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Manthorp column: Faf back to steer Proteas back on course

17 July 2017 0 comments

…consecutive Test series victories, including Australia away in November, and a climb from seventh in the ICC rankings to second. Similar successes were enjoyed in ODIs (discounting the familiar ICC…

Hayter column: It’s time to enjoy Cook’s second coming…

12 July 2017 0 comments

…bring his playing career to an end. Michael Vaughan answered a nation’s prayer for somebody (anybody) to wrest back the Urn from Australia in the 2005 Ashes but, when he…

Big Vernon Philander has earned the right to feast at the top

12 July 2017 0 comments

…given a chance. His record demanded that he was given a chance,” Kirsten remembers. It came against Australia at Newlands, his home ground, and was one of the more remarkable…

Is a Test spot on its way to Kent’s Joe Denly?

12 July 2017 0 comments

…the major contributing factors is the addition of former Yorkshire coach and Australia great Jason Gillespie. “Jason has had a lot of success in his very short coaching career but…

Australian players seek alternative income as ACA dispute shows no signs of ending

11 July 2017 0 comments

…sought financial security by signing a deal with Audi, a business rival of major Cricket Australia sponsor Toyota. The Australian has also reported that another key member of the Australian…

Adam Collins Opinion: Pay dispute hurting the fringle flock

7 July 2017 0 comments

…Australia responded to confirmation from the Australian Cricketers’ Association that players won’t travel to South Africa for the ‘A’ tour this month with – you guessed it – a media…

Manthorp column: The Proteas are underdogs but stand-in Elgar won’t make it easy for England

5 July 2017 0 comments

…consecutive Test series victories, including a third consecutive one away to Australia, have seen them climb from sixth in the world to second. They appear to be on a roll,…

Pringle column: I’m all for change, but there is a problem with the pink ball

5 July 2017 0 comments

…an attempt to address dwindling crowds at Test matches, mostly in places like India, West Indies and South Africa, but not yet England and Australia, the MCC have decided the…

Giles reveals Bears were inspired by Reeve’s trip to Edgbaston

3 July 2017 0 comments

…now based in Australia but he was in England earlier this week and was invited to Edgbaston by his former county team-mate Ashley Giles, now Warwickshire’s sport director, to talk…

IPL makes life tough for Virat Kohli’s India one day hopes

28 June 2017 0 comments

…an eight-horse race, which tells you what the bookies and those who like a flutter thought of them. While countries with ample resources, like England, Australia and India, seek to…

Planet Cricket – At last! Ireland and Afghanistan pass the Test

28 June 2017 0 comments

…in the case of Ireland, encourage players with Irish links to forge careers there rather than, say, Australia. For a Sheffield Shield player with Irish family links, playing for Ireland…

Manthorp column: South Africa the last domino to fall as T20 cricket falls to global cash moguls

28 June 2017 0 comments

…a position to offer annual contracts to some of its players which would dwarf anything any of the national boards, apart from India, England and Australia, could offer even their…

These matchwinners can match my World Cup winners – Edwards

28 June 2017 0 comments

…cent home World Cup record over the next month and will find themselves under huge scrutiny, with interest in the women’s game at an all-time high. The spectre of Australia…

Hayter column: Stylish Crane is one who could hit heights

27 June 2017 0 comments

…first overseas cricketer to play for New South Wales since Imran Khan in 1984-85? Didn’t he finish his debut for them, against South Australia, with five wickets in the match?…

Planet Cricket: Black Caps slipping up in the one-day stakes despite Williamson’s invaluable leadership

21 June 2017 1 comment

…Zealand had a supreme platform. They were 254-3 off 39 overs against Australia; 158-2 off 30 overs against England; and 152-2 in the 30th over against Bangladesh. On every occasion,…

A sign of things to come – ‘The best thing about today was beating Australia’ says Stokes

21 June 2017 0 comments

…Stokes added: “The best thing about today was beating Australia in the way we have.” The bad news for Smith and the Australians, though, is the fact Stokes believes he…

Manthorp column: Proteas still can’t crack winning code

21 June 2017 0 comments

…descended on Lance Klusener and Donald with the scores tied against Australia and with just four balls remaining. To this day Klusener says he “cannot remember” whether they spoke while…

England lose: was their mindset to blame?

