Ian Chappell: Farewell to Channel 9’s golden era
IAN Chappell reflects on the good times and sad as four decades of Channel 9’s extensive coverage of cricket in Australia — long established as essential viewing — come to an abrupt end.
Expert Opinion
Buck shouldn’t stop with tampering trio
CRICKET Australia has done Steve Smith and David Warner a big favour by banishing them from the international playing field for 12 months writes IAN CHAPPELL.
Kent: Athletes pay price for living in a bubble
THE modern athlete lives in a little bubble created especially for them. The dissenting voice, what some might call the adult in the room, has long been removed. So where, or who, is the cause?
Chappell: All eyes on battle of the quicks
SO often Test series are lop-sided because one team possesses an artillery of fast bowlers only to be challenged by a seam bowling pop-gun attack.
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Boxing Day remains in our sporting psyche
BOXING Day at the MCG doesn’t necessarily require a Victorian to lead the way for the Australian team, but the world’s most enthusiastic cricket fans love it when one does.
Batting department stocks look thin
FOR those looking beyond this Test series and the World Cup, you could be forgiven for wondering if there are many runs left in the warehouse.
Cut the showbiz, focus on cricket
FEW realised until he was struck down with illness just how much Richie Benaud meant to Channel Nine’s cricket coverage, writes Rebecca Wilson.
Watson, Haddin & Rogers must play Ashes
BRAD Haddin, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers are all under pressure. But they must fly to England for next year’s Ashes, writes MICHAEL CLARKE.
Watson’s failure at No.3 beyond dispute
IF Alanis Morissette had sung about real irony, not merely poor fortune and coincidence, surely she could not have resisted a line on Shane Watson, writes RICHARD HINDS.
Rate the Channel 9 cricket call team
IT’S two summers on, but one impact of Tony Greig’s untimely death is highlighted when you see a Channel 9 team that lacks a point of difference.
Keep Smith as skipper, it’s his team now
STEVE Smith should remain Australia’s Test captain and be appointed ODI skipper even if and when Michael Clarke does return, writes Ian Chappell.
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.
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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