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Australia dominate as India suffer remarkable collapse

24 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Australia dominated day 2 of the 1st Test against India in Pune as they bowled the hosts all out for 105, before finishing the…

Renshaw and Starc save the day for Australia

23 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Australia ended day one of the first Test against India in Pune on 256/9, after Matt Renshaw and Mitchell Starc had registered half-centuries for…

County Archives – Northamptonshire 1976

22 February 2017 0 comments

…afoot. It was the hottest, driest cricket season of the century. By midsummer every ground in the country was Australia-dry and the outfield drains were visible beneath the frazzled grass.”…

Former England bowler Sidebottom announces retirement

22 February 2017 0 comments

…never managed to appear against Australia in his Test career, but his finest series came against New Zealand in 2008, when the left-armer took 24 wickets as England won 2-1….

Paul Nixon column – We can’t leave all players to learn on own…

21 February 2017 0 comments

…and drive and really understand their game. You have a long career, so take some time to practise. You don’t need to be playing all winter in Australia. A lot…

Voges retires from international cricket

15 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Australian batsman Adam Voges yesterday retired from all forms of international cricket. The 37-year-old is currently second on the all-time list of batting averages,…

Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

15 February 2017 0 comments

…Australia in September 2015 and is currently playing for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League in the United Arab Emirates. The other fast-bowling options available to the England selectors…

Is Joe Root the right man for the job?

15 February 2017 0 comments

…best player would almost automatically be named captain – are England using a similar formula? This argument could be leveled at any of the leading Test nations, including India, Australia…

County Archives – Gloucestershire 2000

14 February 2017 0 comments

…with the all-rounder, Ian Harvey, whose appearances for his native Australia were confined to 73 One-Day Internationals, in none of which he made a fifty or took five wickets. But…

Do bowlers get overlooked as England captain because of the old class system?

14 February 2017 0 comments

…of England and Australia who have been pace bowlers on part of one hand, so rare has been their ascent to the game’s top job. With Ian Botham and Andrew…

Diamond guy Grayson gets his KSL calling card

14 February 2017 0 comments

…Grayson. “We’ve got the Super League here, then there’s the Big Bash in Australia and there has been talk about an IPL tournament as well. “It’s a good time to…

Martin Johnson column – England captains always end up in a stew

14 February 2017 0 comments

…losing to Australia, (“farting against thunder” was how he described his Ashes experiences) which prompted him to pass on the mantle of getting stuffed by the Aussies to Michael Atherton,…

Fast-learner Gubbins isn’t getting into a spin

14 February 2017 0 comments

…next batch coming through. “Being in full-time education and then university, I’ve never really done a winter away in Australia or other areas like most of the others. “It was…

Paul Nixon column – Players will be pushed to new limits on pre-season tours

14 February 2017 0 comments

…underway. Many players would have been away most of this winter playing club cricket, with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa all popular destinations, but for those who haven’t been…

Derek Pringle column – Winter jobs were not always constructive

14 February 2017 0 comments

…winter in the sun playing club or district cricket in places like Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. That still occur-red back in the 1970s and 80s but on nothing…

Alastair Cook: fighting against the current in 2016

9 February 2017 0 comments

…Kohli for India, Williamson for New Zealand, and Smith for Australia, and the long-running trend of batsmen making the best Test captains continues to breed upward progress. Until the emergence…

Kim still reeling after stepping up to the big time

7 February 2017 0 comments

By Luke Baker AFTER travelling to Australia just to train, being thrust into the Sydney Sixers line-up and then lifting the Women’s Big Bash League trophy, to call Kim Garth’s…

Yes, T20 should be fast-paced and fun but let’s cut out these howlers

7 February 2017 0 comments

…and the absence of DRS in T20 cricket. The argument against it seems to centre wholly on time. Cricket Australia have indicated that they wouldn’t contemplate introducing DRS into the…

Martin Johnson column – I blame Goochie for these keep-fit regimes

7 February 2017 0 comments

…gym gear, and spraying you with sweat as he passed. Dear old Goochie. He even spread the fitness gospel to his team-mates, and on one England tour to Australia, he…

Derek Pringle column – Capturing the soul of cricket and its legends

7 February 2017 0 comments

…of Australia’s greatest ever bowlers, but with his wife, Jane, terminally ill with breast cancer. Poignant in a way the game itself can never match. More than just about any…

Alastair Cook: the first two years as captain

6 February 2017 0 comments

…Graeme Swann, James Anderson and Stuart Broad were left to their own devices to overpower Australia’s batting line-up in English conditions. Where he fell steeply in expectations with the bat,…

Pietersen rules himself out of IPL auction

3 February 2017 0 comments

…a break after taking part in Australia’s Big Bash League and South Africa’s T20 Challenge. Pietersen explained his decision on Twitter: “FYI – I won’t be going into the IPL…

Former cricketer helps family recover from earthquake trauma

3 February 2017 0 comments

…a talent development officer for Queensland Cricket in Townsville, Australia. “We often went to sit in him in the street after an aftershock, we felt safe in him, nothing was…

Wade out of New Zealand series

2 February 2017 0 comments

…the Victoria Bushrangers in his native country and T20s for Melbourne Renegades, will hope to recover before Australia’s tour of India, which begins on 23 February. Australia’s chief medical officer…

Simon Sweetman column – At last, I could stop feeling like Mr Creosote…

1 February 2017 0 comments

…pre-War problem of superflat pitches in Australia, South Africa and the rest, leading to massive scores exacerbated by “timeless” Tests running for six, seven or eight days (though sometimes the…

Search Results for "australia"

Australia dominate as India suffer remarkable collapse

Renshaw and Starc save the day for Australia

County Archives – Northamptonshire 1976

Former England bowler Sidebottom announces retirement

Paul Nixon column – We can’t leave all players to learn on own…

Voges retires from international cricket

Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

Is Joe Root the right man for the job?

County Archives – Gloucestershire 2000

Do bowlers get overlooked as England captain because of the old class system?

Diamond guy Grayson gets his KSL calling card

Martin Johnson column – England captains always end up in a stew

Fast-learner Gubbins isn’t getting into a spin

Paul Nixon column – Players will be pushed to new limits on pre-season tours

Derek Pringle column – Winter jobs were not always constructive

Alastair Cook: fighting against the current in 2016

Kim still reeling after stepping up to the big time

Yes, T20 should be fast-paced and fun but let’s cut out these howlers

Martin Johnson column – I blame Goochie for these keep-fit regimes

Derek Pringle column – Capturing the soul of cricket and its legends

Alastair Cook: the first two years as captain

Pietersen rules himself out of IPL auction

Former cricketer helps family recover from earthquake trauma

Wade out of New Zealand series

Simon Sweetman column – At last, I could stop feeling like Mr Creosote…

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