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Still the No 1 team – for a reason
INDIA overcame their fair share of problems to bury Australia under the controversial MCG pitch and deserve all the applause, writes RON REED. More »
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Why it’s a bat-tle for the Test team
IT’S TOUGH at the top in Test cricket especially when you don’t have a star to light the way, writes RON REED. More »
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India play the long, slow game – well
IT WASN’T pretty to watch but India’s two best batsmen weren’t worrying about what it looked like, writes RON REED 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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Big stage, big job for India’s new man
STARTING out in Test cricket is a daunting enough assignment for anyone anywhere – but doing it at the mighty MCG on Boxing Day adds another dimension to it, says Chief Writer RON REED. 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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One out of the box coming up, perhaps
IT’S ONE-ALL, so expect a pitched battled at the MCG, says Chief Writer RON REED More »
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How footy’s final flings flailed and flopped
FINAL CURTAIN – Dateline 2048. Chapter 2. GEOFF POULTER concludes his trip into the future where he saw the last rites being applied to the great game of footy. More »
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Grand day at the G for a battered Test fan
JETLAGGED Sportshounds writer COLIN DALE jumped off the flight from South Africa just in time to join the 73,000 at the MCG for the Easter Monday clash. Escaping the torture of the cricket at the Wanderers was just one of the many delights of being a sports fa... More »
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Where have all the icons gone?
HE STILL longs for the days of lounging in the original Long Room, watching the champs battling it out on grass at Kooyong… GEOFF POULTER looks back with longing for the good old days More »
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The day Garfield Sobers really cooked the Oz bowlers at the MCG
THE WEEK THAT WAS: England’s most successful batsmen of all time left the MCG crowd with something amazing to remember on what will almost certainly be his last appearance at the great stadium – but was it the best innings ever played there? Probably not, as C... More »
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Cheers at last for England’s milestone men
ALISTAIR COOK HAS been a long time reminding cricket fans of the days when he simply didn’t know how to get out in Australia but the birthday present he craved – a hundred – has finally arrived, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
