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Simon Sweetman column – Fagg’s amazing record stands unchallenged

31 October 2016 0 comments

…in 1938, now 68 years ago. In the same year, Len Hutton scored 364 against Australia. That record lasted for 20 years but has now been beaten five times. Fagg’s…

We always wanted to take cricket back home, says Najam Sethi

31 October 2016 0 comments

…and Australia to transform the cricket landscape. This shorter version of the game is heavily franchise based and lures some of the top players from international cricket. The question for…

Martin Johnson column – Touring used to be fun – ask Gower about it!

31 October 2016 0 comments

…those fascinating sights he’s witnessed through the windows of the team bus on the way back from the ground. It’s a shame really. Even tours to Australia are becoming, compared…

Derek Pringle column – Aussies on the ball in bid to end Ashes failures

31 October 2016 0 comments

…WACA in February with Western Australia’s Andrew Tye sending it down. For one thing, I hope Cricket Australia check which kind of Dukes ball they have. The best ones are…

Bird’s batting costs him a place in the Australia Test squad

28 October 2016 0 comments

…as Australia suffered a humiliating 5-0 defeat. Australia lost their previous Test series 3-0 to Sri Lanka in August and were particularly vulnerable to lower-order collapses, a problem they are…

Jerome Taylor – a Windies great lost talent

25 October 2016 0 comments

…his performances have been, at best, patchy. There was a hat-trick against Australia in 50-over game and there were five-wicket hauls against India, Pakistan and Australia (there was also a…

Tristan Lavalette column – Simply no winners amid Hughes inquest acrimony

25 October 2016 0 comments

Undoubtedly it has been a miserable start to the Australian cricket season. That is not a reference to Australia’s wretched recent tour of South Africa, an essentially invisible series that…

Marcus North column – I’m backing Australia to bounce back and beat South Africa

25 October 2016 0 comments

…a huge advantage for Australia. You see it all over the world now that not many teams win away from home and Australia have played very well in their own…

Hameed’s star will shine soon enough

25 October 2016 0 comments

…first teenage cricketer since Ben Hollioake strode onto the international stage to tackle Australia back in 1997. Before Hollioake’s England bow you have to go back to 1949 to find…

Smart Alex living up to her early promise

25 October 2016 0 comments

…Hartley. She’s come out on top and helped contribute to a great win.” This was the first time the West Indies had regrouped since their World T20 victory over Australia…

Everyone will benefit if Celts get invite to the new T20

25 October 2016 0 comments

…of playing in such an exciting tournament would also help to encourage more players with Irish and Scottish ancestry across the globe, including in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa,…

From Gooch through to Cook, the men proud to withstand the opening salvo in England cause

18 October 2016 1 comment

…began his international career with a ten-ball pair against Australia in 1975. When he finished it, two decades later, he was rightly regarded as one of their all-time best. Gooch’s…

Derek Pringle column – Culture of game not to blame for this tragedy

18 October 2016 0 comments

…he later became a cherished member of – Australian cricket. It is almost two years since Hughes was fatally struck by a bouncer in a Shield game at the Sydney…

Marcus North column – Spin in India can make the best look foolish

12 October 2016 0 comments

…I made. I always felt I was a fairly competent player of spin, especially back home in Australia. Within the environment you were accustomed to, you didn’t have to adapt…

Essex lead way but Duckett catches eye

5 October 2016 1 comment

…the difference in mentality in the side this year. He was dumped from South Australia’s contract list for this winter but surely won’t struggle to pick up another state after…

Martin Johnson column – Old game springs to life just as T20 moves in for kill

4 October 2016 0 comments

…for not one domestic T20 competition, but two. Which has not even occurred to either India or Australia. Hang the effect on cricket’s eco system, this is the cricketing equivalent…

Marcus North column – Nice work Dizzy… A top coach but also a top man

4 October 2016 0 comments

…a young cricketer for Australia he wasn’t overly comfortable with the media. That’s not uncommon with young players who can be a bit shy and not used to that exposure….

Martin Johnson column – Let’s face up to real perils of touring…

20 September 2016 0 comments

…idea for The Invisible Man, after sitting down on a bar stool and saying: “Excuse me, may I have a rum daiquiri, please?” About four hundred times. Australia is also…

Peter Hayter column – Morgan’s no-show will cost him trust of Strauss

20 September 2016 0 comments

…was on Down Under and, as for his form, it had completely deserted him, with scores of v Australia, 17 from 41 balls v New Zealand, 46 from 42 deliveries…

It was a battle that Tres simply could never win

13 September 2016 0 comments

…about to break but, after treatment, he was passed well enough to make the squad for the 2006-07 tour to Australia. But when, prior to the start of that Ashes…

Borthwick to switch Durham for Surrey

13 September 2016 1 comment

…having made one Test appearance for England when he faced Australia in 2014. The all-rounder has also played two ODIs in 2011, making one T20 appearance in the same year….

Where are they now? Surrey – NatWest Trophy finalists 1991

7 September 2016 1 comment

…England all rounder, whose brother Ben also played for Surrey. Moved to Australia where he has been involved in a property development business. Andy Smith: All rounder whose his father…

How England clambered off the rocks Down Under

6 September 2016 0 comments

…progressing. So shambolic was last year’s World Cup campaign in Australia and New Zealand, the only way was up. However, the speed of their recovery in 50-over cricket has been…

Welch named as Leicestershire assistant coach

6 September 2016 0 comments

…with Andrew McDonald returning to Australia. Leicestershire chief executive Wasim Khan said: “Graeme will be a fantastic assistant for Pierre with his tremendous experience of county cricket as both a…

Peter Hayter column – The Judge was our original master blaster!

6 September 2016 0 comments

…just how fine an innings his unbeaten 167 against Australia back in 1993 actually was, and reminds those who saw it just how much fun it was to watch him…

Search Results for "australia"

Simon Sweetman column – Fagg’s amazing record stands unchallenged

We always wanted to take cricket back home, says Najam Sethi

Martin Johnson column – Touring used to be fun – ask Gower about it!

Derek Pringle column – Aussies on the ball in bid to end Ashes failures

Bird’s batting costs him a place in the Australia Test squad

Jerome Taylor – a Windies great lost talent

Tristan Lavalette column – Simply no winners amid Hughes inquest acrimony

Marcus North column – I’m backing Australia to bounce back and beat South Africa

Hameed’s star will shine soon enough

Smart Alex living up to her early promise

Everyone will benefit if Celts get invite to the new T20

From Gooch through to Cook, the men proud to withstand the opening salvo in England cause

Derek Pringle column – Culture of game not to blame for this tragedy

Marcus North column – Spin in India can make the best look foolish

Essex lead way but Duckett catches eye

Martin Johnson column – Old game springs to life just as T20 moves in for kill

Marcus North column – Nice work Dizzy… A top coach but also a top man

Martin Johnson column – Let’s face up to real perils of touring…

Peter Hayter column – Morgan’s no-show will cost him trust of Strauss

It was a battle that Tres simply could never win

Borthwick to switch Durham for Surrey

Where are they now? Surrey – NatWest Trophy finalists 1991

How England clambered off the rocks Down Under

Welch named as Leicestershire assistant coach

Peter Hayter column – The Judge was our original master blaster!

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