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Husband. Father of 3. Cricket tragic. Heavy metal thunder. Sci-Fi nerd. Good old Collingwood forever. It’s beer/scotch o’clock. Live long and prosper.
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Australia's loss in the second Test against Sri Lanka this week already has the pundits looking for answers before the Test tour of India…
After Australia’s loss in Sri Lanka in the second Test, David Warner's place in the red-ball side is beginning to be questioned. People can…
The decision by the ECB to abandon their tour of Pakistan this week, on top of India’s decision to abandon the fifth Test of…
If the inaugural Test between Australia and Afghanistan, set down for late November in Hobart, is cancelled – as seems increasingly likely – due…
England cricket finds itself in a world of hurt following their defeat at the hands of New Zealand at their so-called fortress in Edgbaston…
The Mankad is back in the news thanks to the pairing of Ricky Ponting and Ravi Ashwin at the Delhi Capitals in this season’s…
The most surprising thing of the past few weeks is that rain has been a huge interruption to cricket being played in England, and…
Much gets made of the difficulty of winning Test series overseas, with few of the top teams able to break through and defeat opponents…
Sometimes too much of a good thing can extend too long a time, and success on and off the field can cloud just when…
Following another change in leadership at Cricket Australia, one wonders if it will finally trigger a rethink into what is the most important part…
If reports on the revamping of rules, but not the length, of the upcoming season of the Big Bash League are accurate, then Cricket…
With four losses in four games spread over three months in the middle of a pandemic, the St George Illawarra Dragons have again reached…
Of all of the changes and disappointments in the cricketing world due to COVID-19, the one set to have the largest impact is Afghanistan's…
Running the rule over the 14 man squad England has chosen for the first Ashes Test this Thursday is an interesting task. Compared to…
Australia may have won their first match of the World Cup, and David Warner may be the talking point of that victory. But dig…
With the World Cup finally upon us after a long and enjoyable build up, it is becoming morosely likely that we will see England…
With Australia’s final hit out consigned to the history books, can the country’s fans be confident of retaining the trophy that they won at…
Of all the left field selections in recent times in the various Australian cricket teams, that of Marnus Labuschagne in the Test team in…
The cricket season has officially started, with the announcement of the Test team to tour UAE against Pakistan, and already the selectors have ticked…
Selecting international cricket teams has stopped being a science and is now just a lottery, and Adil Rashid's selection for England for the first…
Great read. As a fourth generation Collingwood supporter there is no middle ground, it is always either (sorry for the pun) black or white. After the 2010 Grand Finals it was impossible to believe the Pies would not win at least one more Premiership in their window of opportunity. Everything set out here is a good assessment of why we are in the position we find ourselves in 2018.
The Collingwood vacuum
I think this is very close to the mark Adrian. Very close.
Positions vacant: Australia's Test top six
Wow. That is massive in regards to where cricket will be broadcast next summer. Surely 9 can’t do both justice at the same time?
On another point, given that 9 has the worst set of commentary teams for both cricket and rugby league, who will they get to do the tennis?
Channel Nine snatch Australian tennis TV rights away from Seven
That 90-odd minutes last Friday afternoon was fantastic in our office too. Emails flicking back and forth, we weren’t fast enough to keep up with all the wickets. Perfect way to end the work week.
Hold the press – this story's actually about cricket
Great piece, well written. I agree wholeheartedly. Let’s hope that we can return to the cricket tomorrow and get on with what we love.
Nothing will please the angry cricket mob
Love the article Stephen. It is a fair sentiment and a fair question to consider. Everyone wants Khawaja to succeed because he looks so good when he is flowing. And I agree he was crucified in Sri Lanka and then India and Bangladesh over the past two years. I also agree he had the chance to nail number three down for the forseeable future this season, and he just didn’t do it.
The loss of the three suspended players probably extends his run, but he needs to stand up now and show all of us he is the answer at number three against good quality opposition. He has the chance against Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka now to show us he can survive and succeed against spin.
Usman Khawaja has had his chances, now it's time for him to go