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Warning: R. Ashwin is here

As Australia ponders the make-up of its top six for the first Test in Adelaide, KEN PIESSE sounds a warning that too many left-handers could spell gloom and doom, especially with R. Ashwin in the opposition dressing room NEVER before has a humble finger spinner promised to reek such destruction on the dawn of a […]

Big Bash Superstars (Vol 4), new

Big Bash Superstars, Daniel Lane (Allen & Unwin, $30) The fourth edition of the Big Bash annual showcases the cricketing phenomenon which is the BBL. Full of colour, stats, interviews and info, it also also includes a foreword from Chris Lynn, maybe the mightiest hitter in all Australasia, who says the spectacular interest in the […]

SEEING THE LIGHT

Australia’s Great Escape in Dubai and spirited follow-up in Abu Dhabi has given the injection the home summer needs. Even the most-unforgiving Australian cricket follower is walking just a little more jauntily right now. Cricket is back and don’t we love it.

A hat-trick and no-one knew it …

Sportsmen love to dream. Whether it’s doing a Jack Nicklaus and storming home in the US Masters, or making 100s on consecutive days in a Boxing Day Test a la Justin Langer, we all wish for a supreme sporting moment… one to tell the grandkids. It wasn’t until my 50th birthday when I finally conceded […]