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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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Cricket boss faces a few bouncers
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 »
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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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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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Timmy Time – it’s now or never
HE IS the Socceroos’ best-known and most popular player – and possibly the man most likely to win the crucial match against Peru off his own boot. So surely Tim Cahill’s World Cup will not end in total anti-climax without him even setting foot on the field, sa... More »
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Jeff’s View – June 22
Jeff on our cricket woes More »
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Growing Paines for the new cricket captain
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 »
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Cricket boss Sutherland got more right than wrong
HE CLEARLY isn’t the most popular sports administrator in the land, but the outgoing Cricket Australia CEO had his fair share of runs on the board, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
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AB de Villiers: no better cricketer to watch
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 »
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Dark day for night Tests as India wimp it
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 »
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Watch this wily fast bowler from the West
A YOUNG Aussie quick is catching eyes and claiming wickets in the Indian Premier League. CHRIS de KRETSER reports from the Punjab More »