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Patrons who regularly attend Eden Park have become used to the asymmetries that mark the classic New Zealand compromise to the king code of…
The Nathan Lyon inspired victory in Adelaide will not be repeated in Brisbane - that's the 12 wickets bit, not necessarily the victory bit.…
31.4 overs. A single session of cricket. Capitulation, surrender and embarrassment. And that was just the final Test. The term ‘Test' may have to…
I am pretty much an optimist when it comes to cricket results (and I am on record as predicting an Australian 2-1 win) but…
As the ball looped lazily toward short leg from Jimmy Anderson's self-preserving fend I had ample time for a 24-year-old flashback. Just before George…
Test victories at Adelaide Oval are very often hard earned. The pitch has forever lacked a green flavour, drop in or live in: brown,…
Momentum. Mass times Velocity. Momentum is a scientific definition of moving objects and the ability for them to be accelerated or be slowed and…
The Australian cricket team, coaching staff and selectors just have a couple of months now to get better. But the big question is "how…
I know, I know, I know, it wasn’t a pretty sight. I reduced my nightmare quotient by peering through my fingers at the scoreline…
As I charged up the laptop to compose this column I was torn between two key views of the first Test at Trent Bridge.…
Given the arrests “we got a result guv’nor". After copious phone taps, obviously, ASADA aren’t conducting an investigation or player interviews in the IPL.…
Where to start with the dog's breakfast of a performance that Australia dished up in India? Coaching, selecting, batting, unbalanced XIs (with an eye…
The definition of madness is to keep repeating the same action and hope for a different result. The Australian selectors extended this for the…
By day's end at the ‘Gabba, South Africa could rest easy. 2-255 is a handy platform to launch a match-winning score. Yet, the Australian…
The selectors have cast their die for the First Test and perhaps beyond. Brad Haddin is the first victim of the summer and a…
The selectors had a think. What’s working? What’s not working? And a few, who’s for the what’s. Glen Maxwell wasn’t working mainly because he…
A typically bombastic Chris Gayle innings and some astute captaincy from Darren Sammy might not have helped, but some questionable decisions from captain George…
Pakistan have a batting order spring loaded to attack from first ball to last but have become gun shy after getting knocked over by…
Mickey Arthur has been making a repeated point of letting the media, hence the cricket public, know that Australia will be sticking with the…
George Bailly’s propaganda during the week was all about blasting India away with the quicks. This pronouncement had shades of the disastrous 2011 World…
This is one of the most superficial and derisory analyses I have ever read .” Lies damn lies and statistics” – would be the first point of assault. No mention of left handed variety, the ability to blow away the tail ( remember Headingley y ! ), the balance to the attack , the ability to create footmarks for Nathan Lyon, his batting which is more efficacious than M Marsh. Aust lost the final Ashes Test when he was dropped ( it certainly wasn’t a workload issue – unless it was under worked ) To be quoting D Fleming’s self indulgent analysis is fraught with danger . Remember that Aust didn’t actually win the Ashes, they retained them. It’s about time Justin Langer’s role and flawed decision making is called out. An independent and experienced selection panel should be making these calls .
Chad Sayers or Mitchell Starc ….. please ??!!!!
Why Starc should stick to white-ball cricket
David- you obviously do not know James Sutherland well at all. He manipulated the Argus Committee by appointing himself to it so he could keep his job . Then he made horrendous appointments including a rugby person to run a cricket playing operation – the net result is what we have today in playing standards and behaviour . His leaving CA is the best possible way forward. Howard will go but that exit needs to be accelerated otherwise it will just be a wasted year. Add Peever to that exit and Australian cricket has a real chance of rejuvenation sooner rather than much later . Sutherland was the executive leader of the “ controlling , bullying culture ..” as the review underlined in bold . He will not be missed .
Cricket Australia cops a major uppercut from the independent review
Sunshinecoaster makes a good point in reference to the ” hard work ” that Watson put in on the sub-continent. Hard work is supposed to be rewarded, especially when accompanied by results. Apart from the pure selection philosophy of Watson v Symonds, the wet weather in southern QLD always produces a seaming Gabba pitch. This makes the Watson selection a no brainer.
The other question relates to the spin blowing position. Australia have not played a finger spinner at the Gabba since G Matthews ( who made a maiden Test ton but didn’t take wickets ) in 1991 and Ashely Mallett!! In fact Jim Higgs was preferred to’ Rowdy ‘ Mallet in the first Kiwi Test of 1980. Krezja did wonderful things at Nagpur, but the ‘Gabba is not the place for him. The selectors need to have a good long look at themselves because they are getting it very wrong at the moment.
Symonds recall opens cracks for the Black Caps
Dave J …. what a crock . Your opinion piece defies the facts and paints you as a bigot . What state do you come from ?
If you ever find vision of me giving ANYONE a send off please publish it .
Hopefully the Roar editors will do just that with your tripe . Maybe they should fact check opinions before they publish .
Reliving the Eighties and a great era for fast bowlers