20 June 2017 0 comments

…50-over tournament had been raised by their barnstorming performances against Bangladesh, the Kiwis and Australia, not to mention their pre-event series victory over South Africa, the world’s No.1-ranked ODI team,…

Chris leads England’s charge for hat-trick

13 June 2017 0 comments

CHRIS Edwards will lead England’s Learning Disability squad as they look to win the Tri-Series for the third time in a row. The hosts will compete with Australia and South…

Planet Cricket – Rivalries need fighting spirit

13 June 2017 0 comments

…they do not need to: they have their high-octane rivalries and elongated series with Australia and England; indeed, any nation in the world will do anything they can to accommodate…

Windies demanding security assurances ahead of England tour

12 June 2017 0 comments

…attacks on the capital’s transport system and the chaotic events that followed. Then, as now, sport went on relatively unaffected, with the Australian side happy to continue their tour despite…

Derek Pringle column – Hit-and-hope De Villiers is feeling the pressure

12 June 2017 0 comments

…a Test series win against Australia. It was a fine victory made more remarkable for it being away from home and achieved without South Africa’s three truly world-class players, De…

Neil Manthorp column – Why the Proteas are right to count on Kagiso

7 June 2017 1 comment

…been forgiven for getting ahead of himself. “You have a lot to learn about playing in Australia, on and off the field,” Langeveldt told him in October last year, with…

Andrew Strauss: Eoin Morgan has put us ahead of World Cup schedule

7 June 2017 0 comments

…those challenges.” That winter starts with the Ashes. How confident are you Australia will sort out their pay dispute before the first Test in Brisbane? “I’d be very surprised if…

Planet Cricket – An unwanted sibling outshines World Cup

5 June 2017 0 comments

…should face off in the quarter-finals. Such a format would have meant that New Zealand’s group victory over Australia had clear consequences – rather than being a brilliant match which…

Search Results for "australia"

Manthorp column: Faf back to steer Proteas back on course

Hayter column: It’s time to enjoy Cook’s second coming…

Big Vernon Philander has earned the right to feast at the top

Is a Test spot on its way to Kent’s Joe Denly?

Australian players seek alternative income as ACA dispute shows no signs of ending

Adam Collins Opinion: Pay dispute hurting the fringle flock

Manthorp column: The Proteas are underdogs but stand-in Elgar won’t make it easy for England

Pringle column: I’m all for change, but there is a problem with the pink ball

Giles reveals Bears were inspired by Reeve’s trip to Edgbaston

IPL makes life tough for Virat Kohli’s India one day hopes

Planet Cricket – At last! Ireland and Afghanistan pass the Test

Manthorp column: South Africa the last domino to fall as T20 cricket falls to global cash moguls

These matchwinners can match my World Cup winners – Edwards

Hayter column: Stylish Crane is one who could hit heights

Planet Cricket: Black Caps slipping up in the one-day stakes despite Williamson’s invaluable leadership

A sign of things to come – ‘The best thing about today was beating Australia’ says Stokes

Manthorp column: Proteas still can’t crack winning code

England lose: was their mindset to blame?

Chris leads England’s charge for hat-trick

Planet Cricket – Rivalries need fighting spirit

Windies demanding security assurances ahead of England tour

Derek Pringle column – Hit-and-hope De Villiers is feeling the pressure

Neil Manthorp column – Why the Proteas are right to count on Kagiso

Andrew Strauss: Eoin Morgan has put us ahead of World Cup schedule

Planet Cricket – An unwanted sibling outshines World Cup

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