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. Last season, I adopted Aloof Theory. While it was one of my better seasons,...
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 blame to go around too. However, and despite the fact that the pain of this Ashes...
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 further 466 runs over the next two days without losing ten...
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 Test. Australia regained the balance for the next one and a half Tests. But...
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 were 8 for 300, a well under par total for such a...
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 you will. But more than that, it’s the most important Test in...
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 replace the misfiring Bopara; Trott, Key and Ramprakash. Yes, Ramprakash. Remember him? Indeed, a surprising...
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, illness and marriage break up later, Bing is back on the outer, wistfully watching...
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 a car in the Perth suburb of City Beach. It is then alleged Pomersbach failed to remain at the...
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 religiously to get it to shine up.” “Because they play so...
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