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Four weeks after the chaos at Albert Park, Formula One roars back into action on the streets of Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.…
Formula One’s ‘silly season’ has certainly lived up to its name in 2022. As you know by now, Sebastian Vettel’s retirement created a vacant…
Not long before the start of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix we found out that Formula One would be returning to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps…
The second half of the 2022 Formula One season gets underway with the French Grand Prix at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Join The Roar…
In the early hours of Friday morning (GMT), the long-awaited Test series between India and England gets underway. But on Sky Sports Cricket, where…
Now that England’s tour of Sri Lanka has finished, the build-up to the climax of the inaugural World Test Championship can begin. The top…
Today marks six months until the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Tokyo. Hopefully. With COVID continuing to have a stranglehold on the world,…
The Australian Test summer finally gets underway with the long-awaited clash between two heavyweights of the game, Australia and India, starting this afternoon at…
Thanks to both Formula One and Supercars overcoming significant logistical challenges in 2020, the two championships delivered some great racing in this challenging year.…
The tenth season of the Big Bash League kicks off tonight with the Hobart Hurricanes hosting the defending champions, the Sydney Sixers, at Blundstone…
From the cancellation of England’s ODI series in South Africa, to another concussion for Will Pucovski, and Olympic dreams, let’s dive into some of…
India’s tour of Australia continues with a three-match T20 series, the first of which gets underway tonight in Canberra. Join The Roar for live…
The men’s international season is now well and truly underway, brightening up some bleak English winter mornings for me. Here’s five talking points from…
From the debate surrounding Will Pucovski’s potential Test selection, to Pakistan’s COVID troubles and poor decisions by the media, let’s dive into this week’s…
It’s been a pretty busy week in the world of cricket. From this summer’s BBL rule changes to COVID’s trip to Adelaide and the…
This year’s championship may have been a foregone conclusion for months but it can now be officially said that Lewis Hamilton is a seven-time…
Formula One on ice sounds like one of Bernie Ecclestone’s madcap ideas but it’s not far off what we saw in qualifying for Sunday’s…
For the past month or so, I have been writing and commenting positively about the current state of Formula One, something which has polarised…
Arrogant. Obnoxious. Naïve. These are just some of the comments directed at me for having a positive outlook when it comes to the current…
On Thursday, Cricket Australia updated the fixture list for the upcoming Big Bash League season, which will now get underway on December 10. While…
Oh yes, very cold (but beautiful clear skies) on Christmas Day. A storm moved through last night as well, a harmless one as they tend to be in our neck of the woods.
Aussie cricket fans pay tribute to Deano
I’m with Paul on this one, it’s a nice touch but it doesn’t seem 100% right. Unfortunately, I know from experience how important it is to make sure that it is the deceased whose wishes are fulfilled rather than those of some family members. A difficult decision for sure for the Jones family.
Aussie cricket fans pay tribute to Deano
4th, 5th, and 6th paragraphs of the article, Bernie 😊
Aussie cricket fans pay tribute to Deano
Exactly why I have spread positivity all year, Micko.
Five talking points from the 2020 F1 Season
That came about largely through Hamilton’s penalties for doing a practice start in the fast lane of the pit lane.
Although the Russian GP isn’t renowned for being memorable.
Five talking points from the 2020 F1 Season
I don’t get it – you go through the season saying it’s a snoozefest most of the time, and now, at the end of it, you say it was the most enjoyable boring season, something which I would agree with.
Five talking points from the 2020 F1 Season
Not too explosive, mind, there’s six and out to consider, and, perhaps more importantly, windows! Many a ball was hit over the garden wall, and many a warning from Mum to be careful!
Five of the best: Reviewing the most explosive backyard cricket bats
Paul, you’re a man after my own heart, with another great analysis so quickly after the last one, but please do tell, was this to get out of those chores you mentioned yesterday? 😂
There’s always room for improvement and Australia are not out of the woods yet, cracks were papered over in the batting department, especially. The bowling doesn’t need much tweaking, if at all, and Cameron Green was a useful fifth bowling option in Adelaide. Top-order dilemmas have not been resolved, and there are still many questions, the answers to which aren’t going to come easily.
