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Imperious arm-chair critic. Future tyrant of Cricket Australia.
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Australia's T20 selectors have left poor old Steve Smith with an absolute mess on his hands. Smudge has been shot in the foot by…
We've just passed the halfway point of the series and despite having already lost the Ashes there have been promising signs. If Australia can…
Australia's impressive fast bowling stocks were recently ranked on The Roar. There's no doubting the depth and class in that department. In stark contrast…
We were clearly dominated early in the second Test. India have outplayed us in every facet of this Test match and series thus far.…
Dear Mr Inverarity. I'm a cricket fan, a lover of the game and now I'm close to considering myself as a former Australian supporter.…
Usman Khawaja is touted as Australia's next in line and he showed why for the Prime Minister's XI yesterday. He built a solid 69…
I'm still undecided as to who will go on to win the Ashes. An away tour for the Ashes against a fantastic, balanced and…
When Shane Watson was ruled out of the 2011/12 summer and Phil Hughes' form had dipped to an unparalleled low, Australia found itself with…
I'm always up for a good debate on The Roar. Yesterday I was at odds with another user on the issue of whether an…
We may have thumped Sri Lanka, the batsmen may be scoring runs, the bowlers taking wickets and some of the fielders snaffling catches. But…
He bowls to the left and he bowls to the right, Mitchell Johnson, his bowling is... deserving of a Test recall? The Poms will…
Roberts, Garner, Marshall and Holding are names synonymous with the terrifying West Indies side of the late 70s and early 80s. The fearsome foursome.…
At first I was in denial. Surely they had made a mistake. The name must have been printed wrong or someone was playing a…
Shane Watson considers himself "unlikely" to be part of the first Test against South Africa at the Gabba starting November 9. While the exclusion…
Yesterday Cricket Australia named its Australia A XI for the three day warm up match against the Proteas at the SCG. Some inclusions raised…
I've seen much debate on The Roar about how Australia's third tier, Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship can/should expand. I thought I would…
Someone please explain to me how the selectors of Australia expect the side to win when they've picked a second rate XI. "We're taking…
Much has been said about how the new rule changes relating to shoulder charges have gone wrong. I still hear callers on the radio…
Australia will likely start next summer with Ed Cowan opening, Ricky Ponting at number four and Michael Hussey in the lower middle order. Despite…
It's time the Blarney Army had a bit more to cheer about. The recent Woolf Review, called for by the International Cricket Council (ICC),…
My only gripe with this particular Mankadding (one d or two?) is that the bowler did so after he’d run through the crease, a provision to the rule that was added in the ICC’s playing regulations. Unlike in the law where the non-striker can only be run out prior to ball being bowled before the bowler enters his delivery stride.
Why the ICC felt the need to meddle with this law is lost on me. Was it within the laws? Yes. Should it have been? No. The reality was that at the point the bowler should have been releasing the ball, the non-striker was a negligible distance outside his ground, and if the law had been applied in the way the MCC had written it, then Buttler would have been well and truly within his right to back up in the manner he did.
The law should revert to its original state and then I would be more than happy to see bowlers running non-strikers out without any warning whatsoever because any batsman backing up that far, that early, is intrinsically gaining an unfair advantage.
All tremble when the Mankad shows its claws
That’s just not right. Clarke has a fractured shoulder, he couldn’t play, even if he wanted to, because he’s injured.
Mitchell Johnson should quit T20 cricket
Over 9 months on, any chance of your reviewing your position on Smith?
Ashes player ratings matter for return leg
And none of them ever would have got a game if it weren’t for Hohns?
Two steps forward, three steps back for Cricket Australia
That has absolutely nothing to do with this article. If you feel strongly enough about it, pen a piece on it yourself.
The fact is however that $60,000 a year is more than enough of a salary for a female cricketer to make a full time living out of a sport they previously could only play at an amateur or semi-professional level at best, despite the fact that they don’t draw enough sponsorship money to justify such a salary in the first place.
CA have gone out of their way to help women’s cricket out and kudos must go to them for it. To say they’re not doing enough is just rubbish when considering what most test playing nations pay their female cricketers.
Two steps forward, three steps back for Cricket Australia
MJ playing T20Is for Australia adds about 20 overs of competitive bowling to his workload every 12 months. It’s hardly going to ruin him.
