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Only six deserve to score an Ashes tour
KEN PIESSE says only six of Australia’s current Test squad should consider themselves certainties to tour England for the Ashes later this year. More »
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Time to play a couple of Test hunches
A LOSING summer campaign is opening fresh opportunities for the fringe players says KEN PIESSE. More »
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We need Warner to save our sinking ship
MARCH 29 and the lifting of the bans on Steve Smith and David Warner can't come quickly enough for our own KEN PIESSE. More »
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Time for the fresh fast man in Sydney?
JOSH Hazlewood may not necessarily play a home town Test in Sydney next week, says KEN PIESSE More »
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It’s time for Handscomb to step forward
KEN PIESSE says Test discard Peter Handscomb faces an agonising New Year, wondering if he’ll ever play for Australia again. More »
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A Test right out of the box
THE Boxing Day Test is always a favourite with the players. It’s their Grand Final, the match they love to dominate. KEN PIESSE speaks with four golden oldies who did just that. More »
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‘Biscuits’ was quick with a joke or a wicket
THERE HAVE been more than 50 “one-Test wonders” in the history of Australian cricket. KEN PIESSE pays tribute to one, Colin Guest, who died recently More »
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Captain Paine eases our pain
AUSTRALIA’S win in Perth is no one-off, says cricket writer KEN PIESSE. Tim Paine’s team can go all the way and win the series from here. More »
Aussies have lost the home ground advantage
Australia is the hunted and India the hunters approaching Friday’s Second Test at Optus Stadium in Perth, says KEN PIESSE. More »
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Spin king threatens the Aussie lefties
As Australia ponders the make-up of its top six for the first Test in Adelaide, KEN PIESSE sounds a warning that too many left-handers could spell gloom and doom, especially with R. Ashwin in the opposition dressing room. More »
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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 »
