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Long time very ordinary cricketer, in recent years reasonable umpire, Canberra Raiders fan.
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The b team captained by Sam Trimble, as I recall. Had a couple of decent young players in G S Chappell and D K Lillee.
A summer without international cricket is on the cards in Australia
Actually I checked this and it was O’Keeffe who got him in the first innings. Which means Fletcher gave two different bowlers their first test wicket in the same match. For real statistical nerds, that must be at least unusual. (O’Keeffe had played a previous test but got none for)
A Test XI of 1971 debutants
You’re being very kind to Ken Eastwood about his bowling. His one test wicket was a high full toss that Fletcher slogged straight to midwicket. Oddly, Fletcher had been out the same way in the first innings- against Jenner as I recall.
A Test XI of 1971 debutants
You’re not going to make me drink Speights, are you?
UPDATED: Want to watch the World Test Championship final in Australia? You might not be able to
Didn’t quite make it to play for Australia, but NSW spinner David Hourn would rate highly in poor fielders. Hourny apparently had very poor eyesight which combined with a lack of athleticism really made him the complete package.
Cricket’s debatable statistics: The home town geniuses
I’ve always had a fair deal of respect for Ian Chappell’s view that if you can’t dominate attacks at Shield level, you aren’t going to score many in test cricket. The comparison to Pujara is just wrong. Pujara was an absolutely dominant batsman at first class level in India before he became a test player. He’s changed his role as a test batsman.
Bryce Street's defensive batting style could translate to Tests
After that game I’d almost be tempted if I was Bellamy to move JAC and Olam. In attack play Addo-Carr at left centre and Olam on the wing, and swap them back in defence. Couldn’t be any worse. With Olam playing centre, Melbourne just aren’t getting full value out of having an Origin player on the wing.
Matt Burton proves his value to Panthers in instant classic victory
Another one from a similar era who moved from Qld to Sydney, and who I remember as very quick, was John Rhodes who played for Canterbury. I saw a bit of him as i lived in walking distance of Belmore Oval as a kid. When all the other players are covered in mud, who doesn’t love a blond haired winger in a totally clean jersey flashing in for the winning try?
Remembering a couple of rugby league speed demons
It’s happened to me as an umpire in a grade game in Oz. Batsman walked after clearly missing and before I’d given a decision. Non striker asked me, ‘where’s he going?’ And I replied ‘beats me’. Still shows in the scorebook as caught behind.
Extraordinary moment as South African walks... after clearly missing the ball!
I think the left right thing goes back to Simpson and Lawry at least. They were a successful opening pair but whether the fact they were right and left handed had anything to do with it is unclear. In fact, I thought their success was down to the fact that they were both good nudgers and runners between the wickets. But then this mythology builds up. Personally I don’t think it matters. Just pick the best two.
Australia must swing the axe for Sydney
Also Brendan Julian doesn’t know the laws of cricket, even when he is telling the umpire he got it wrong (which he didn’t). It’s only a no ball if it pitches off the cut wicket before it passes the stumps (Law 21.7). I suspect the bowler’s end umpy was checking with square leg where the ball pitched. By the way, the wide call for the first one was absolutely correct.
Rare scenes as Renegades quick is no-balled for the most village possible reason
Re Wade, a bit of history. I was at the SCG in 68/69 when seemingly out of nowhere Australian captain Bill Lawry took Stackpole out to open with him, and dropped Redpath down the order. In fact, it was such a surprise I think they put Redpath’s name up on the scoreboard. And yet, for the next four or five years Stacky was one of the best opening bats in the world. His batting at Adelaide in the 70/71 Ashes, after Snow had destroyed Australia in the previous test, was one of the great opening batting performances I have seen. So these things can work.
Matthew Wade opening against India isn't as mad as it sounds
They have. If he comes in at 2/400 he doesn’t seem to have the same steely determination as when he comes in at 2/10. Not sure it’s what I’d call a winning tactic though.
Selection risks and injuries heap pressure on Smith and Labuschagne in Adelaide
When my sister played competition squash back in the day, she won a set of steak knives a few times. At the time, she was a vegetarian.
The irrefutable evidence that makes Shane Watson one of Australia's greatest ever cricketers
It’s not just pace v spin with Sobers. He was also two types of spinner – sometimes he bowled finger spin and sometimes he bowled wrist spin. I seem to remember the match winning 6/73 he got in Brisbane in 1968 was wrist spin – I think he mainly bowled wristies in Australia but finger spin on slow turning pitches in places like India. In England he normally bowled quick.
Cameron Green has earned his shot at our unfair expectations
But he could use the excuse that he only decided to bat on because he was concussed. ‘I didn’t know what I was doing, your Honour.’
India's concussion loophole sets dangerous precedent as Australia crumble in first T20
You can go back further than bodyline. Back in the 1890s the follow on used to be compulsory if you were X runs in front. So if a team didn’t want to ‘enforce’ the follow on they’d deliberately bowl wides. Very gentlemanly.
India's concussion loophole sets dangerous precedent as Australia crumble in first T20
Speaking of half backs reminds me of a story (as admittedly do many things). Some years back I was sitting at a game with former coach Peter Fenton. One side had a particularly yappy half back until about half way through the second half he went down as if hit with an axe and got carted off. ‘I wonder what happened to him,’ I mused. ‘Laryngitis,’ answered Mr Fenton.
Three easy changes to improve rugby right now
Why is he helping the Pumas? Why not? I think it was Australian cricketer Arthur Mailey, who when asked why he was helping an English bowler, replied ‘Art is universal’.
Nathan Cleary gives Pumas kicking tips
Ah, you reminded me of one of my old favourites, NSW fast bowler Dave Renneberg. His batting was a thing of beauty as a test average of 3 with a highest score of 9 demonstrates.
An in-depth look at India's uncapped Test players touring Australia: Mohammed Siraj
Good question on who the incumbent was who Bradman replaced. A different world. Australia hadn’t played a test for over two years, and the contemporary papers were scathing about the 1926 team being a team of old men. Bradman probably replaced Arthur Richardson, who was 40 years old.
Young stars headline Australian Test squad for India series
Test batsmen are not troubled by 120 k plus swing bowlers.
Vern Philander says hi.
Four takeaways from Round 3 of the Sheffield Shield
Or just maybe, on the other hand, NSW and Qld are the only two with decent bowling attacks. Although Victoria didn’t do too badly with their bowling. They only missed out on the win because of a big innings by a current test player. However if I was the Vics I’d be looking for a spinner who can actually do something. In the second innings their spinners bowled 68 overs for one wicket.
Four takeaways from Round 3 of the Sheffield Shield
I’ve been watching first class cricket for nearly 60 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a batsman look as nervous as Harry Conway did coming in at number 11 for NSW. He just about did a whole Pilates class before taking strike. A lovely innings of 0 not out, Harry.
How do the Indian and Australian Test teams stack up?
You shouldn’t mention Ian Davis, Pope. He was the first Aussie test cricketer born after me. The idea that some beggar younger than me could get into the test team depressed me for months.
A summer without international cricket is on the cards in Australia