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A 14 year old boy with dreams of one day travelling the globe as a sports journalist covering the olympics, cricket, tennis and more locally AFL and NRL. Love test cricket, the melbourne stars and am an avid pies supporter. Also enjoy watching the storm in the NRL
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Australian tennis ace Thanasi Kokkinakis put up a spirited effort against American Sam Querrey, however was slightly outclassed in all areas during the Los…
Australian tennis prodigy Thanasi Kokkinakis has advanced to his first tour-level final at the Las Cabos Open on the back of a hard fought…
The average age of tennis' top 40 is 29.25. The average age of the top ten is on par with that at 29.10. It…
Here is an analysis of the youngsters, milestone-getters, best players and match facts from all the AFL action over Round 2. Match Facts -…
The much-hyped first round is now over. We now move into the analysing stage. Here are some stats and facts from Round 1. Last…
Always a talking point in the build up to any grand slam is the draw, and it's no different with the 2017 Australian Open.…
One would surely believe that a riveting end to a gruelling Test match at the gabba, which saw Australia escape with a win, would…
The Melbourne Stars have been a consistent Big Bash side, making the top four every season. But who have been their consistent performers? Today…
The first day of the Women's Big Bash League saw three riveting games, all of which provided us with spectacular entertainment. Two games were…
With under two days to go until one of the most sought after trophies in tennis, here is a profile of each of the…
A wicketkeeper is the workhorse of any cricket team. They can never be off their A-game, but there's no such thing as perfect game…
This season St Kilda have made major improvements, rapidly rising up the ladder and even contending for finals. The refinements they made in the…
Australian tennis ace Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally banned by the ATP until January 15th, 2017 following a review of his woeful behaviour at…
This is part two of the magnificent story of coach Luke Beveridge and his Western Bulldogs. Haven't read part 1? click (here). To start…
On 14 November, 2014, a depleted Western Bulldogs team signed former Collingwood development coach and Hawthorn assistant Luke Beveridge. 687 days later, the battlers…
After dominating and belting Slovakia 3-0 in the world group playoffs, Australia has drawn 2013 champions and third-ranked nation, the Czech Republic, for their…
With the season almost over, this is a collection of some of the most dramatic and tight blockbusters of 2016. To read part one,…
Australian 2012 silver medallist and two time BMX champion Sam Willoughby has suffered a horrific crash that may prevent him from ever walking again.…
With the season almost over, this is a reflection of some of most dramatic and tight blockbusters of 2016. There were plenty to choose…
For Port Adelaide, the 2016 campaign was largely a disappointment after they treaded water last year. Two disappointing losses to Carlton and Fremantle showed…
He did indeed. Sorry I just skipped over him. Not a bad game nonetheless with 27 hit outs a goal and more importantly, a win over the arch rival
Round 1 wrap: Impressive youngsters and season predictions
Yes seton was very impressive. As you say, he second guessed himself at times in the contest but that will come with experience Certainly justified the left-centre selection and hopefully they give him the opportunity to string a decent chunk of games together.
Round 1 wrap: Impressive youngsters and season predictions
Yeah indeed. Some unlucky omissions from my list were Brayden Preuss, Wayne Milera and Sam Naismith. Should make the cut for the round 2 segment with another similar game. I think the crowd got a freebie there. Not sure how he wasn’t a top 7 pick.
Round 1 wrap: Impressive youngsters and season predictions
I am also only 14 years old and love writing, having written many articles on this site. Great, firstly to see some other kids writing and secondly, to see you produce such a great first article. I find it hard to separate the formats, however classic test cricket with a good contest is very hard to beat. Good to see another young person likes test cricket and yes, I really get where you come from with others saying how boring it is. Keep the articles coming!
The life of a young Test cricket fan
Great list. Just wondering, will the individual votes of each panelist be released
The Roar’s 2017 AFL top 50 players: 10-1
Great article. I’d agree for the most part but my top 10 would order slightly differently
My top 10
10- Robbie Gray
9- Josh Kennedy (swans)
8- Max Gawn
7- Scott Pendlebury
6- Alex Rance
5- Buddy
4- Tom Lynch
3- Fyfe
2 Bont
1 Paddy D
You’ve tried the best, now try the rest. Here's my top 50
He should get sacked purely on the fact that he gives zac dawson a game
12 quick takes from the AFL weekend
Get Tim paine in there
Tell us: Who should play the first Test and how the hell do we beat India?
The player who hasn’t fulfilled his potential in the last 10 years for Australia- Through little fault of his own- Is Tim Paine. The keeper had become the ODI incumbent and shown promising signs in his few tests as well as being named the t20I vice captain before injury struck. It had him out for 2 seasons and he has since struggled to find his best in shield and his keeping only this season, I believ resembled the quality it reached in his prime. I think he should be in the champions trophy squad as the first choice keeper
The World XI of unfilled potential
There should be a wicket keeping strike rate. For the amount of balls he stops/catches per one that he stoa or gets through him
Eg a strike rate of 57 would mean you catch/stop 57 balls for each one you miss.
