The ugly day it rained beer at the SCG
It’s been 50 years since the worst day in cricket spectator history at the SCG, when tensions between the crowd and the English team boiled over.
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For more than a century abusive behaviour went unchecked at Australian cricket grounds as if it was a slapstick sideshow.
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India’s reluctance to travel to Brisbane is due to cabin fever from COVID restrictions. But after being battered and bruised in Sydney you can understand the fear of a spicy Gabba deck, too.
From nasty to nice: Did tame Aussies go too far?
Tim Paine knows there is a thin line between subdued and submissive. He also knows how to throw some chilli paste around to fire his team up.
Gabba Test anguish could have been easily avoided
Cricket Australia must take its share of responsibility for the stand-off over India’s unwillingness to go to Brisbane for the final Test.
Lessons of epic series behind India’s resurgence
More than 16 years after one of Australia’s best victories, the key tactic perfected by Adam Gilchrist’s side has willed India back into the current Test series.
Crash: Why India is never wrong in the cricket world
Australia has learnt the hard way being on the right side of the argument with India does not mean you win it, Robert Craddock writes.
How Gilchrist ‘stuffed it’ for all wicketkeepers
Adam Gilchrist completely redefined what it took to be an elite wicketkeeper — and that left many of his brethren lamenting how he “stuffed it for all of us”.
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Who are the 50 greatest cricketers of this century so far? Our team of cricket experts pondered that question. And the results are in. VOTE HERE
The most provocative question about cricket’s future
As the new generation of cricketer helps T20 take over the cricket world, Robert Craddock asks the question few diehards want to ponder.
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