The Sydney Morning Herald’s Andrew Wu looks back on some memorable debuts at the venue that will host its 100th Test in the new year. Born Reginald Erskine Foster, but better known as Tip, Foster was the only man to captain England at football and cricket. His 287 on debut in 1903 has stood for more than a century as the highest score made in an SCG Test … Foster’s debut effort remains the highest score by a Test debutant, well clear of the unbeaten 222 by South Africa’s Jacques…
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It’s hard to imagine that Shane Warne could look any more bronzed than he does at the moment. But it has been achieved by the sculptor Louis Laumen, whose statue of Warne has been unveiled outside the MCG. The first in a series of statues to be known as the Avenue of Legends, the Warne likeness sits outside the members’ entrance. Warne was on hand on Thursday to reveal the sculpture, which he had not seen himself until the grand unveiling. The statue shows Warne in his classic delivery…
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…
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Matthew Hayden made a splash with his promotion of the Mongoose during the IPL but he’s gone back to the old-fashioned bat for the Big Bash League. Well, not quite. Old-fashioned bats don’t cost five-figure sums, which is what Hayden’s bat is worth, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald. The four bats Hayden will use during the BBL have their backs painted by a Tiwi Island artist. And when the tournament is over, they will be auctioned to raise money for a school….
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The Hobart pitch was probably the closest thing New Zealand would find to local conditions at home
Shane Warne’s cooking injury, a burnt finger that has put in doubt his Big Bash participation, has made him one of many who will suffer kitchen-related incidents over the festive season. Springing on the opportunity for some publicity, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) have asked Warne to help push their Christmas safety campaign. Following his accident, which Warne revealed on Twitter, he posted another message: “Ps no more trying to be a master chef! Stop and by a bacon roll on the way to the ground next time – silly…
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
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Once, nations schemed and tinkered before testing themselves against the indomitable West Indians, and, later, Australians. Now the robust and healthy selection debate about the Australian team this summer can be reduced to a single pertinent question: How would we fare against England? writes Richard Hinds in the Sydney Morning Herald. The new Australian selection panel’s first test might be whether they are willing to make the potentially unpopular decision to drop Ponting and/or Hussey, even after they have scored decent runs. To make the assertion that others are not…
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Monty Panesar has looked slightly out of place a few times during his career – at extra cover for example – but there may have been a few giggles when he lined up alongside the New South Wales Waratahs rugby team for a training session. Panesar was put through fitness drills alongside 19 stone, six foot four, Wycliff Palu, before having a sledge strapped to his waist and running six stone weights up and down the pitch. No sweat for Monty. “That was a good training session actually,” he told…
In the Guardian, Mike Selvey writes of one of the most exciting young pacemen around, Pat Cummins, and the dilemma he presents for Australia vis-a-vis protecting him from the rigours of international cricket. There are two points at issue here. First, injury prevention is a worthy enough aim, but should it be the primary consideration or should fast bowling be regarded as a high-risk occupation? Motor sport would be a whole lot safer, after all, if they all drove a little slower. Thus, play less cricket and there is less…
