Few teams can defend 240 at tiny North Sydney but the Vics got lucky on Sunday, with Steve Smith resting and in-form Shane Watson yet again falling lbw when he was well set. Scott Boland took two of the last three wickets, a delicious irony given he was under the pump to perform with many […]
Red-ball cricket takes precedence, at least temporarily, with the start of the Trans-Tasman Tests in Brisbane. It is five years since the New Zealanders have been in Australia for Chappell-Hadlee Test action and for once they start as equal favorites with Australia’s new look Test team badly out of practice against the red ball. In […]
LINDSAY KLINE (1934-2015) The finale to the greatest Australian Test of all, the Brisbane tied Test, had a comic ending. Bosum buddies from Melbourne, tailenders Ian Meckiff and Lindsay Kline met in mid-pitch and vowed to play tippetty run. “If Lindsay hit it, I was off,” said Meckiff. “Wes Hall bounced in and I got […]
It’s amazing just how resilient Australian supporters are. Not that long ago at Trent Bridge, our elite Test XI was bowled out in 90 minutes in the Ashes decider. There had not been a blacker opening to any Test involving the baggy green. Now with a new summer in full swing, under a new in-form […]
