< 1 minute readWe’ll give you a minute or two to get to grips with that. You can come back later if it’s too much to take in at once. For those of you who are okay, we’ll continue. So you’re Shane Warne. With your reputation, would you choose to put this image
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Shane Watson, Andrew Symonds and the scented candle – an abbreviated anecdote
< 1 minute readWatson thought the changing room stank and lit a scented candle. Andrew Symonds gave him shit for it. Andrew Symonds comes out of this well; Shane Watson less so. This tale comes from Matthew Hayden’s autobiography. We hope we get a review copy. Buying Matthew Hayden’s autobiography would effectively mean
Continue readingNathan Hauritz – number one Australian spinner
< 1 minute readShane Warne said that Nathan Hauritz was being given a crap field by Ricky Ponting today. Being as Hauritz went for 76 in 12 overs on a fifth day Indian pitch, we’d guess that Ponting was only using four or five fielders. Hauritz is currently said to be Australia’s number
Continue readingAndrew McDonald endures a duck and then scores a hundred
< 1 minute readAndrew McDonald hit 163 off just 116 balls for Victoria this week, despite a duck before play. “We walked too close to the ducklings and the old father duck attacked me. He got on top of my backpack and started chipping away at my head. It was a savage attack
Continue readingIndia v Australia Tests still clearly a big deal
< 1 minute readA warm-up for the Ashes in the eyes of some of the Australians. A dying form of the game in the eyes of a few Twenty20 fans who think they see an inevitability about the spread of that format, despite it being ridiculously early days. India v Australia Tests still
Continue readingMatthew Hayden still has the skills
< 1 minute readAnother verse has been added to the Gospel According to Haydos. “As the stars have aligned, they have really put me in the box seat as to the controlling interest for growing our sport in our regional and indigenous communities.” Everyone quickly point and laugh. Now back to county cricket.
Continue readingSteven Smith’s bowling action
< 1 minute readYou can waste a hell of a lot of time deconstructing Steven Smith’s double-elbowed chicken dance bowling action. We mentioned this to a friend of ours and he said, quite simply: “I want to deconstruct Steven Smith’s face.”
Continue readingDanish Kaneria outwits Mitchell Johnson
< 1 minute readOne thing we don’t like about modern cricket is the long batting order. We want to see the best batsmen against the best bowlers and then we want the lower order to just fold so that we can get on to the next innings. In truth, these long batting orders
Continue readingShaun Tait’s bowling speed
< 1 minute readShaun Tait is unquestionably a fast bowler – probably the fastest around at the moment. You can tell because batsmen regularly ‘make room’ to play him – they’re getting their bodies out of the way, not freeing their arms. A Shaun Tait delivery was clocked at 100mph at Lord’s in
Continue readingCraig Kieswetter, Shaun Tait and marketing brave new England
< 1 minute readWhen we suggested that Australia’s current one-day team wasn’t its strongest, people took this as making excuses on their behalf. We’re not a naysayer when it comes to this England one-day side. We’re just pleading for perspective. For example, when Shaun Tait didn’t play, England lost 12 wickets in two
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