As the difficult debate about Will Pucovski’s future begins again,we canvass several Test greats and former captains from different eras – and get very different views.
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.
50 years ago,Trevor Chappell was selected to play for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield,joining his brothers Ian and Greg. All three brothers would go on to represent Australia.
Twenty-five years ago,Australia retained the Ashes after winning the fifth Test of the series at Nottingham. It was Australia’s fifth successive Ashes win,raising the question,was this Australia’s greatest ever Test team?
When thinking about the loss of my great friend Rod Marsh,I agree with Franz Kafka who said,“first impressions are always unreliable”.
Former Australian Test captain Ian Chappell has put the blowtorch on Joe Root ahead of Wednesday’s first Test at the Gabba.
Former Prime Minister John Howard joined Australian cricket captains and Test players amid 180 guests to farewell cricket great Alan Davidson.
Ashley Mallett,among the greatest of Australian spin bowlers and also a prolific writer,has died aged 76.
Ian Chappell and Ian Botham have cricket’s most famous feud,dating back decades. And Chappell has a view on news ‘Beefy’ Botham will be England’s new trade envoy to Australia.
England’s meek draw against New Zealand in a rain-marred first Test has proved an unlikely Ashes boost for Australia
Chappell,75,said he had just completed five weeks of intense radiation therapy and had skin cancers removed from his shoulder,neck,and underarm.