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The Smith and Warner bans must stay
KEN PIESSE says the 12-month bans for bad boys Steve Smith and David Warner must remain as cricket attempts to recover after the autumn scandal in South Africa. More »
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The trick that everyone missed
IT TOOK Sportshounds writer and part-time leg spinner KEN PIESSE 54 years to achieve his hat-trick dream... and at the time no-one knew it. More »
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Hope springs up for the Baggy Green
FROM autumn despair to springtime hope… it has been a roller-coasting, emotional journey for Australian cricket lovers, says KEN PIESSE. More »
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Ravi will have Aussie bats in a spin
RAVI Ashwin is threatening to derail Australia’s patched-up batting line-up months before the toss of the coin in Adelaide, writes cricket expert KEN PIESSE: NEVER before has a humble finger spinner promised to wreak such destruction on the dawn of a major new... More »
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Steve Smith got his fair whack
STEVE SMITH shamed himself and the game and deserved his 12 months suspension, says author KEN PIESSE in his soon-to-be-published new book Australia’s Cricket Scandals. More »
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Pepper added his own spice to cricket
CEC PEPPER was the quintessential wild colonial boy. He blued with Bradman. He lived for 30 years in a “ménage a trois” and shortly before his death 25 years ago, willed half his fortune to a woman he’d just met. KEN PIESSE introduces the best cricketer never... More »
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Why did the Test selectors dodge Hodge?
HIS name was frequently mentioned when an Australian Test team was picked, not for being one of the chosen ones but for being left out…again! KEN PIESSE reports More »
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Charlie Spargo is another son of a gun
KEN PIESSE is loving seeing another father-son “combo” in AFL ranks. More »
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Test ratings tell a tale of disarray
IGNORE FOR now the ball-tampering fiasco and the resultant suspensions, Australia was outplayed at almost every turn in South Africa. KEN PIESSE rates the players. More »
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Test thrashing complete in 80 minutes
A MASSIVE 492 runs... the biggest winning margin by a South African XI against Australia was in the end almost an inconsequential, as KEN PIESSE reports from Johannesburg. More »
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It’s not a war, says elder statesman
SLEDGING IS an even bigger threat to cricket's well being than ball tampering, according to the iconic Dr Ali Bacher. KEN PIESSE spent an hour with South African cricket's renaissance man. More »
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Ball tampering gets raised again
NEW ball-tampering allegations, this time against South Africa, have been raised in Johannesburg as the most acrimonious Test series since Bodyline goes into its final hours. KEN PIESSE, on the spot in Johannesburg, reports: AS Australia’s top order was being ... More »