HOW AUSTRALIA LINED UP… 5 January 2018 0 comments Bill Woodfull (C) Tests: 5 Runs: 345 Average: 57.5 Bill Ponsford Tests: 5 Runs: 330 Average: 55 Don Bradman Tests: […]
Forget nets, young Broad saved it all for the big stage 5 January 2018 0 comments By Richard Edwards IT’S impossible to predict future success in sport, but some are more confident of what lies ahead […]
HOW HOLLIES PLOTTED DOWNFALL OF THE DON 5 January 2018 0 comments Richard Edwards looks beyond a career defining delivery and discovers the planning that had gone into its success Oval and […]
Cherish Smith’s as the records brilliance for all it’s worth continue to fall around us 5 January 2018 0 comments Alison Mitchell lauds the feats of the magnificent Steve Smith and also highlights a great year for the women’s game […]
FINAL OVER 5 January 2018 0 comments BEN SANDERSON Northants fast bowler ON THE SPOT Date of birth: 3/01/89 Marital status: Single Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling […]
England match ratings 5 January 2018 0 comments Alastair Cook What more can you say about his epic unbeaten 244? The record at the MCG and his fifth […]
When Waugh’s with a dry eye ton left nobody in the SCG house 5 January 2018 0 comments Richard Edwards recalls Steve Waugh’s epic and career-saving century during the fifth Ashes Test of 2003 ACTION REPL AY What […]
Turgid pitch puts chance tourists had pay to any victory but pride is restored 5 January 2018 0 comments By Chris Stocks at the MCG Dec 26-30, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Australia 327 (Warner 103, Smith 76, S Marsh […]
THERE’S NO DENYING IT, JIMMY’S A TRUE GREAT 5 January 2018 0 comments Tim Wigmore says there can be no denying James Anderson’s talent with the Englishman set to pass Glenn McGrath PLANET […]
Australia match ratings 5 January 2018 0 comments Cameron Bancroft Two starts without going on to convert, again. Having got the call ahead of Matt Renshaw, he hasn’t […]
IT DOESN’T GET ANY EASIER NOW FOR JOE 5 January 2018 0 comments Richard Edwards looks at the next challenge facing England captain Joe Root – New Zealand and skipper Kane Williamson Richard […]
Australia captain Steve Smith to persevere through back injury 3 January 2018 0 comments Smith unfazed by sore back and provides update on fitness of Mitchell Starc
Glenn McGrath hopes to raise record amount as the SCG turns pink 3 January 2018 0 comments The McGrath Foundation has been supporting women with breast cancer since 2005
Nixon column: If a no. 11 can bat the short stuff will be flying 3 January 2018 0 comments Paul Nixon takes issue with the exceeding number of bouncers witnessed in Test cricket
Planet Cricket: A one-sided start to new Test format 2 January 2018 0 comments Tim Wigmore on South Africa’s rout of Zimbabwe in the first four-day Test regulated by the ICC
Emerging Somerset spinner Bess has England in his sights 2 January 2018 0 comments 20-year-old tells Jeremy Blackmore why it means so much to play for England Lions
Q&A – ECB chief executive Tom Harrison 2 January 2018 0 comments We ask the ECB CEO about Ben Stokes, new plans for a T20 tournament, and all things England and Wales cricket
Opener Nick Gubbins can step into Cook’s shoes in the future 2 January 2018 0 comments ‘I think he has a great chance’ says Middlesex coach Richard Scott in praising
Phil DeFreitas has his say on what’s to blame for lack of England pacemen 2 January 2018 0 comments ‘I was surprised that there wasn’t a Plunkett or a Wood with that extra bit of pace’ says former England bowler
Pringle column: Late to the party but England’s aging duo still a threat 2 January 2018 0 comments Derek Pringle on Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson’s MCG showing, and Jackson Bird embodying lack of Aussie seamer depth
Cook’s knock shows up Johnson and Pietersen’s comments and prove his steel 2 January 2018 0 comments Background sniggering would never deter Cook from showing his mettle, writes Peter Hayter
When England delivered the perfect Christmas gift 30 December 2017 0 comments A day that could not have gone better for England at the MCG…
No better feeling than silencing Bay 13 back in 1982 30 December 2017 0 comments Derek Pringle looks back at the Boxing Day Test when the MCG was at its most intimidating
Pitches are to blame for lack of quick men says DeFreitas 29 December 2017 0 comments By Paul Eddison England regular: Phil DeFreitas THE County Championship is an easy target following England’s Ashes defeat but Phil […]
COOK HAS DOUBTERS EATING THEIR WORDS 29 December 2017 0 comments Adam Collins says it’s about time that Alastair Cook got the respect he deserves from critics Down Under He might […]