Ricky Ponting is leading the charge to have the new-age big bats banned from Test cricket. Ponting believes batting has become easier with the improved bat-making technology, unduly increasing the imbalance between bat and ball. He says the wide-edged bats have their place in white ball cricket, with its accent on entertainment, but should be […]
The choices are numerous for those of us happiest nestling into a favorite couch with a good book on a Sunday afternoon. Time constraints sometimes demand a shorter read, like Between Wickets, an admirable twice a year Australian newcomer or maybe for lovers of ‘60s and ‘70s nostalgia, a back issue or two of the […]
My 53rd cricket book, A Pictorial History of Australian Test Cricket has just been printed…. that’s the good news…. now it’s a waiting game as it’s on the high seas from China back to Australia….
The Australian Cricket Society co-ordinated a reunion of the 1966-67 Victorian Sheffield Shield team which against all odds won the Sheffield Shield, despite having five of its Test stars absent. Aa celebration limited edition booklet was issued (signed by the players present).
