Cricket

Limit Gimmicks

Sports fans in the main are traditionalists. Many like to see sport remain comparable to days gone by so that feats and records continue to have meaning. Sports administrators are constantly striving to attract more people to their particular sport,

The Final Whistle

Sport is so much more than a game. It is so much more than just entertainment. It teaches us so many lessons about life. It was the French writer Albert Camus who played in goal who said “Everything I know about

Podcast #14 – Olympic Expectations and How Hard Gold is To Win

Our apologies that it has been a while between shows but we have had poor internet connections in India and bush fires in Perth to contend with, but finally John and Ashley were able to sit down and mull over

Is Money the Root of Evil, and Is it Killing Team Spirit?

For a long time many sports fans have been disgusted by the amounts of money the top players are paid to perform, and entertain. Others will argue that their time at the top is short so they deserve to make

T20’s Path to Acceptability

When the first T20 match was played between Australia and New Zealand, Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack reported that “neither side took the game especially seriously.” In fact fans were told that T20 was just that a bit of fun and would