down to the final Test match between India and Australia to decide who wins the series. Given this Aussie side…
G'day Trevor, How the devil are you? It's been ages. Quite the Summer you've had, one moment minding your sports goods shop and the…
Australian captain Steve Smith advised the media that the Australian selectors would be considering an all-rounder option for the next Test in Melbourne, due…
The perennial problem with sportspeople is that they're always at risk of saying the wrong thing to the media. Following the fine given to…
Fair point Train-o, but the path to the National team was a lot better defined then, which is the point White was making
An open letter to Trevor Hohns
Hi Naresh, Can I suggest that you get in touch with Dan Liebke?
Top 5: Alternatives to Mitchell Marsh
I like the Chinese Wreath idea, I had previously been supporting horse-whipping him in the street.
Top 5: Alternatives to Mitchell Marsh
Good point – I wonder how the book-makers and companies with the broadcast rites felt about those selection choices? Doesn’t look good for CA!
What is going on with one day cricket?
Hi Dan,
Thanks for the feedback. I really do agree on Wade, Lyon must be filthy with him for all the drops etc that led to him being dropped after that SL tour at home. I would say Nevill could be picked in his place at bat at 9.
Klinger is an interesting one, I would suggest he might be a bit old, but that could be what the team needs for a few years.
Head, on the other hand, is still very young and should be given a chance.
I don’t really rate Valente. He is getting a lot of wickets but most of them are ‘junk’. My view is Marsh shouldn’t be in the team as an all rounder with his batting record & should only be picked as a bowler (at this point). His bowling is better than Mennie etc.
Cheers
What is going on with one day cricket?
Hi Lancey
If Melbourne Members can’t sue Cameron Schwab, no-one can.
Revealed: Australia's central cricketers
Thanks Ryan. Was thinking we could start a special ribbon day for him, but there aren’t many colors left anymore.
Revealed: Australia's central cricketers
Really good point Neil, as there is so much chance taken in T20, its chance that really comes into it as a factor for wins.
T20? Just call it Kohli cricket
Hi JBJ – I absolutely agree with you. I would take it one step further and make sure we have 6 tests every summer – with either 6 to be played against one ‘strong’ Test team (e.g. South Africa, England, India) and every other year 2 x 3 Test series to be played against lesser teams (e.g. Sri Lanka, Pakistan) – you could even throw Ireland in there!
CA needs to get a lot better at marketing and expanding the brand / creating events. The Boxing Day Test has been done for them, they just need to run off that strong base.
Having unique pitches will certainly make the series more of a contest
T20? Just call it Kohli cricket
The state of cricket (and more generally, sports) administration is a subject so large that you’d need more than a trashy article to cover it.
An open letter to Trevor Hohns