Hope springs up for the Baggy Green

Published 3d ago - Ken Piesse

FROM autumn despair to springtime hope… it has been a roller-coasting, emotional journey for Australian cricket lovers, says KEN PIESSE. More »

Cricket boss faces a few bouncers

Published 1w ago - Ron Reed

THE WEEK IN SPORT: UNEASY LIES the head that wears the cricket crown – but good luck to the new man in charge, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »

Ravi will have Aussie bats in a spin

Published 2m ago - Ken Piesse

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 »

Steve Smith got his fair whack

Published 3m ago - Ken Piesse

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 »

Pepper added his own spice to cricket

Published 4m ago - Ken Piesse

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 »

Why did the Test selectors dodge Hodge?

Published 4m ago - Ken Piesse

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 »

Jeff’s View – June 22

Published 4m ago - Geoff Hook

Jeff on our cricket woes More »

Growing Paines for the new cricket captain

Published 4m ago - Ron Reed

THE WEEK THAT WAS: NOBODY REALLY expected the massively depleted Australian one-day cricket team to do it easy when their five-match one-day series started this week – and they didn’t. It wasn’t all bad but there were some worrying signs for the captain, says ... More »

AB de Villiers: no better cricketer to watch

Published 5m ago - Ron Reed

HE WAS THE cricketer other cricketers wanted to be – and there is no greater compliment. RON REED salutes AB de Villiers on his retirement from the international game: CRICKET FANS, and statisticians, are always debating the identity of the world’s best batsma... More »

Dark day for night Tests as India wimp it

Published 5m ago - Ron Reed

THE PARTY’S over – for one summer, anyway – as Adelaide’s day-night Test match falls victim to India’s attack of the after-dark jitters, writes RON REED. More »

Watch this wily fast bowler from the West

Published 6m ago - Chris de Kretser

A YOUNG Aussie quick is catching eyes and claiming wickets in the Indian Premier League. CHRIS de KRETSER reports from the Punjab More »

Test ratings tell a tale of disarray

Published 7m ago - Ken Piesse

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 »