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Martin Johnson column – Pace… it’s what we all want to see in the game

30 May 2017 0 comments

…was an Australian club cricketer called Norman ‘Stormy’ Gale, who once opened the bowling for a Western Australian Country XI against England in Kalgoorlie. Or he would have done, had…

From Botham’s beef to the Pollock pearls, TV was a joy

29 May 2017 0 comments

…seven million of them tuned into Channel 4 to live the moment England finally beat Australia for the first time in a thousand years. But, whatever the future holds, a…

Derek Pringle column – Why IPL may soon become England’s problem

24 May 2017 0 comments

…is trying to keep its elite players fresh for national duty. Australia remains a country where sporting excellence is still closely linked with national pride. A strong Australian cricket team…

De Villiers: We have to show England our respect

23 May 2017 0 comments

…the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has impressed everyone around the globe. “I remember watching the 2015 World Cup thinking they were really low and hit rock…

Peter Hayter column – A claim of top Billings is often perilous

23 May 2017 0 comments

…as 3-1 co-favourites with Australia? We will have some of that, Billings was telling us, and how refreshing did that sound? And then, the other thought. Fresh home from his…

Aussie pay dispute coming to a head

23 May 2017 0 comments

…not, they amount to a tussle between management and workers over wage increases. But the bitter scrap pitting Cricket Australia against the Australian Cricketers’ Association is harder to unpick than…

No slip-ups for England as they set off for Spain

16 May 2017 0 comments

…make all the difference during next month’s Champions Trophy. Trevor Bayliss, England’s Australian coach, has an almost religious zealover fielding. That is why his first actas coach back in 2015…

Peter Hayter column – New Road embodies the true values of cricket

16 May 2017 0 comments

…of cat-and-mouse with Australia’s Peter Handscomb as he strained to drive Yorkshire to victory. There was lots more batting, bowling and fielding to love and while this was not the…

Paul Nixon column – Playing at home is great, but keep focused

15 May 2017 0 comments

…and it was definitely a dream come true for me. In 2007 we had come off the back of a brilliant win in the triangular series between ourselves, Australia and…

Allan Donald: England man Woakes can be one of the best!

12 May 2017 0 comments

…a long time. “Australia will bring a powerful side and South Africa will be up there, too. There has obviously been a lot of confusion about the situation in India…

Derek Pringle column – Proteas always bring a certain menace

10 May 2017 0 comments

For many, the Ashes series this winter is the one for England to win, following their drubbing in Australia last time. Yet there is a longer-standing challenge for Joe Root…

Alison Mitchell column – Sledging ain’t all that heavy, he’s my brother

9 May 2017 0 comments

…and Graeme Pollock, Andy and Grant Flower, Ben and Adam Hollioake, and more recently Shaun and Mitch Marsh for Australia and WA, Niall and Kevin O’Brien for Ireland and Leicestershire,…

Root must follow in his rivals’ footsteps to succeed as captain

8 May 2017 0 comments

…hands of Australia down under along with their recent collapse against Virat Kohli’s men. Having been in the role since Andrew Strauss stepped down in 2012, Cook has left a…

Hastings relishes a comeback battle

8 May 2017 0 comments

…The Worcestershire spearhead, and recalled Australian workhorse, spoke to The Cricket Paper about a career that has spanned the full experience in the most physically grueling job that cricket has….

Worcestershire acquire international experience with signing of Nathan Lyon

2 May 2017 0 comments

(Photo by Ryan Pierse – CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Worcestershire have added Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon to their squad as cover for his compatriot John Hastings, who will…

Wily old dog Steve still shining with new tricks

2 May 2017 0 comments

Adam Collins reflects on how forgotten Australian Steve Magoffin continues to strive after international exile A quarter hour from a Baggy Green. It came that close for modern day Sussex…

Martin Johnson column – Cricket in the 1980s! It was an X-rated classic…

2 May 2017 0 comments

…on to lose 1-0 against New Zealand. So Gatting leading England to victory in Australia that winter was, to put it mildly, something of a surprise. However, the brave new…

Rest assured, I’ll be ready now says Root

2 May 2017 0 comments

…back-to-back tours of Australia and New Zealand, the 26-year-old has valued the time off he has spent with wife Carrie and baby son Alfred. “There has been a lot of…

Derek Pringle column – Have we seen the last of the great finishers?

2 May 2017 0 comments

…were enough and that is what England deployed. If it sounds barmy now, England reached the final where they lost to Australia, the defeat precipitated when Gatting failed to manage…

Peter Hayter column – We’re in need of smoothie talking Monty…

2 May 2017 0 comments

…chance that he could realise his dream of playing cricket for England again one day? Down Under last winter, Australian cricket found a place for him, not only inviting him…

Pattinson, fast and furious with the Ashes on the horizon

25 April 2017 0 comments

Adam Collins discovers that Australia’s injury prone spearhead is easing back to his best and enjoying life at Notts He’s lean, mean and – if he can stay on the…

Dickie’s always put on a show for the game!

25 April 2017 0 comments

…out was in Karachi where Pakistan were playing Australia in October 1994. Then, Australia had two great spinners in Shane Warne, leg-spin and googlies, and Tim May, the off-spinner. The…

Peter Hayter column – Invisible man can’t rival this Bairstow mystery

25 April 2017 0 comments

…weeks from July followed by another seven in Australia and New Zealand over the winter.” Unsurprisingly, Strauss’ stance did not find universal favour and none whatsoever among those who have…

Even best average since Bradman was not enough to save Voges from the axe

19 April 2017 0 comments

…Do. No matter when or how or why. So when Adam Voges took a call from Australia’s chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns in December last year, he knew what was…

Derek Pringle column – Let’s hope Leach can thrive with his new action

19 April 2017 0 comments

…for corrective work, often at the University of Western Australia. I remember the panic that set in when Phil Tufnell, another left-arm spinner, was accused of chucking by Ian Smith…

Search Results for "australia"

Martin Johnson column – Pace… it’s what we all want to see in the game

From Botham’s beef to the Pollock pearls, TV was a joy

Derek Pringle column – Why IPL may soon become England’s problem

De Villiers: We have to show England our respect

Peter Hayter column – A claim of top Billings is often perilous

Aussie pay dispute coming to a head

No slip-ups for England as they set off for Spain

Peter Hayter column – New Road embodies the true values of cricket

Paul Nixon column – Playing at home is great, but keep focused

Allan Donald: England man Woakes can be one of the best!

Derek Pringle column – Proteas always bring a certain menace

Alison Mitchell column – Sledging ain’t all that heavy, he’s my brother

Root must follow in his rivals’ footsteps to succeed as captain

Hastings relishes a comeback battle

Worcestershire acquire international experience with signing of Nathan Lyon

Wily old dog Steve still shining with new tricks

Martin Johnson column – Cricket in the 1980s! It was an X-rated classic…

Rest assured, I’ll be ready now says Root

Derek Pringle column – Have we seen the last of the great finishers?

Peter Hayter column – We’re in need of smoothie talking Monty…

Pattinson, fast and furious with the Ashes on the horizon

Dickie’s always put on a show for the game!

Peter Hayter column – Invisible man can’t rival this Bairstow mystery

Even best average since Bradman was not enough to save Voges from the axe

Derek Pringle column – Let’s hope Leach can thrive with his new action

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