Tag Archives: Australia
Ashes double is delight for Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire were the big winners when the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Trent Bridge and Old Trafford will stage 2013 Ashes Tests along with Lord’s, The Oval and Durham’s Riverside. While Lancashire, Warwickshire and Glamorgan must content themselves with … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, England, England home, International, Nottinghamshire, Test cricket, The Ashes
Tagged Australia, england tests, Test cricket, The Ashes, Trent Bridge
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Peter Baxter: ‘Meet the Ned Flanders XI’: listen now
PODCAST: Peter Baxter on his travels in Australia meets founder and captain of the Ned Flanders XI, Dr Matt Young, and discusses Australian grade cricket and his interestingly named team… nfxicricket.com Peter Baxter talks to Matt Young, listen here … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Podcasts, Talking cricket
Tagged Australia, Ned Flanders XI, Peter Baxter, podcast
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Fifty years on, Benaud’s finest moment recalled: Rob Steen
“A rainy Manchester day seems greyer than any other, the roofs seen from the hotel windows look wetter, the houses more sombre.” Thus opens Chapter Four of Richie Benaud’s A Tale of Two Tests. Then came August 1, 1961. On … Continue reading
Posted in OpinionAlerts, Rob Steen, Talking cricket, The Blog
Tagged Australia, England, old trafford, richie benaud, rob steen
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Terry Jenner, Shane Warne’s mentor, dies aged 66
Terry Jenner, the former Australian legspinner, who became renowned as Shane Warne’s bowling mentor, has died in Adelaide aged 66. Jenner suffered a heart attack a year ago and died “peacefully” at his home according to a blog-post from his … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Featured Articles
Tagged Australia, bowler, bowling, leg spin, leg spinner, legspin, legspinner, shane warne, spin, spinner, Terry Jenner
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Richard Gibson: Dalrymple, Kevin O’Brien and Ryan Tendo
The business world is set to claim another early retirement with former England one-day player Jamie Dalrymple expected to concentrate on a career in the city following his split with Glamorgan earlier this winter. Dalrymple, who featured for England at … Continue reading
Posted in IPL, Richard Gibson, Talking cricket, World Cup
Tagged Australia, big bash, essex, Glamorgan, IPL, ireland, Jamie Dalrymple, kevin o'brien, richard gibson, ryan ten doeschate, Sri Lanka, twenty20, world cup
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KP denials, central contracts and radio battles
The most revealing comment in Kevin Pietersen’s denial that he will retire from one-day international cricket after the World Cup came not from the man himself but his agent Adam Wheatley, who claimed: “Kevin would like to make it clear … Continue reading
Fourth Ashes Test: Back To The Saggy Green
Australia v England 4th Test by Andrew Miller at Melbourne From the latest Ashes-winning issue of the magazine, available here THROUGHOUT England’s long and miserable years of Ashes subservience was there ever a day to match the depths to which … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, England, England, Feb 2011, International, The media, Tim Bresnan
Tagged Australia, England, Fourth Ashes Test, The Baggy Green, the wisden cricketer
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Third Ashes Test: Johnson Swings It For Australia
Australia v England 3rd Test by John Stern at Perth AND ON the second day he rose again. The man England thought they had banished from the series at Brisbane returned to pummel them at Perth. Myth no more, Magic … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, England, England, Feb 2011, International, Test cricket, The Ashes
Tagged Australia, England, Johnson Australia, mitchell johnson
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Hapless Aussies should burn Doug’s rug and put it in an urn
There was a symbolic moment inside the Sydney press box while England were homing in on their third innings victory of the series, when part of the ceiling fell down on an Australian journalist and hit him on the head. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, England, International, Martin Johnson, Opinion, OpinionAlerts, Test cricket, The Ashes, The media
Tagged Ashes 2010/2011, Australia, England, Martin Johnson
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Mitchell Johnson – An Apology
Here is a statement: ‘In common with other media outlets, we recently published a number of articles, under such headlines as “Johnson, Mitch or Myth?”, which may have given the impression that Mitchell Johnson’s selection for the third Test match … Continue reading