From good to bad in the space of a weekFrom good to bad in the space of a week
AUSTRALIA’S national cricket team seems to swing from bad to good to bad in the space of a few weeks or sometimes even a week. The team was thrashed in[...]
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What Australia needs is a new cricket captainWhat Australia needs is a new cricket captain
A MOUNTAIN of sorts has been scaled by the England cricket team by defeating Australia by an innings and 71 runs in the second cricket Test in Adelaide. The last[...]
Bowlers pay the price, batsmen get off scot-freeBowlers pay the price, batsmen get off scot-free
PREDICTABLY, Australian left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson has been dropped from the team to take on England in the second Test in Adelaide. Johnson returned figures of 0-66 and 0-104 in[...]
The bowlers failed but so did the captainThe bowlers failed but so did the captain
IT’S the fourth day of a Test match, the first of a series that is the most important of the year for your country. Your team is 202 runs ahead[...]
Australia’s cricketing disasterAustralia’s cricketing disaster
SHANE Warne, the Australian leg-spinner, was always keen to be captain of the national cricket team. Unfortunately, the Australian cricket administrators are obsessed with the idea that a man who[...]
History tells us: the ICC must take the blame for match-fixingHistory tells us: the ICC must take the blame for match-fixing
IT WOULD be amusing to read all about the apportioning of blame by various people in the wake of the recent revelations about match-fixing, were it not for the fact[...]
Why Ricky Ponting should be sackedWhy Ricky Ponting should be sacked
RICKY Ponting is one of the best cricketers in the world to watch when he is on song. The man has played 145 Tests, captained Australia since 2004 and is[...]
Cricket is all about politicsCricket is all about politics
SPORT and politics should not mix. How often have you heard that meaningless line? It is untrue of any sport – and most of all cricket. Following the humiliation meted[...]
Howard has been rejected, not AustraliaHoward has been rejected, not Australia
WENDING his sorry way back from Singapore, after having been roundly snubbed by the International Cricket Conference after his bid to become the vice-president was rejected, former Australian prime minister[...]
Howard’s rejection by the ICC is reason to rejoiceHoward’s rejection by the ICC is reason to rejoice
WORLD cricket has finally shown some commonsense in rejecting the bid by former Australian prime minister John Howard to become the vice-president of its governing body. The post of vice-president[...]