BBL priming kids for heat of ODI battle
PLAYING in the intensity of the BBL has young Australian players well prepared both technically and temperamentally for the shorter forms of the game.
Expert Opinion
Why officials need to go into bat for bowlers
THE death of batsman Phillip Hughes led to a review into safety in cricket. Hopefully, it won’t take a similar tragedy to see a discussion into the wellbeing of bowlers.
CA tinkers with catastrophe on selection
IAN CHAPPELL: Cricket Australia blundered when it accepted the 2011 Argus review recommendation that the captain and coach should both be selectors.
Sydney Test far from a dead rubber
FORGET any talk about the Sydney Test being a dead rubber. The next five days are going to be crucial to the future of Australian cricket.
Smith must tweak his captaincy style
STEVE Smith is an unorthodox batsman and captain, but the MCG was the ideal venue to showcase how both can be very effective.
10 years after Warne, Aussies still in a spin
IT’s 10 years next week since Shane Warne walked out for his last Test and Australia set on a mission to replace the irreplaceable. Robert Craddock examines how it played out.
What will Handscomb feel on Boxing Day?
FOR Peter Handscomb, the Boxing Day Test will be even more special as he realises a lifelong dream and gets to see just how amazing a packed MCG is, writes Chris Rogers.
A match that will never be forgotten
MAGNIFICENT Pakistan were fearless and simply amazing, but it was Australia breathing a sigh of relief after a Gabba epic, writes ROBERT CRADDOCK.
Danger signs for Aussies in World Test XI of 2016
STEVE Smith and Mitchell Starc make the cut but there are danger signs for Australia. Check out Robert “Crash” Craddock’s World Test XI for 2016.
Smith’s men face tough road to Ashes
PAKISTAN at home before India and Bangladesh on the road should have Steve Smith’s new look Australia battle hardened for the Ashes, writes Robert Craddock.
How to solve a problem like Maxwell
RICHARD HINDS: Glenn Maxwell is the quintessential contemporary short-form superstar — but will Australia ever find a place for him in Text cricket?
Aussies hold the aces but pesky Kiwis pose problems
MAN-for-man Australia outstrip New Zealand for this ODI series but that never seems to bother the feisty Kiwis, writes Ian Chappell.
Bushrangers give Big Show furore wide berth
POLL: CRICKET Victoria didn’t want to comment on yesterday’s latest controversy surrounding Glenn Maxwell.
Youth policy should extend to coach
THE winds of change are blowing through Australian cricket and a new coach could extract the best results from this new unit, says Catherine McGregor.
Terrible timing for Chappell-Hadlee Trophy
LIKE distant relatives who turn up announced as you crack open a beer and put up your feet, the one-day internationals have come at precisely the wrong time.
Faf: From guilty narcissist to smiling scapegoat
OVER the past week Faf du Plessis has worn many faces. Euphoric in Hobart, smug at the airport, guilty at the ICC hearing and on the eve of the third Test a charming smile.
Youth provides desperately needed spark
HAVING reached a low point in Tasmania, the Australian team have bounced back admirably thanks to a combination of youth and Usman Khawaja, writes Ian Chappell.
Hayden’s perfect advice for Matt the Bat II
IT TOOK Matthew Hayden seven years to learn the lesson but he hopes debutant Matt Renshaw won’t make the same mistakes he did in the first part of his Test career.
What is the baggy green culture?
AUSTRALIA’S cricket team will find it hard to play as one with so many new faces but they can fast-track the process by answering one simple question.
Selectors curing heavy dose of baggy Blues
THE good old “baggy blue”, the NSW cap that seems to almost guarantee a baggy green, hasn’t been quite so good lately, writes Greg Buckle.
Hatchet job has Test cricket on our minds
THE greatest hatchet job in Australian cricket history has had one benefit already — people are talking about Test cricket again writes ROBERT CRADDOCK.
Chappell: Pick tough youngsters and stop whining
THE Aussies have hit rock bottom so now is the time to pick young players with plenty of character to transform the Test team into a tough unit, writes Ian Chappell.
Embarrassed skipper the man to salvage wreck
STEVE Smith has been smothered by an Australian set up that has more chefs than ingredients but following Hobart he finally has the chance to lead the team his way, writes Richard Hinds.
SOS to next Warne: save Test cricket
COLMAN’S CALL PODCAST: Cricket writer Robert Craddock believes the Australian cricket team — and the long form of the game itself — needs a superstar to make the public care again.
