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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
A DISTRACTED and under strength Sri Lanka could again be embarrassed in Canberra’s inaugural Test match, says KEN PIESSE. More »
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 »
INDIA’S best-ever tour of Australia ends on another triumphant note, thanks to an ageless superstar, writes RON REED. More »
SOMETIMES in sort, nothing goes right – just ask Melbourne Stars Big Bash acting captain Nic Maddinson, says chief writer RON REED: More »
NOBODY enjoys Big Bash cricket more than Chief Writer RON REED but even he is wondering whether there can be too much of a good thing More »
NOTHING excites cricket fans more than a precocious young talent being recognised and rewarded, so welcome aboard Will Pucovski, says Chief Writer RON REED More »
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 »
