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.
Tons of Runs
Growing up a cricket fan everyone learned that Sir Don Bradman’s test average was 99.94 when he retired and that Sir Jack Hobbs scored 197 first class hundreds (some say 199 see footnote). Both of these feats it was believed
