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

Written on January 7, 2012 | Posted in Cricket, News, Sports, UN, US, australia

The Buzz: Benaud day springs up at SCG

The Benaud fan club hope day two at the SCG can become a permanent celebration of the former Australian captain

Written on January 4, 2012 | Posted in Cricket, Sports, US, War, australia, captain, fans, pta

The Buzz: India wait at the gates

As India’s batsmen continue to struggle in Australia, most would agree they could do with a lesson in patience – in ‘playing the waiting game’. Well, the whole team was subjected to one prior to Monday’s pre-match function at the Kirribilli House (the official residence of the Australian Prime Minister in Sydney). The Indians arrived early for the meet-and-greet with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, and were made to wait outside the gates. They turned up at 1.45pm, the newspaper reported, 15 minutes before the function…

Written on January 3, 2012 | Posted in Cricket, News, Sports, UN, US, ad, australia, cia, india

Venus Williams pulls out of Australian Open warm-up

MELBOURNE: Seven-times grand slam champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from her Australian Open warm-up event in

Written on December 20, 2011 | Posted in Sports, US, War, australia

Poulter masters wind to don gold jacket

MELBOURNE: England s Ian Poulter finished the season by donning the gold Australian Masters winner s jacket on Sun

Written on December 18, 2011 | Posted in Sports, UN, US, australia, england

The Surfer: Working hard to be at best on Boxing Day – Clarke

Michael Clarke, writing in Australia’s Daily Telegraph, says his team takes responsibility for the batting in Hobart. Australia, he says, have the prefect chance to start moving in the right direction once more in the Border-Gavaskar series. When I first came into the Australian team everyone said we had a weakness against spin bowling and we did a lot of work on that. That’s what we’re doing now against the swinging and seaming ball. We’re practising as much as we can. It will take time for us to improve and…

Written on December 17, 2011 | Posted in Australian Cricket, Cricket, ISI, Sports, US, ad, aid, australia, batting, bowling

Different Strokes: Shocking result? Not really

The Hobart pitch was probably the closest thing New Zealand would find to local conditions at home

Written on December 13, 2011 | Posted in Australian Cricket, Cricket, Michael Jeh, Sports, US, ad, aid, australia, new zealand

The Surfer: An honest defeat not bad for Australia

Australia collapsed from a strong position yet again to narrowly lose the Hobart Test to New Zealand by seven runs. Going down to a good bowling attack was by no means the worst thing that could have happened to a side that has struggled like a dialysis patient waiting for a donor, says Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning Herald. The Australian team bottomed out two years ago, when they only just beat the two worst teams to have come here in decades, the 2009-10 West Indies and Pakistan. At…

Written on December 13, 2011 | Posted in 2009, Cricket, Pakistan, Sports, UN, US, ad, australia, bowling, new zealand, teams, west indies

Different Strokes: Scrap rotation, play lesser

Young players like Pat Cummins should have a good, long think about longevity and whether that is more important than the quick buck, attractive as that may seem

Written on December 7, 2011 | Posted in Australian Cricket, Cricket, Michael Jeh, Sports, UN, US, ad, australia, cricinfo, import

No regrets over captaincy: Ponting

HOBART: Ricky Ponting said Wednesday he has no regrets about quitting the Australian captaincy and welcomes having

Written on December 7, 2011 | Posted in Sports, US, aid, australia, captain, pta

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