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After both the teams were very defensive at the Gabba in Brisbane, everyone wanted the Adelaide test to be better. With a cracking flat track, most thought winning the toss could be crucial.As it turns out, it wasn’t. Ricky Ponting w...(more)

· Shane Watson: Was one of the rare Australian batsmen who looked comfortable at the crease, till the moment he kept getting out. Unfortunately for him and the team, it was always after he got a start. He was the 2nd leading run ge...(more)

The Oz selectors have named their squad for the third test matchShane Watson, Phillip Hughes, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, Michael Beer,...(more)

First of all, please forgive me for the terrible pun. Try as I might, I could not resist the title of this piece. Anyway, as you may or may not have understood by now, this article is about Marcus North, Ian Bell and the contrasting points ...(more)

The moment of truth is upon us all readers.Well, not really those that read NWG’s ramblings, but those who live in these shores. (Australian shores that is).The press is talking non-stop about who will get the chop from the team (and ...(more)

Interesting statistics shared on various Australian sites18.50 - Michael Clarke’s average in the 12 matches since he moved up to number four [courtesy Courier Mail] He made up for it today but fell off the last ball of the day to brin...(more)


Us England fans thought that it would be impossible to top yesterday’s performance when we bowled Australia all out for 245, but thanks to another incredible innings for Alastair Cook it seems we have, leading by 72 runs with eight wi...(more)


The Australian team seemed to plunge into more problems on the Ashes series - recalling a person who was removed from the big original list of 17 only yesterday. Usman Khawaja was the beneficiary of a back injury to the vice-captain Michael...(more)

Good news for England. The likely top order batting lineup for Australia all failed in the Sheffield Shield. Mike Hussey’s position for his team looked in doubt as he scored a duck for Western Australia. The other batsmen also faired ...(more)

Years ago, when the Aussies were beating anyone and everyone who played them in test matches, England were a sorry lot. They picked players in the hope that they would perform. A player would be selected for a match only to be dropped the n...(more)

Marcus North has ridiculed talk he could be Ricky Ponting’s successor as Australia captain. “I know it’s an Ashes summer, but there’s got to be better stuff to write about,” said the Western Australia batsman. ...(more)

Right, I know this is coming in a few days late, but I had finished half of it earlier and I didn’t want to waste it. That’s right, I’m calling typing ’exercise’, and this thing is a little rushed (5 minutes an...(more)

India finished the test series against Australia at home on a winning note though the difference was not big. The Oz team scored 400+ runs in the first innings of both the test matches but still lost. Where did they fail? Let us go through ...(more)

Someone (who wasn’t an expat Aussie cricket blogger whose name rhymes with "blurby" or a person whose loins spurned him) called My Lord Nathan a "brilliant off-spinner".Honestly.Graeme Swann fans - who evidently felt he was a shoo in ...(more)

Marcus North and Tim Paine gave Australia the perfect start to the second day in Bangalore, where they added 99 runs in a positive opening session. There were moments of drama, most notably when Paine was caught behind off a …...(more)



Australia’s selectors have backed middle-order batsman Marcus North despite him making three ducks in his previous three Tests. North has scored more than 10 only thrice in 13 second innings, but the chairman of selectors, Andrew Hild...(more)
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