A yearning for “normal cricket” has compelled Steve Smith to open the batting for Australia,as he seeks a way out of the cycle of short balls,negative tactics and slow scoring.
Willy Wonka gave out Golden Tickets,but we’ve handed out Magic Tickets to give our journalists the Christmas gift of a free pass to any sporting event ever held in Sydney.
In the 1930s,“synthetic” cricket broadcasts brought the excitement of Ashes Tests in England into Australian homes for the first time.
Keith Miller took on the Germans during World War II … and then the greatest cricketer of all time.
For years,Alexander Marks was baffled why Archie Jackson never returned the towel he lent him after a Sheffield Shield match. He finally learnt the tragic truth while Jackson lay dying.
Forget your mass-produced memorabilia,let’s take a look at what people should really want.
Why does Jeff Thomson still rank as one of the fastest bowlers of all time despite decades of improvement in sports science,fitness and training since the 1970s?
It’s the first anniversary of Shane Warne’s death,and the champion cricketer continues to be missed by friends - including British pop star Ed Sheeran - and family alike.
Eager crowds had gathered to watch the greatest batsman of all time come out of retirement - but it wasn’t to be Sir Donald Bradman’s day.
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.
When Christians and so-called “Christian” nations dismember the Christian message by victimising others,they show the weakness of their grasp of the meaning of Jesus Christ,not the weakness of the message.