As Australia prepares for their World Cup semifinal against West Indies, Alyssa Healy opens up on everything from cakes to windy Wellington, birthdays and squad dilemmas in her exclusive tour diary.
Australia’s failure to bowl Pakistan out over 170 gruelling overs has left many pondering whether Pat Cummins should have enforced the follow-on. This is Robert Craddock’s take.
There is plenty of pressure on Australia’s shoulders entering the T20 World Cup. And our experts believe one superstar will be feeling it more than most.
Don’t listen to any talk about Joe Root losing the players. They play for him and they are right behind him, writes Shane Warne.
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.
MICHAEL Clarke’s egocentric campaign to become captain again has irritated the Australian cricket team, writes Rebecca Wilson.
DAVID Warner is a recidivist when it comes to agitation but administrators deserve as much blame as the cricketers for the escalation in confrontations.
CRICKET continues to make a laughing stock of itself when it comes to cracking down on player behaviour, says ROBERT CRADDOCK.
AUSTRALIAN selectors should have picked a leg-spinner in the 15-man World Cup squad and named Steve Smith as vice-captain, writes Ian Chappell.
THE Australian cricket team completed a series victory over India, prompting a report card like Ian Chappell never received at school.
INDIA paid the price for a lack of aggression. It played for survival when it had a chance to win and nothing is more costly.
CRICKET Australia must direct all curators to start producing wickets that encourage cricket, on both sides of the ball, and encourage a result.
THE spider camera is changing the way we watch sport around the world, and one bad attempt to make a catch means some want to get rid of it.
GOD’S gift to batsmen is Twenty20 and 50-over cricket where wickets are flatter than a steamrolled pancake, but we want Test cricket to be different.
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