This week I’ll visit my dad and we’ll watch the cricket on TV and I’ll remind him how Test cricket is still the most beguiling and beautiful game of all.
Kerry Packer revolutionised cricket with World Series Cricket. Archives reveal the Reserve Bank almost stopped the plan,wary of what was proposed.
With the death of Laurie Sawle,Australian cricket has lost one of its most pioneering,effective and graceful decision-makers.
David Boon and Allan Border fought back tears. A heartbroken Brian Lara expressed disbelief. Muttiah Muralitharan will always be grateful to Warne for his help after the Boxing Day tsunami. Glenn McGrath was “absolutely devastated”.
When thinking about the loss of my great friend Rod Marsh,I agree with Franz Kafka who said,“first impressions are always unreliable”.
The former Australian Test wicketkeeper died in Adelaide on Friday. On Thursday evening in Sydney,Ian and Greg Chappell got together with Jeff Thomson and spoke about their close friend.
Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee reached the pinnacle of his 10-year Test career when a slips catch brought his tally of wickets to a record-breaking 310.
Dennis Lillee’s elevation to Legend status in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame is not before time.
Steve Waugh has gathered the baggy green caps from some of Australia’s best cricketers – including Bradman and Benaud – for a new Sydney exhibition.
The sustained use of leg-side bowling and field-placements in Perth was like nothing I’ve previously seen on an Australian Test ground.
For the first time since Federation we don’t have a universally recognised national hero.