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 one of my many conversations on facebook, I mentioned that Australia had been outplayed by Pakistan during the home series held in England.One of my Pro-Australian friends differed and said that the statement was true if only I had added "given the amount of test cricket Pakistan had played against quality opposition".Fair enough I thought.My statement was based on the fact that the tour result...
Right, I know this is coming in a few days late, but I had finished half of it earlier and I didn’t want to waste it. That’s right, I’m calling typing ’exercise’, and this thing is a little rushed (5 minutes and below).
Here’s how the Aussies did, then.
9 - Shane Watson (271 runs at 67.75, 2 wickets at 40): Pratson was in great touch, providing great starts wi...
Malcolm Conn reports in ’The Australian’ that the BCCI has approached Cricket Australia to convert the 7 ODI series (scheduled for October) into a 2 test 3 ODI series.
On the face of it, the story is incredulous and it seems unprecedented. But in reality it is not.
There have been at least two previous occasions where Malcolm Conn did not end his write-up with the phrase "India have ...
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