I was half heartedly considering staying up and watching Australia progress through the Twenty20 World Cup. I missed the first game and the second game wasn’t televised. And now suddenly, it’s over. Australia have been knocked out of the World Cup.
You could see it coming. Even when we were dominating every other form of the game a few years back, the players couldn’t help show t...
We’re less than 50 days away from the Ashes and Australia have named their touring squad. Here is my pick of the top XI batting order plus the second fiddles:
Phillip Hughes
Simon Katich
Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey (demoted one spot due to lack of form)
Marcus North
Brad Haddin
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Peter Siddle
Stuart Clark
And the other guys left to carry the kit bag...
People forget about the one-day series that preceded the Ashes, but they were a key part of it. They were ingeniously scheduled before the Test series, so that tension mounted. In 2009, they’re afterwards, like vegetable soup after a six-course meal.
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England won the Ashes because they actually dared to attack Australia for once. They [...]
There has been a lot of blame cast around for Australia’s infamous 2005 Ashes loss. Ricky Ponting blamed Billy Bowden. I blamed Ricky Ponting. Nathan Bracken blamed breath mints. Cricket Australia blamed the WAGS. Matt Hayden blamed God.
A new scapegoat has emerged. Damien Martyn has cast blame on the 2005 Ashes loss on Australian coach, John Buchanan:
"All comments by Warne and MacGill are ...
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