Then an average could be the amount of balls you miss per innings whether they result in byes or not. That would be quite accurate
Cricket needs better wicketkeeping data
Ramsay, Schazza, Dunn, Reid, Langdon, Aish, Wills, Oxley, Crocker, Maynard, Sinclair, Howe, Adams. I don’t think our defensive stocks are as wretched as is made out. That said, it’s not premiership winning but with Maynard, Sinclair, Schazza, Ramsay, Wills, Aish it has potential to have ‘great’ status in a couple of years. The recruitment of Dunn to help out these young defenders for a couple of years so that there is some experience down there with Goldsack and Reid also able to play that role and Adams and Howe both capable of being great defenders
The Pies' season hinges on health, defensive setup and new recruits
I apologise for that, I had in my head sock was verdasco- Not sure why. Yes your right not to have him since America don’t have a lefty
Thompson or Tomic: Who should play Davis Cup in April?
If Tim Paine plays three excellent t20is against Sri Lanka does he become something close to an automatic selection since wade has shown mediocre keeping and other than his century- albeit it was match saving- nothing remarkable saying ‘pick me’
Champions Trophy: It's the Proteas' talent against Australia's tournament success
Good topic and well written. Peers Groth Thompson and Kyrgios should definitely be the team I think Peers and Groth for doubles and Thompson and Kyrgios for singles. Thompson, I think has the foundation to be a great player- Note Thompson beat Joao Sousa not Souza, they are actually two different people. As for reserves, I love Millman’s fighter spirit and hope to see him around the team in april if fit. I agree De Minaur around the squad would be great but also I’d like to see Alex Bolt around the squad. I thought he had a great summer and his powerful game closely resembles that of Jack Sock, I believe, having watched him in qualifying for AO. He showed his doubles nous as well en route to a qf showing with Bradley Mousley should Peers/Groth go down.
Thompson or Tomic: Who should play Davis Cup in April?
I wrote an article last year about tennis’ future stars http://www.theroar.com.au/2016/07/17/best-tennis-next-generation/ analysing stats about Tomic, coric, Kyrgios, thiem, zverev. I think your spot on about the next big four and I also rate coric although he is probably going to be at his best slightly later than the four you mention
Here's the next big four in men's tennis
I was unaware and curious about their speed comparisons, so thanks for that mmacter. Considering Mcgrath was only a couple of yards faster, Stoinis isn’t so much of a slouch with the ball as
a) his stats can suggest
b) as I describe him
Leave injured Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade out of the Indian tour
Don Freo- A season where he averages 42 at least with the bat
or
averages 36-38 but strengthens his bowling to assume the all-rounder in the aus team.
Australia need to go back to picking players on domestic shield form i think unless there are other dimensions to consider such as…
Australia picking Shaun Marsh for the tour of india because of his superior ability in the sub-continent compared to others
A t20I example- Picking Tim Paine for the t20 side instead of Ben Dunk for seniority, longevity of bbl form, and to have a more nimble batter
Leave injured Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade out of the Indian tour
He has an average of 54, economy rate of 3.5 and SR of 93 in all shield matches he’s ever played compared to cartwright’s 44 average, economy rate of 4 and strike rate of 66. Cartwright, in longer forms is neck and neck with stoinis but admittedly his bowling for the stars as a 4th/5th option has been valuable
Leave injured Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade out of the Indian tour
I agree about getting a better keeper in there. In India you need your best keeper while in Australia you can kind of get away with having a second rate keeper if they can bat. I don’t think stoinis’ bowling is that hood, maybe on par with Cartwright’s bowling. I would have Marsh in instead of khawaja as he can play spin better. The question selectors then face is, do we need a better batter- maxwell, who can chip in with spin or a better bowler- marsh. I don’t think stoinis is yet ready for test level. This would be my xi
Warner
Renshaw
Smith
Handscomb
Marsh
Maxwell
Keeper
Starc
Hoff
SOK
Lyon
Leave injured Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade out of the Indian tour
Sounds great if they stay true to their word
New ICC schedule proposal could revolutionise cricket
Yeah, agreed peter. He has a few one liners and that’s it.
“Lots of vacant room out there if he’s willing to take a risk”
“There’s cries of catch but no one’ll be catching that
“A man coming underneath it, he’s got the safest hands in the world”
“That’s gone a million miles in the air”
Five ways to improve the Big Bash
Dave Warner can’t play spin. He probably won’t be top run scorer
Six questions for the upcoming Test tour of India
Well written. Good insight. However 2 teams can’t finish their in 4th position
Women’s AFL preview: An in-depth look at each team
Warner
Renshaw
Smith
sMarsh
Handscomb
Maxwell
M.Wade
SOK
Starc
Hoff
Bird
This is our best chance of winning
No khawaja because he can’t play spin
3 seam bowlers, because that’s our strength as well as SOK and maxwell, and to a lesser extent warner as spin options
Australia must play their best bowlers against India
Thanks MR
Round 1 wrap: Impressive youngsters and season predictions