Australia’s got talent for T20 surge
AUSTRALIA has a poor record in the international T20 arena — no world title and a current ranking of seven — but the signs are there that a surge is coming.
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SA has struck a rich vein in a golden summer
WHY Adelaide struck gold, won hearts and minds with BBL title.
Hard to believe but Steve Smith needs to find form
IT’S hard to understand how Steve Smith and Australia went from nigh unbeatable in the Ashes to struggle street in the ODIs. Ian Chappell explores the struggle facing Smith and CA, keeping Australia’s best fresh and firing.
CA breaks own rules with policy on the run
AUSTRALIA doesn’t seem to care about its Twenty20 series against New Zealand and England. How else can you explain the release of players for Sunday’s Big Bash League final, writes Sam Landsberger.
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Johnson’s turn to play shepherd
MITCHELL Johnson’s next great challenge will be to become the bridge over troubled waters which links two generations of Australian cricketers.
What will India whinge about next?
ONE day they were blowing up about the spice in their food. On Saturday it was the spice in the practice pitches, writes Robert Craddock.
Stumped: who’s next in line for No. 6?
THERE are not many times when a table of five cricket scribes falls silent over lunch, but it happened at the Gabba on Friday, writes Robert Craddock.
More bowling, less weights for pacemen
‘MY gut feeling is that weight training is not nearly as important for cricketers as it is for most other sportspeople.’
Don’t whinge if you don’t want DRS
IF India doesn’t want to use the DRS system, don’t stand there looking insulted when human error comes into play, writes Greg Buckle.
Resurgent India shows overseas mettle
IS this just a mirage in the summer heat or are we seeing a giant of the game waking from its slumber? Australia beware, writes Robert Craddock.
Smith needs senior players on board
THE fate of Steve Smith’s Test captaincy will simply be a matter of whether the side’s senior players fully accept his appointment.
Smith gets to road test skipper role
STEVE Smith has been given the chance to road test the Australian captaincy role before, one day, making it his own, writes Richard Hinds.
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