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Dan Liebke is a comedy writer and former Nathan Hauritz impersonator, who has written multiple books on cricket (the details of which are all available at his website, liebcricket.com). He is a genuine all-rounder, equally inept with both bat and ball, and he steadfastly believes that cricket is the funniest, and hence best, sport that humanity has ever invented.
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At the beginning of this second Test between New Zealand and Australia, the Australians formed a guard of honour for Marais Erasmus standing in…
Australia, astonishingly, deigned to make the lengthy journey to New Zealand for their first Test series over there in eight years. Excited at the…
Having comfortably won the first Test against the West Indies, Australia faced a much bigger challenge in the second. Namely, the simultaneous India vs…
With David Warner retired from both Test cricket and the attendance of his siblings’ weddings, Australian cricket had spent the intervening period abuzz with…
To the SCG for David Warner’s farewell, which must have felt like a dream for the veteran opener. In particular, one of those dreams…
It is a known statistical fact that almost 70 per cent of viewers of the first day of the Boxing Day Test are fans…
It’s the first Test of the summer, with the Gabba inexplicably relocated to Perth. No cause for concern, though, as Australia recorded a 360-run…
Glenn Maxwell is a World Cup hero (again!), following his remarkable batting feats - including at least one batting feat that was accomplished without…
For the fifth and final Test of the Ashes series, Australia made just the one change to their team, with Todd Murphy replacing Cameron…
With heavy rain forecast for the fourth and fifth days of the Test, and Australia needing only a draw to retain the Ashes, they…
Most of the gap between the second and third Test was spent with fans from all around the world finding example after example of…
The second Test of the Ashes at Lord’s began with an interruption by Just Stop Oil protesters and only got crazier from that point.…
The women’s Ashes multi-format series began with the Test match at Trent Bridge. The match saw a significant milestone for Ellyse Perry who, in…
The first Ashes Test began with some magnificent trolling from Mitch Marsh, who, for reasons known only to himself, began marking his run-up shortly…
Australia’s warm-up for the Ashes and India’s warm-down from the IPL coincided with the World Test Championship final, a contest to determine once and…
Before the fourth Test started at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, a couple of Prime Ministers (including one that coincidentally had the same…
The third Test between India and Australia was played at Indore, which raised the prospect of an endless supply of Indore/indoor cricket wordplay, something…
The second Test between India and Australia in Delhi saw the home side defeat the visitors by six wickets inside three days. And by…
The first Test between India and Australia in Nagpur has ended in an unlucky defeat to the visitors, who spent most of the match…
With injuries to Cameron Green, Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland’s statue, Australia brought in three replacements for the third Test: Ashton Agar, Josh Hazlewood…
Yet more evidence that Watto was the best.
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs South Africa ODI Tri-Series
Fair call. Take it up with Tickner.
The Liebke Ratings: West Indies v Australia ODI Tri-series
England v Sri Lanka? Admittedly, Sri Lanka don’t seem to be able to bat long enough to last into a time slot where Australians are awake. But, y’know, in theory it’s a good thing…
Introducing 'Football Code of Origin' in cricket's off season
Oh, I guarantee you that there are many, many Melbourne-based people who would describe Hayne’s pre-American football sport as ‘rugby’.
Introducing 'Football Code of Origin' in cricket's off season
I’m just the ideas man. I’ll leave the number-crunching to the ICC boffins.
What's the point of cricket anyway?
Rare, but not impossible. Important to have a plan to deal with them, no matter how unlikely they might seem. I see no reason to not have a result when there are so many ways to come up with one.
Sorting out Test cricket's tie problem
You certainly won’t see one once the ICC implements these solutions. Better to be safe than sorry, that’s my motto.
Sorting out Test cricket's tie problem
Yowsers! I was only thinking in terms of number of years since the last one. But you’re right, the number of Tests is a much better measure of how urgent this problem is. Let’s hope the ICC sort it out, stat!
Sorting out Test cricket's tie problem
Twitter automatically adds it if it detects that the poll is about cricket.
Sorting out Test cricket's tie problem
What can I say? I’m a traditionalist at heart. Keep it as crickety as possible when you remove the possibility of tied Tests from the game.
Sorting out Test cricket's tie problem
You’re in for a treat. Possibly six treats.
The partnerships that will save Australian cricket
I’d rather be a Rising Pune Supergiant.
The partnerships that will save Australian cricket
Australia need to be a lot more winning-ey before Australian fans embrace it. A shame, because I *love* a format where Australia are consistently rubbish. Much funnier than boring old cricketing competence.
The Liebke Ratings: World T20 Super 10 stage (Part 1)
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Thanks Foxtel. Thanks Nine. You've ruined everything
To be honest, I’m staggered he hasn’t done something like this already.
God, I love Kohli.
The Liebke Ratings: New Zealand vs Australia third ODI
Definitely way funnier than the article.
The Liebke Ratings: New Zealand vs Australia third ODI
It’s surely no coincidence that Watto’s form slumps that you’ve noted have come in those periods when he wasn’t the captain. But now that we’ve established that he’s the best captain Australia has ever had *and* we know how he lifts when given that leadership role, as seen last night, it only makes logical sense to give him the reins and lead Australia to the top of all three formats.
Let’s hope the selectors come to their senses on this matter.
Is Shane Watson Australia's greatest ever captain?
That mentalist dude needs to be thrown out of the game.
Is Shane Watson Australia's greatest ever captain?
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs South Africa ODI Tri-Series