Getting a new Australia captain is like getting a new Doctor Who. It takes quite a while to get used to the new one because his face is all wrong.
As a captain, Ricky Ponting was both hugely admirable and a world-class tool. A Ricky Ponting interview normally features lots of plain speaking and references to [...]
Another India vs Australia Test series is about to start in a few days, and the duels between these two sides have been quite close over the last 10-15 years (the ones I have seen). I did not realize how close till I sat down and listed the following1996 Ind 1 - Aus 0 (1 Test)1998 Ind 2 - Aus 1 (3 Tests) 1999 Ind 0 - Aus 3 (3 Tests) 2001 Ind 2 - Aus 1 (3 Tests) 2003 Ind 1 - Aus 1 (4 Tests)2004 Ind...
face it ponting...but for your never ending mid pitch conferences with bowlers and your itchy penchant to discuss game with umpires when other captain would get on with his job...you could have been 1-1...despite flintoff’s heroics...and not even strauss could have done anything with his ’time wasting’ tactics then......
Australia 5, England 0 is the score following tonight’s match so Australia are just 2 wins away from a series whitewash, but today we managed to lose not as convincingly as usual after a decent batting display meant we were only beaten by 4 wickets with 10 balls remaining.
We managed to play the full 50 [...]...
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