For sports fans far and wide
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
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.
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
What an amazing turnaround not only by the Australian cricket team, but also by the Australian press. Day one and Australia was bowled out in a day again, albeit for a score higher than it should have been thanks to
It was great to see during the Adelaide test match that Jason Gillespie, the first indigenous Australian to play cricket for Australia was recognised with the unveiling of a statue in his honour during a ceremony on day three of