Blame lies entirely with the players
IT’S hard to believe only a few months ago, the Australian cricket team was the No.1 team in the world, writes sporting great Allan Border.
Time to tart up the grand old girl
TEST cricket has ambled along, unchanged and untroubled but the demands on our time is forcing officials to tart the old lady up, writes Robert Craddock.
Day-night Test a long-time coming
IT was January 23, 1978 that cricket first saw the light of a day-night cricket match. Now, 37 years later, the game is going back to the future, writes RICHARD HINDS.
Marsh selection highlights our lack of depth
SELECTORS might have made a backwards decision in giving Shaun Marsh yet another lifeline, but the reality is the ‘future’ is not banging down the door.
It’s carcass TV as Kiwis shredded in Gabbatoir
AUSTRALIA have notched another victim in Brisbane. This time it was more chopped liver in the shape of New Zealand , writes IAN CHAPPELL.
Aussie cricket has lost the plot
THERE is a life cycle to everything, a SWOT analysis that Cricket Australia should be undertaking right now.
One man who can save Aussies
AUSTRALIA’S Ashes debacle should be the perfect cue for Australia to try and persuade one of the game’s greats to relink with the Australian cricket side.
Haddin axing is no excuse for Aussies’ poor form
Claims that the selectors’ decision to omit Brad Haddin from the Third Test has harmed team harmony are alarming, writes Scott Walsh.
End in sight for ‘bunny’ Clarke
REPLAY OUR CHAT: BEN Dorries says Michael Clarke has fought the good fight but looks completely gone as a Test batsman. Do you agree?
Blog: Should red-hot Rogers bat on?
BLOG from noon: Robert Craddock says Chris Rogers would be well within his rights to change his mind about retiring after the Ashes.
Richie much loved and sorely missed
MILLIONS of cricket fans will mourn the death of the legendary Richie Benaud. But none more than a man who knew him better than most – fellow former Australian skipper Ian Chappell.
Kiwis don’t need underhand tactics
BACK at the scene of the crime, New Zealand has the opportunity to exact the ultimate revenge for the most outrageous sporting travesty ever inflicted on their country, the infamous underarm delivery.
What happened to the India from January?
INDIA’s impressive World Cup progression is candid proof a good old-fashioned backstreet mugging can occasionally work wonders for a cricket team.
Watching England lose never gets old
WATCHING the England cricket team sink without trace, especially when playing in Australia, is one of sport’s purest pleasures — and it never gets old.
England: ‘Cricket is really really, hard!’
THE England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) says “cricket is really, really hard” and “not as easy as it looks”, a tongue-in-cheek post by Titus O’Reily reveals.
Why South Africa isn’t a team of chokers
THE term ‘choker’ is an extremely derogatory sporting term and shouldn’t be used to describe the demise of an individual or team, writes Ian Chappell.
Kiwis shake Cup from its slumber
EVEN as English fans bleed from every pore this much is certain — the World Cup needed that match. Robert Craddock gives his week one report card.
Rotation a dirty word at World Cup
AUSTRALIA once took Mitchell Johnson to a World Cup and he didn’t even have to lace up his boots. Why? Because they didn’t need him.
Leadership dramas could derail Australia
GEORGE Bailey is a great leader and the ultimate team man, but the decision to appoint him World Cup vice-captain is threatening to become an embarrassment.
The Cup must runneth over, says Craddock
THE biggest sporting event Australia has hosted since the Sydney Olympics starts next week under pressure to live up to its billing.
Clarke’s ego could cost him captaincy
MICHAEL Clarke’s egocentric campaign to become captain again has irritated the Australian cricket team, writes Rebecca Wilson.
AB’s medal fading into insignificance
THE Allan Border Medal is not doing justice to the great Australian cricketer it is named after, writes The Courier-Mail journalist Ben Dorries.
The stench of being a match-fixer
WHEN cricket’s World Cup starts in Australia, every big name cricketer in the world will be there, except for one: Mohammad Amir.
It’s time to rid cricket of “bullying”
DAVID Warner is a recidivist when it comes to agitation but administrators deserve as much blame as the cricketers for the escalation in confrontations.
AB world’s best in all three formats
AB de Villiers’ remarkable innings only confirmed that he’s the best cricketer in the world in all three forms of the game, writes Michael Hussey.
Cricket penalties don’t fit the crime
CRICKET continues to make a laughing stock of itself when it comes to cracking down on player behaviour, says ROBERT CRADDOCK.
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