2 minute read If you want to watch that Al Jazeera documentary about match-fixing (spot fixing, actually) to see for yourself whether the allegations have any merit, here it is (or click here). The film went out in May, but it’s in the news again this week because Glenn Maxwell’s been talking about
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Imagine being bowled out in less than 18.4 overs in your first innings
2 minute read Bangladesh were bowled out in 18.4 overs yesterday. That’s pretty bad, but apparently it wasn’t actually the shortest first innings in Test history. Imagine how bad at cricket you’d have to be to be bowled out inside 18.4 overs. Imagine how embarrassing that must have been. Hopefully, whoever it was,
Continue readingThe Steve Smith headline generator
2 minute read Steve Smith was spotted having a beer in New York last week. Several newspapers ran really stupid stories about it with really stupid headlines. We were going to write about the stupidest one but then we forgot what it was and they also deleted the story. Fortunately, we’ve now remembered,
Continue readingAre England the ultimate flat pitch one-day side?
3 minute read On June 19, 2018, England took the Australia bowling attack apart as if it were a giant Lego penis and grandma was coming over. The dismantling was rapid, efficient and utterly comprehensive. They made 481-6, the highest total in the history of one-day internationals. We strongly disagree with the idea
Continue readingAustralia redefine “the line” (again)
< 1 minute read We always do our best to keep you updated on the exact whereabouts of “the line,” according to its official custodians, the Australia cricket team. In news that will be hugely reassuring to everyone, Australia’s new captain and coach say that they are well aware of the location of the
Continue readingDid Justin Langer say it was “humbling” to be appointed Australia coach?
3 minute read Of course he did. This is not a bet anyone would have taken. Justin Langer is exactly the kind of guy who would say something like “humbling” when given a new job. He did however come up with an even better quote – and by “even better” we of course
Continue readingI Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It – the county cricket and crying Aussies edition
3 minute read A semi-regular feature in which we ask a fella going by the name of Prince Prefab about cricket – even though he hates cricket. We are in bold. Prince Prefab is not. King Cricket: We’re speaking now on the eve of the County Championship and I am all the way
Continue readingExactly how bad was Australia’s tour of South Africa?
5 minute read Most Test tours are bad tours these days because it is rare for any team to win away from home. That said, there are different degrees of badness. We have a faint suspicion that Australia’s recently-completed tour of South Africa might have been unusually bad. Let’s try and work out
Continue readingWhy did Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft think that cheating using sandpaper was worse than doing the exact same cheating using something that wasn’t technically sandpaper?
3 minute read When we first saw Cameron Bancroft tampering with the ball using sandpaper, we thought to ourself: “That is sandpaper” – and so did everyone else. We were therefore very much surprised when he later claimed that it was not in fact sandpaper but something akin to home-made sandpaper. “We had
Continue readingHas David Warner really ‘gone rogue’ and if so, why? Let’s examine the evidence
4 minute read Absolutely the best recent headline about Australia’s ball tampering is the one on Fox Sports suggesting that David Warner has ‘gone rogue’. The evidence for David Warner’s rogue-going is that (a) he was sitting on his own at one point and (b) he drank Champagne with friends who weren’t cricketers.
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