Different Strokes: To whom is it an insult anyway?

Kohli was quite Australian after winning the U-19 World Cup in 2008

The Surfer: WACA pitch not a green monster

“I was surprised with India’s decision to field four quicks and I honestly felt Pragyan Ojha would have been a good choice. The Australians have not played left-arm spin well over the years and India should have had the variation in their attack,” writes Sourav Ganguly in the Sydney Morning Herald. “On the other hand, for Australia it was a good choice. Nathan Lyon has not been effective in the series and, if I were Michael Clarke, I would play four quicks in Adelaide as well.” In the same paper,…

Venus Williams out of Australian Open

WASHINGTON: Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams withdrew from the Australian Open on Monday as s

Schiavone beats out-of-sorts Stosur at Sydney

SYDNEY: Francesca Schiavone upset US Open champion Samantha Stosur s preparations for next week s Australian Open

Pakistan student deported from Australia over phone calls

Melbourne: A Melbourne-based Pakistani student was today deported on security grounds after being questioned by Australian security intelligence officials over his suspect phone calls to …

The Surfer: Life after the baggy green isn’t always plain sailing

Remember Gavin Robertson, the Australia offspinner who made his Test debut against India in Chennai in 1998, and then fell off the international circuit after a few months? In the Sydney Morning Herald, Daniel Lane narrates what happened to Robertson after his Australia and New South Wales career. Not all of it is pretty, but Robertson’s story turns out okay. Dropped from the national team and axed by NSW, off-spinner Gavin Robertson fell from being a respected athlete to a 31-year-old father who depended on social welfare payments to feed…

Inbox: The parallel tales of two writer-cricketers

By Stuart John, Australia Can Ed Cowan make more out of his international career than his English namesake?

Murray cruises into Brisbane final

BRISBANE: Top seed Andy Murray brushed aside the challenge from rising Australian star Bernard Tomic on Saturday t

Australia celebrates Clarke’’s spin

SYDNEY: Captain Michael Clarke was Saturday praised as the force behind Australia s second Test victory over India

The Long Handle: The Sachin v Don debate

It isn’t widely known that the combination of alcohol, sun and cricket makes a person smarter than George Bush at a world environment forum

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