Mitchell Johnson should quit T20 cricket
Why should he? You put forward no arguments to support your position.
Mitchell Johnson should quit T20 cricket
Not necessary. Johnson’s only injuries in recent memory were a toe infection and the foot injury where he found a piece of metal in his foot that he’d stood on as a child. It’s not like he’s falling apart. He’s probably the most reliably fit out and out quick in the world. With a world cup on the horizon, having him step down would be very damaging to our campaign.
Brett Lee proved you can still bowl quick well into your 30s. And Johnson is a supreme athletic specimen. He’s got at least another three years of bowling mid 140s in him.
Lets not get carried away.
Mitchell Johnson should quit T20 cricket
If only the editor of The Daily Telegraph had as much sense as you. Their front page read “Trott takes his bat and ball and heads home”, a cheap shot at his mental illness, disgraceful.
Jonathan Trott: a personal perspective
I’m with the majority on this one. The kid is talented, no doubting that. He’s got all the characteristics of a good top order batsman, grit, patience and he’s hungry for runs. But he’s definitely too raw. Let the kid develop in the shield, see if he gets figured out and how he responds to that. When Rogers goes, he could be well placed to take his place, but I don’t think we should be getting too far ahead of ourselves yet.
Should Jordan Silk be considered for the Ashes?
Bollinger is said to have trained the house down in pre-season. Is fit as a fiddle, bowling good pace and with great control, as evidenced by running through the Tassie order and taking six-for.
Cricket Australia know what they're doing, don't they?
Don’t like him, drop him. Terrible logic. He’ll score many test runs for Australia and you will eat humble pie.
Lyon is a deserving incumbent. SOK ought to be next in-line, but you can’t keep dropping a guy purely because he isn’t Shane Warne and doesn’t average 25 with the ball.
Phil Hughes is an absolute shambles at the moment, using him to open might be a master stroke purely because James Anderson and co. might develop side strains from laughing so hard.
“Australia’s first test XI based on form”, more like, “A few players that I like for no particular reason”.
Australia's first Ashes Test XI, based on form
In a simple response to your title. I can only assume they’re doing it for the lols.
Why are the selectors persevering with Mitchell Johnson?
Do you have millions of people critiquing your every move in your profession and any time you make a mistake your personal character is brought into question? Give them a break. They’re all wearing their heart on their sleeve and giving it their all.
No, you don’t hate Shane Watson
I’m with you 100% here. History will see Watson remembered as a polarising cricketer, but won’t ignore the fact he is one of the best cricketers of his generation, especially in Australia.
No, you don’t hate Shane Watson
English fans rendered Mitchell Johnson a club bowler during the Ashes and that may well have gone some way to winning series. If Aussie crowds can do the same to Broad then why shouldn’t Boof be asking them to do just that?
Lehmann urges Australians to give Broad, English hell
Yes Boof! “Stuart Broad is a shit bloke” on facebook has nearly 67,000 likes. If we can get that many people giving it to him this summer then I’ll be a happy man.
Lehmann urges Australians to give Broad, English hell
We just need to add Glenn Maxwell to the side and the transformation to a team of bits and pieces cricketers will essentially be complete.
Australia has to stop revolving door selection policy
Our bowling unit is world class, even the poms can admit as much. Our batsmen are atrocious. So lets drop a batsmen, ignore two other batsmen as candidates to replace him and bring in a bowling all-rounder. Am I the only one who thinks there is absolutely no bloody logic behind that?
Australia has to stop revolving door selection policy
You clearly don’t understand the concept of improvement. All those players have been earmarked for their talents. Smith has gone from not good enough batsmen and not a good enough bowler, a bits and pieces cricketer, to on current form, now being one of the first picked. His batting average doesn’t tell the full story either when you consider the way he was atrociously left stranded by Clarke when he was just beginning to kick on with a great little cameo.
Ashes player ratings matter for return leg
A lot of synthetic wickets are hard and fast. If anything it teaches you to be a good backfoot player with powerful drives. I don’t think its necessarily a bad thing, just a different dynamic to player development.
HENRY: Blame short form cricket for Aussie batting woes
Spot on. There’s plenty of room for Finch, Khawaja, Waston, Warner and Smith. That needs to be the top 5 and bugger off Agar.
Australia's litany of errors against Kiwis