The first Test result should make Australia cock-a-hoop, not cocky
Who’d have thunk it, indeed Paul.
That was one heck of a capitulation from India, which (naturally I suppose) turned the game on its head. At close of play on Friday, as the Australians were coming to the end of their first innings, I said to a mate that Australia should just try to reduce the deficit as much as possible and the bowlers should be able to apply the pressure on what looked to be a bowling-friendly wicket to limit the Indian second innings to a chaseable total. I was right, wasn’t I? But I expected 300 rather than 90!
There were some ripper deliveries that got the Indian wickets and it was quite the onslaught, so they shouldn’t be too hard on themselves, but should obviously still acknowledge that you can’t gloss over their lowest scoring innings ever. Shami out, Kohli back home, Pujara and Rahane the ones to step up to the plate batting wise, against a formidable bowling attack from Australia which makes up for what isn’t exactly the best batting in the world.
That Australian second innings only served to paper over some cracks – can Burns do the same again in Melbourne? Pucovski is still out, buying Burns some more time, perhaps to quote Louis Armstrong, all the time in the world!
Intriguing stuff, of which there is more than what I have dumped out from my brain here, and all boding well for Boxing Day.
This Test cricket’s not too shabby, eh? 😁
Who’d have thunk it? A few takes from the first Test
It’s the Christmas break, cut a little bit of slack if things don’t run as smoothly 😊
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs India, first Test
Many people just read, comments aren’t always the best indicator. Plenty of talk about Maradona on the rugby pages with the Pumas in the Tri-Nations.
Tributes pour in for Diego Maradona after football legend's death
Australia has been unlucky with the injury list though.
Marcus Harris brought into Australian squad for first Test, Pucovski ruled out
English, found The Roar when I was googling places to write for, which started a love affair with Australia. I now inadvertently anger people by listening to triple j 😂 .
Reinventing the DLS method: Part 3b
Yup, in England, where I live is in Tier 2 restrictions, you may have heard of those, I think it was on the ABC when I tuned in a while back, so all shops are back open, pubs, restaurants and the like, and I got a haircut yesterday after a brief delay due to the second national lockdown!
I tend to just stay at home though, the anxiety is too great for me, so I just do a daily walk, shopping is taken care of by other members of the household.
Reinventing the DLS method: Part 3b
If people bothered to understand why you were doing what you were doing, that would be a start. I appreciated you taking the time to listen to my questions about the project, which helped my understanding. I’ll admit it’s hard for me to understand, but that doesn’t make it wrong for you to write a series like this, and let’s face it, cricket can be a complex sport to understand at the best of times and I learn more about the sport every single day, for example from thought provoking articles like this to expand my horizons.
Apologies for the earlier confusion and all the best.
Reinventing the DLS method: Part 3b
I did not receive a like notification but no worries anyway, we can draw a line under my misunderstanding, I find it difficult sometimes to gauge reactions and responses with goodness know what mental health stuff I’m dealing with.
Reinventing the DLS method: Part 3b
I think it was underneath the video of Warney talking about slow over rates.
Reinventing the DLS method: Part 3b
Ah, I sent another comment and didn’t know whether you had seen it. No worries then. I’m a stickler for apologising!
Reinventing the DLS method: Part 3b
I apologise Bernie if my feedback the other day was uncalled for. It’s a shame this series hasn’t gone the way that you planned.
Reinventing the DLS method: Part 3b
They use SCH in F2, so they’ll use SCH in F1.
Five talking points from the Sakhir Grand Prix
Haha, sorry to rain on your parade, but hopefully you can see the seriousness of this! 😊
Channel 7 exposed as desperate and naive in cricket’s messy TV stoush
Yeah, can’t say it’s fun, would happily return to the lazy summer days watching England’s home Tests in a flash.
We actually haven’t had snow where I live in Worcestershire since March 2018. Some pretty mild Februarys in recent years too. 20C and thereabouts.
Aussie cricket fans pay tribute to Deano