Cricket

Time to Understand a Loss

The death of comedian Robin Williams has turned the spotlight on depression in the past 24 hours, and may hopefully be the catalyst for more people to take this illness seriously and look for the signs in others. As much

ICC to Review Reviews

It used to be that cricket was a Gentleman’s game. A sport where players did the right thing, and if they didn’t they were a bit of a cad. Even if the likes of the great WG Grace tried to

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many years ago that cricket was a game played by gentlemen, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has shown just how outdated that statement has become.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