Ajantha Mendis: Hopefully not the second coming of Jack Iverson
Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis, who was recently named by the ICC as the Emerging Player of the Year, has put the cricket world in a spin lately. Amid the first decade of the 21st century, when batting...
View ArticleShort-course thinking
Swimming Australia’s decision, in conjunction with its new broadcast partner Ten, to compress the 2009 Australian Swimming Championships from eight into six days of competition, is a risky move.Like...
View ArticleThe Final Frontier: Not as elusive as it seems
35 years without a win is a long time in sport. After Bill Lawry’s team conquered India 3-1 in 1969-70, Australia had to wait until late-2004 when Adam Gilchrist’s men broke the drought and conquered...
View ArticleA captain’s legacy
How Sourav Ganguly’s turbulent career fashioned a new Team IndiaThis article was written by the author for Mint at the attached linkFor Sourav Ganguly, the final Nagpur Test against Australia was not...
View ArticleA glorious burden for Harbhajan?
When India and England take to the field for the First Test in Chennai, it will be the first time in five years that Harbhajan Singh starts a series as India’s first-choice spinner. No longer will he...
View ArticleError in the Cricinfo quiz?
Merry Quizmas1. A wicket keeper who played his only Test against New Zealand in the 1970s. He scored 7*, took two catches and conceded 16 byes.A Pakistani called Shahid Israr. Definitely fits.2. A...
View ArticleRoland Perry's error strewn cricket writing
Roland Perry is a well-known Australian cricket writer, particularly on Bradman and his contemporariesThey include biographies on Bradman, Miller, the Invincibles in general, a compilation on all...
View ArticleA most uninvincible performance
Pursuant to the previous blog post, I have gone through more thoroughly and spotted the following errors in the Invincibles chapter of Roland Perry's "Miller's Luck" (Keith Miller pictured). It is...
View ArticleA new low
Well, I've just picked up a copy of The Ashes: A celebration by Roland Perry, published in 2006.More on that later, including his presenting of libelous conspiracies as fact, but one of the chapters is...
View ArticleHarvey vs Hayden
Neil Harvey has never been anything but forthright, and his opinions have often rankled. Following his call for Matthew Hayden to leave international cricket during the Third Test, a minor frenzy has...
View ArticleA disaster in Adelaide
Well, now for an off-topic post, but I guess a few other people out there might be interested in the sport of cycling.In the twilight of Sunday evening, the Cancer Council Classic, a one-day warm-up...
View ArticleRewind 1999: The birth of Jayawardene
Ten years ago, on this day, one of the most ill-tempered cricket matches in recent years took place at the Adelaide Oval. Rather prophetically, an article by Mike Coward of The Australian was published...
View ArticleWho will be the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame inductees this year?
With the Allan Border Medal presentation night coming up next Tuesday, that means that two more distinguished servants of Australian cricket will become the 30th and 31st members of the Australian...
View ArticleDo journalists from the Times use Wikipedia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Millerhttp://timesonline.typepad.com/line_and_length/2009/01/ashes-heroes--3.htmlI must say that I wonder whether the author of the Times blog Patrick Kidd looked at...
View ArticleHaddin and Jordon
Following Brad Haddin's involvement in Neil Broom's controversial dismissal yesterday, it's time for a trip down memory lane to a similar and much more flagrant incident, which happened almost 40 years...
View ArticleWhy is Ishant in the T20 team?
As India seeks to seize the No. 1 ranking in world cricket, it is now expected to win regularly on foreign soil. With the loss of Anil Kumble and the ineffectiveness of Harbhajan outside India, the...
View ArticleRaina's golden opportunity
His talent has never been in question, but Suresh Raina’s international position has perpetually been questioned. Now he has a better opportunity than ever to prove his doubters wrong.In his first...
View ArticleThe importance of momentum
India will probably use tomorrow's fifth ODI at Eden Park as a chance to test its bench strength as part of the buildup to the 2011 World Cup. After all, the same policy has been applied in dead...
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