Noni Kelly turns 100 this weekend (Saturday). She is the only surviving grand daughter of TJD Kelly, the first Australian to hit eight consecutive fours in the second Test match against England in 1876-77. TJD’s great grandson Peter Richardson is very proud of his family’s achievements in cricket. He lives in the southern highlands, once home to […]
For the first time since 1934, the ABC will not produce an Ashes cricket book for the coming 2015 northern summer. Senior commentator Jim Maxwell said it was an unfortunate sign of the times. A 2015-16 summer ABC Cricket Book is likely. Collecting ‘ABCs’ has become a lifetime habit for many, with many updating the […]
Hello everyone Have taken our cricketbooks.com.au website into the 21st Century… with a complete overhaul and a relaunch…. do check out the new coming titles and the reviews which include Barry Nicholls’ highly-recommended The Establishment Boys ($35), to be launched in September in Melbourne. Also just in is the Official MCC story of the Ashes […]
My theory that two spinners in the Caribbean were a must for Australia to cleansweep the Windies was blown out of the water in the first two sessions at Roseau overnight. I felt the spin friendly surfaces of Windsor Park in Roseau and Kingston in Jamaica would prompt the promotion of Fawad Ahmed into Australia’s elite XI […]
