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If the inaugural Test between Australia and Afghanistan, set down for late November in Hobart, is cancelled – as seems increasingly likely – due to the Taliban’s stance on women playing sport, then we can only hope that someone at Cricket Australia already has their thinking cap on and is ready to run with the […]
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 at the weekend.
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 Indian Premier League.
The most surprising thing of the past few weeks is that rain has been a huge interruption to cricket being played in England, and while this is hardly a massive revelation to those of us who have watched broadcasts from the Old Dart over the last 30 years, it does raise some questions over how […]
Much gets made of the difficulty of winning Test series overseas, with few of the top teams able to break through and defeat opponents on their home soil.
Sometimes too much of a good thing can extend too long a time, and success on and off the field can cloud just when the time has come to move on.
Following another change in leadership at Cricket Australia, one wonders if it will finally trigger a rethink into what is the most important part of their role.
If reports on the revamping of rules, but not the length, of the upcoming season of the Big Bash League are accurate, then Cricket Australia is in serious trouble of killing the goose that laid the golden egg and creating a vacuum in its schedule in future seasons.
With four losses in four games spread over three months in the middle of a pandemic, the St George Illawarra Dragons have again reached a crisis point in their history.
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 debut Test match in Australia later this year.
Running the rule over the 14 man squad England has chosen for the first Ashes Test this Thursday is an interesting task.
Australia may have won their first match of the World Cup, and David Warner may be the talking point of that victory.
With the World Cup finally upon us after a long and enjoyable build up, it is becoming morosely likely that we will see England finally come through and become champions of the one day format.
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 home four years ago?
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 recent Pakistan series is one of the most curious.
The cricket season has officially started, with the announcement of the Test team to tour UAE against Pakistan, and already the selectors have ticked me off.
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 Test against India starting on Wednesday is just another in a long line of questionable decisions made by teams around the world.
Tell me honestly. When you first looked at this Australian squad as selected for the five ODI match series against England in the Old Dart, did you really expect any other result apart from utter annihilation?
Test cricket more than held its own in a fascinating match between Ireland and Pakistan this week at Malahide, as burly Irishman Kevin O’Brien once again showed he is the man for the big occasion.
Friday signals a terrific day for cricket with Ireland starting their first ever Test match, creating a joyous and feel good cricketing story that the game desperately needs at the moment.
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
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