Category Archives: Cricket
The Bitter End
Ponting Retires From Captaincy I feel like I’ve been watching Ricky Ponting for a long time. If there’s one sporting figure that makes me feel old, it’s actually Ricky Ponting. Not Derek Jeter or Roger Federer or even Tiger Woods. … Continue reading
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Death Of The Australian Dynasty
The End Of An Era Is Now Official The Australian side has been sliding for a while but now it is official, the glory years are over. They’re not even an average side. It’s been a 20 year ride of … Continue reading
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Sport Nut Weekend
Get Some Perspective On The World Cup The big news this morning is how dismally Australia lost to Germany in its first match in the World Cup. 4-0 sure is a whuppin’, and nobody has anything nice to say about … Continue reading
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Cricket Stuff – 10/01/10
C’arn Mr Roebuck! I was at a barbecue gathering last night with some folks at Puncher And Wattman and the subject inevitably turned to cricket. It prompted a quick discussion on what people thought of this column by Peter Roebuck. … Continue reading
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News That’s Fit To Punt – 28/11/09
Turmoil In The Liberal Party The week saw a full tilt in-fighting imbroglio on the Liberal Party over the Emissions Trading Scheme legislation. It’s providing a lot of fun for those of us who totally loathed John Howard and his … Continue reading
Enhancing A-Rod
The Olympic Ideal of Performance I was walking on a flat paved road a couple of days ago, pondering how a flat track pavement would have been a bit of a marvel to a caveman. Maybe it was a marvel … Continue reading
WBC Update 19/03/09
Why Can’t They Beat These Guys? Japan beat China 4-0 and then demolished South Korea in the round 1 match, only to lose a 1-0 duel with the South Koreans in the seeding game. In Round 2, Japan then beat … Continue reading
Phil Hughes News
Breaking Records, Eclipsing The Don The Aussie Phil Hughes became the youngest player in history to score a century in each innings of a Test as Australia cruised by South Africa. That’s pretty remarkable. Here’s the report. The 20-year-old Hughes … Continue reading
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
A-Rod Circus Continues This week saw the WBC begin, and with it, some Yankees scattered to national squads. Jeter went to captain Team America and even took on the Yankees in a warm up match. A-Rod went to the Dominican … Continue reading
Phil Hughes Makes Australian Side
And Just Like That He’s In What’s in a name, seriously? 20y.o. budding NSW batsman Phil Hughes has cracked the Australian Test side. He’s the youngest player since a teenaged Craig McDermott made the side in 1984. The 20-year-old has … Continue reading
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