< 1 minute read We used the term ‘echo chamber’ in reference to the UK cricket media the other day. That was in response to Joe Root worship, but it applies just as much to the way the Australia team is assessed. Half the experts out there are simply rehashing the last thing they
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Who is Darren Lehmann and why is he called Boof?
< 1 minute read Sometimes it can seem like not a year goes by without the number of people on Earth who are younger than us growing. As sickening as it might be, we have to accept that there may be upwards of one person reading this website who isn’t old enough to remember
Continue readingAustralia aren’t taking the Mickey any longer
< 1 minute read And thus they have sacked him. Darren Lehmann will replace Mickey Arthur as Australia’s head coach. Lehmann is a decent replacement, but we feel the side would have been better off with an alternative candidate: Alf Stewart from Home and Away. Stewart is from the no-nonsense school of professional Australianism.
Continue readingSri Lanka are better than Australia
< 1 minute read It’s funny how you can rely on the guys who’ve played 300-and-odd one-day internationals in these major tournaments. And by ‘funny’ we of course mean ‘predictable’. Mahela Jayawardene has played so many one-dayers that his average (33.40) is meaningless. What you actually need to do is split his career into
Continue readingAustralia and New Zealand are of a similar standard based on minimal evidence
< 1 minute read In other words, they didn’t get enough overs in for messrs Duckworth and Lewis to put their umbrella-holding hands up and come to the rain-affected party. Aside from David Warner’s performance ferrying drinks, this match was perhaps most notable for Dan Vettori’s immobility. His Achilles tendon problems necessitate saline injections
Continue readingDavid Warner punching Joe Root – the real reason why it was such a despicable incident
< 1 minute read They were in a Walkabout. Of all the pubs in Birmingham, David Warner and Joe Root opted to go to an Australian-themed bar which uses the slogan: “Home of the awesome spirit of Australia.” This makes Warner look like a homesick child, desperately clinging to anything even faintly Antipodean, while
Continue readingEngland are better than Australia
< 1 minute read Great news. We still don’t have to expend mental energy thinking of post titles. It’s tempting to draw all sorts of conclusions after any match between England and Australia. We have just two things to say. The team without a spinner lost The law of scarcity dictates that Aussies will
Continue readingDavid Gower is both right and wrong about Aussies
< 1 minute read David Gower has said in an interview in the Radio Times that Australia has no culture and that their cricketers have ‘an animal mentality’. He’s partly right, but probably for the wrong reasons. Culture This one’s lazy and wrong. Australia has plenty of culture. Arguably too much. Plenty of websites
Continue readingRicky Ponting’s batting tips
< 1 minute read Mumbai Indians are currently benefiting from Ricky Ponting’s expertise and Surrey will be getting a few top tips shortly when he arrives to play for them. Don’t believe us? Ask Dinesh Karthik: “Some of the things that he says in team meetings and some of the points he brings to
Continue readingRyan Harris the role model
< 1 minute read Fast bowling isn’t just about bowling quickly. It’s also about sitting around worrying about your knee. As such, Australia’s younger bowlers have the perfect role model in Ryan Harris. Harris is injured again, which is pretty much his default status. Really, the news was that earlier in the week, he
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