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Indexed September 25, 2009
Our summer club season just began last week. Now at the beginning of each season, I set myself some sort of goal. Two seasons ago, I began an experiment to reinvent myself as a front-line legspinner/tailend batsman. It failed miserably. Las...(
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When Australia lost the 2005 Ashes, the scapegoating and finger pointing was immediate, fierce and frantic. Billy Bowden. Ricky Ponting. Breath mints. WAGS. God. John Buchanan. Gary Pratt. The loss was such a shock, there was plenty of blam...(
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When you get hurt in a relationship, it’s tempting to close yourself off to prevent future pain. Similarly, the human reaction for any Australian fan given the state of the 2009 Ashes is to give up hope that we can somehow chase a fur...(
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The 2009 Ashes has swung backwards and forwards so many times, you can get whiplash if you’re watching too closely. Australia dominated in Cardiff but couldn’t close the deal. England led in Lords and the first half of the 3rd T...(
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You get the feeling England just let the Ashes slip through their fingers yesterday. At 1 for 100, they were poised to set an imposing first innings total. Instead, all their batsmen got starts then threw their wickets away. At stumps, they...(
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The 4th Test was hailed as the 2009 Ashes decider. Of course it wasn’t - it never was going to be barring an English victory. But now, we come to the 5th Test which most definitely is the decider. An Ashes grand final, if yo...(
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Well it worked last time is presumably the selectors line of thinking in handing South African Jonathan Trott a debut in England’s most important match for four years.
There were essentially three names banded about in the search to r...(
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You gotta feel for Binger. For years, he played bridesmaid to Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, unable to force his way into the side. When the two ageing champions finally retired, Bing assumed his position as Australian spearhead. An injury,...(
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Witness the tragicomedy of errors as Western Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach goes off his nut:
It is alleged that just after 9:30pm, a Toyota Prado driven by the 24-year-old former Australia batsman crashed into the back of ...(
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Over the last week, a dossier on the English cricket team by Justin Langer was leaked to the press. Here are some of the highlights:
"England players work very hard on shining the ball after the lacquer is gone. They use Murray mints religi...(
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Day 2 was a mirror image of Day 1. On Day 1, England batted terribly then bowled horribly. On Day 2, they bowled terribly then batted horribly. In fact, things are so dire, England were one dropped catch away from having to play an ext...(
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It’s hard to recall England ever having a worse day of Test cricket. Maybe Adelaide Day 5 in 2006. Although that begs the question - is it worse to have a horrendous day at the end of a Test? Or at the start of the Test where you have...(
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It’s hard to recall England ever having a worse day of Test cricket. Maybe Adelaide Day 5 in 2006. Although that begs the question - is it worse to have a horrendous day at the end of a Test? Or at the start of the Test where you have...(
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So we come to it. Crunch time. The moment of truth. The Headingley Test that will decide the Ashes. Well, that is unless Australia win or its a draw or a tie, in which case the Ashes will be decided at the Oval. So there’s 25% chance ...(
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Peter Siddle or Stuart Clark?
Nathan Hauritz or Brett Lee?
Nuff said......(
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Unlike our dearth of spare batsmen, the Australian selectors suddenly have a glut of fast bowlers to choose from. Brett Lee is 100% fit and ready to go. Stuart Clark has been waiting all series for a bowl. Both are class acts. But the four ...(
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Pup is paying the price for his match saving innings (should’ve been a match winning innings), pulling up with a sore tummy afterwards. The prospect of an injured Clarke is a reminder of the paper thin batting stocks the selectors hav...(
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The big question heading into Day 5 was whether Australia could save the 3rd Test. But as the day unfolded and Australia comfortably batted out the second session without loss, another perspective emerged. The two days lost to weather didn&...(
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Australia is in the crapper. The natural instinct is to blame Ricky Ponting’s meandering captaincy that allowed England to take a dominant position on Day 4. When England were teetering, Punter brought on Shane Watson. Usually, a bowl...(
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With all of Day 3 washed out, this game is heading towards a fizzled draw. Still, that’s what everyone thought of Cardiff so I’m not discounting an Australian 2nd innings implosion. There’s little to blog on with no action...(
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