Cricket

The Politics of Sport or is it the Sport of Politics?

There are many who will say that there is no place in sport for politics. Yet ironically sport has been used frequently by politicians to gain favour. It was a sporting boycott that resulted in South Africa slowly dismantling the

Time to Kick In For Funding

When you are in charge of handing out money your are always going to be popular with those who receive and far from popular with those who miss out. The Australian Sports Commission (ASC)is no doubt well aware of the

Irritable Players’ League

It was said, admittedly many years ago that cricket was a game played by gentlemen, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has shown just how outdated that statement has become. Cricket has sadly in the last decade lost some of the

Winning and Losing – Poles Apart

Sri Lankan cricketers finally managed to get the monkey of their back when they claimed the World T20 Championship last night. Sri Lanka were the beaten finalists last time round when they lost to the West Indies when they hosted

IPL Faces Biggest Test

The seventh Indian Premier League cricket tournament is due to commence on 16th April. However with India holding its government elections during the same period that the tournament is scheduled to run, 16 games are to be held in the