Cricket

King Kallis

Twenty to thirty years ago debate raged as to who was the greatest all rounder in test cricket. Many felt that Ian Botham was the man, others Kapil Dev or Imran Khan, some went for New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee. Sir

A Cricketer, and a Man to Be Proud Of

Hats off to Usman Khawaja in more ways than one. First of all he has shown that he is not only a cricketing talent that Australians are likely to enjoy at test match level for a number of years, but

Admit Your Mistakes

Back in August we wrote on this website that if England brought Jimmy Anderson out to Australia it would be a big mistake (Anderson to Swing in Australia?) Captain Andrew Strauss showed his faith in Anderson, and we questioned whether

Who Do You Belong To?

Australian sports fans frequently ridicule their English counterparts about the fact that many of their international sportsmen come from other parts of the Commonwealth. They regularly forget how they too have adopted sporting heroes, Kepler Wessels (South Africa), Kostya Tszyu

Pointing the Finger

We know that this issue has been raised, but Ricky Ponting stepping aside for this Test Match shows what a state of disarray Australian Cricket is in, and how the Coach, as in other sports has little control over the team.