The footy season is reaching its peak and the cricket season is just underway. The fortunate few amongst us can ignore the cricket, for the time being, as our teams are still in the race for grand final glory.
The footy season is reaching its peak and the cricket season is just underway. The fortunate few amongst us can ignore the cricket, for the time being, as our teams are still in the race for grand final glory.
Big hitters Chris Lynn and D’Arcy Short, veteran batsman George Bailey, and intimidating quick Nathan Coulter-Nile can all press for World Cup selection in the JLT Cup.
The World Cup is less than a year away and all teams have been busy trying to figure out the combinations for the marquee tournament.
Justin Langer said something in his first press conference as Australian coach that was of huge relief to Glenn Maxwell.
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.
It’s been quite a week for Peter Siddle.
Glenn Maxwell, Australia’s batting enfant terrible, is a surprise omission from two-Test series against Pakistan in the Emirates.
Australia’s 15-man squad for their upcoming tour of the UAE has been announced, and one thing is patently clear: Justin Langer’s first Test team will be one of the weakest fielded by Australia in recent memory.
An unbeaten century from skipper Mitch Marsh has enabled Australia A post a 123-run lead at stumps on day two of the four-day match against India A at Alur.
Glenn Maxwell, Chris Tremain and Joe Burns must have been dumbfounded when Australia yesterday announced a bizarre 15-man squad for next month’s Test series against Pakistan.
Glenn Maxwell, Chris Tremain and Joe Burns must have been dumbfounded when Australia yesterday announced a bizarre 15-man squad for next month’s Test series against Pakistan.
Glenn Maxwell, Chris Tremain and Joe Burns must have been dumbfounded when Australia yesterday announced a bizarre 15-man squad for next month’s Test series against Pakistan.
Australia’s record in Asia over the past few years has been really poor. In the last three years they have played nine Tests in Asia, winning just two and losing six.
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Australia’s record in Asia over the past few years has been really poor. In the last three years they have played nine Tests in Asia, winning just two and losing six.
Australia’s record in Asia over the past few years has been really poor. In the last three years they have played nine Tests in Asia, winning just two and losing six.
Australia A defeated India A by 98 runs in their opening first-class fixture in Bangalore this week, and there’s plenty to take out of it for every one of the Australians.
Usman Khawaja has cemented his spot for next month’s Tests in the UAE after scoring a crucial hundred yesterday on Day 1 of Australia A’s opening first-class game against India A in Bangalore.
The 2018-19 summer of cricket is quickly approaching, and to many it feels like a whole new ball game – a chance for a new era of Australian cricket to commence.
The unique feeling before preseason tryouts is one that most sportsmen and women, from local plodder to seasoned pro, can identify with.
While Steve Smith has shown glimpses of his old self during his time on the cricketing outer, David Warner seems to be quietly struggling. But should we even bother to be concerned?
India’s extraordinary reliance on Virat Kohli when playing outside Asia has been exposed this year, with the remainder of their batsmen incredibly averaging just 14 with the bat across five Tests in England and South Africa.
Like I lot of people who read The Roar, I enjoy being a self-appointed selector and doing my own hypothetical Test XIs. It’s part of the fun of following a sport – it’s also a way of channelling frustration at some of the decisions of the real selectors.
Australia will field arguably their weakest Test line-up of the past 25 years against Pakistan in October, missing four of their six world-class players.
Australia’s first red-ball assignment since the doomed tour of South Africa is locked in with dates and venues confirmed for the two-Test series against Pakistan in the UAE.
Australia’s first red-ball assignment since the doomed tour of South Africa is locked in with dates and venues confirmed for the two-Test series against Pakistan in the UAE.
Australia’s first red-ball assignment since the doomed tour of South Africa is locked in with dates and venues confirmed for the two-Test series against Pakistan in the UAE.
The footy season is reaching its peak and the cricket season is just underway. The fortunate few amongst us can ignore the cricket, for the time being, as our teams are still in the race for grand final glory.
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