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As big as it gets for the Big V
Has Victorian cricket ever been in a better place? RON REED, who has been an observer for the best part of 50 years, doesn’t think so. More »
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Pace guns upstage each other
VICTORIAN pace pair James Pattinson and Peter Siddle destroyed NSW in the Sheffield Shield final – and now might be marching in lockstep towards the Ashes , writes RON REED: More »
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Shield final still a classy occasion
DOMESTIC cricket’s championship decider has been rescued from the grave, says RON REED. More »
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Cricket’s first rule – watch the ball
HOW NOT to be run out by the bowler and provoke a major controversy – it’s pretty simple, says RON REED More »
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Watching Will is better than work
HE IS probably the best young cricketer in the country but there weren’t many people on hand to see Will Pucovski prove it again. Chief Writer RON REED was. More »
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GREEN TEAM SEEING RED NOW
YOU had to see it to believe it. That was one newspaper’s take on the Melbourne Stars’ astonishing collapse in the Big Bash final, snatching defeat from the jaws of certain victory. Regrettably,I didn’t see it – and I scarcely believed it. More »
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Pop the cork – Beefy’s back!
HE’S BEEN a familiar figure on the Melbourne cricket scene for more than 40 years but now one of the great all-rounders is putting runs on the board in another enjoyable way, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
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Star of the big show is a big hit
WHEN he’s on fire, no cricket match is ever a lost cause — Chief Writer RON REED watches Glenn Maxwell do it again: GLENN Maxwell has never liked the nickname he acquired early in his colourful cricket career, The Big Show, and you don’t hear it much these day... More »
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‘Mad Dog’ the one-Test wonder
FORTY or so years ago, this weekend, Ian Callen collapsed mid-match during his first Test, the result of an adverse reaction to inoculations ahead of Australia’s 1978 tour of the Caribbean. KEN PIESSE remembers his remarkable effort to rise from his sick bed a... More »
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Bashing holes in a great game
THE Big Bash is losing followers at a rapid rate that must be worrying our cricket chiefs. GRAHAM BICKNELL explains why he is disenchanted. More »
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Scandals weigh heavily on Sri Lankans
A DISTRACTED and under strength Sri Lanka could again be embarrassed in Canberra’s inaugural Test match, says KEN PIESSE. More »
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Overcooking the Golden Goose
AS TEST cricket returns this week with some overdue fresh thinking, the signs are that the once immensely popular Big Bash is losing its appeal, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
