I’ve done my best to resist the temptation to write about this, but I can hold out no more. With all the hypocritical, holier-than-thou and utterly irrelevant commentary doing the rounds of Australia’s tabloids and broadsheets on this issue, everyone is missing the point that Michael Clarke’s split with Lara Bingle is his version of Ricky Ponting’s final pub brawl black eye...
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...
In a stunning development, Andrew Symonds has exclusively revealed to this blog that he is pulling out from the Indian Premier League. The news comes a couple of days after Cricket Australia announced that he would not be considered for national selection until he completed his counselling & rehabilitation. He said that his decision was not related to any on-field related issue with Deccan Charger...
I'm not comfortable with the way the 1st Test is sitting at the moment. Not just because of Australia's dismal batting. Not just because Hayden and Ponting have showed distressingly poor form of late. Not even due to Michael Clarke's unforgiveable sin when we sorely needed him to stick around.
No, what bothers me is a bet I made with my Dad. He predicted the game would end late on the 3rd d...
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