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Well, I tracked down that book by Clarrie Grimmett, courtesy of cricket-books.com. It was published in 1930 (my edition was printed in 1930) by renowned Australian legspinner Clarrie Grimmett - a pre-war version of Shane Warne. I’ve r...(
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Cricinfo continue to dole out the legspin love (and no Hewy, legspin love is not creepy, it’s a beautiful thing). This time, Christian Ryan lobbies for Bryce McGain to play in the Ashes and empathises with his pain at Newlands:
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Well, in his first few months as President, Obama has taken on the economic crisis, global warming, the Iraq war, terrorists in Afghanistan, the health system, North Korean missile tests, a new dog in the White House and a million other nat...(
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Well, there’s only some meaningless Twenty20 and ODI’s between now and the Ashes. So as the focus shifts from sledging South Africans to the traditional Aussie/England rivalry, a new author has joined Cricket-Blog, an Englishman...(
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Some more YouTube goodness. I was reading a magazine article about Joel Garner and I started reminiscing about a 70’s Tooheys TV ad I loved as a child where Mike Whitney went out to face Joel Garner (hmm, beer ads appealing to pre-tee...(
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So, less than 3 months to go and if I was prone to worry (rather than immune to it by now) the number of unresolved issues in the England camp might just be setting me off.
Much of the selection debate over here has centered around Michael...(
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Our winter season starts next weekend. So today, our club had a "friendly", an informal day where all the different grades turned up (including some juniors), got randomly allocated into separate teams and beat the snot out of each other.
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Indexed November 24, 2008
So we enter the 4th and last Test with India 1-0 up. Australia must win this match or lose the series. Can Ricky Ponting shed his usual defensive captaincy style? Can the Australian bowlers take the requesite 20 wickets? Can they exploit th...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
Day 1 of the 4th Test was some sort of bizarro world for an Australian fan. The Indian openers came out and attempted to bludgeon our bowlers out of the game. Offspinner Krezja made his Test debut with his first 3 overs going at 10 runs per...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
Apologies I neglected to blog yesterday - was out all day. However, what little I did catch of the cricket on the radio was pretty frustrating. I must confess I'm growing mighty tired of Ricky Ponting's peculiar brand of captaincy. He spend...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
The 4th Test is turning out to be a cracker. Australia, with a draw not an option, are behind the 8-ball all the way but managed to keep themselves in the game on Day 2 largely thanks to Jason Krejza:
Many are asking where was this guy befo...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
I've always considered there were two unforgiveable sins in Test cricket. By unforgiveable, I mean they're potentially catastrophic for your team but completely avoidable. The first is getting run out in a Test match.
Sure, you can understa...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
Oram out - the Kiwis are just unable to field a fully fit team.
I'm sick of it. It always afflicts the Kiwi's just when there's a sniff (albeit a very small one) of providing some competitiveness against the Aussies. Oram, New Zealand's...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
There seems to be a lot of commentary that the 'era of Aussie Dominance' is over, and 'India is now the Force in World Cricket'. I suspect a lot of this is fed by people wanting Australia to fail, mostly due to the whippings administered by...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
By Thomas B. Perry
An opinion from cricketmystery.com on the last Aussie India Test - I like his comments on over rates especially!
The Indians have just given the Aussies a thoroughly good spanking, with Alice Cooper being deservedly name...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
Written by Jack Perkins.
For all the Kiwi supporters, another romantic memory from cricketmystery.com. I also remember this series for the trouble David Boon had. Hadlee was in such good form he almost ended Boony's great career...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
You can just imagine the suits at Cricket Australia getting together for their annual "how can we squeeze another couple of million out of this cash cow" meeting:
"More cricket equals more money. Who else can we play?""We could always brin...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
Cricket's moved on from the Aussie Indian test series but bigger questions remain for test cricket - so before we forget the series and move onto the Indian, English one-dayers, and Pakistan whipping the West indies -
What's the future of t...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
Day 1 was a bit of a disaster for Australia. The worst moment for me was towards the end. I'd been listening to the coverage on the radio while working but took a break when Pup got into the 90's - seeing him score a century would've been t...(
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Indexed November 24, 2008
You know when there's a Test match coming to Brisbane - our drought breaks and the heavens open. It's been raining pretty much non-stop for the past week although miraculously, the sun came out this morning and we should get some cricket. I...(
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