One of the most staggering aspects of the latest lowest ebb in Australian cricket is the fact the batting cupboard couldn’t be more bare. In their recently completed 3-0 whitewash in the Border Gavaskar trophy, Australia’s top order performed woefully. Michael Clarke was the sole century maker in the entire series. The rest of the [...]
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Matt Prior – Greatest Ever English Wicket-Keeper Batsman?
When someone does something so monumentally brilliant as Matt Prior’s match saving century salvaging an unlikely draw from the jaws of defeat against New Zealand, it’s easy to get carried away. But not in the case of Matt Prior. If his career was to end tomorrow, he would most likely go down with some phenomenal [...]
Could a Blindfolded Village Cricketer Do Better than Phillip Hughes?
One of the most vivid memories of club cricket and in particular Sunday friendlies was putting down an opposition batman as Mr V. Illage in the scorebook. Usually it was because they couldn’t get it off the square or we didn’t know their name. Whilst Australia are making a better fist of it against India [...]
3 Things About the 2nd T20 Between Australia and Sri Lanka
BEN ROBERTS shares three things that troubled him whilst attending the 2nd T20 game between Australia and Sri Lanka at the MCG. Sri Lanka went on to win the rain affected game as Glenn Maxwell couldn’t hit a third consecutive boundary off Thissara Perera’s final delivery. 1. What did Ben Laughlin think he was doing… [...]
Uncanny Cricket Lookalikes: Jonathan Trott and Hunter S Thompson
In a new feature aptly titled “Uncanny Cricket Lookalikes”, I’ll be sharing people who I think look like cricketers. It’s been talked about it for a while but only since Nicko Hancock (the brains behind The Sledge) shared his lookalike of Nasser Hussain and Vladimir Putin did inspiration come to make it a reality. Let’s [...]
5 Fundamental Mistakes India and the BCCI made
Only hours ago, England triumphed in India for the first time since 1985 and became the first side in eight years to win a series on Indian soil. While Cook’s England should take all the plaudits on offer (open top bus tours aside), I am of the firm belief that India and particularly the BCCI [...]
BCCI reluctance over DRS: a potential advantage?
Shocking decisions like Alastair Cook received on the opening day of the 4th Test are giving rise to more calls for the DRS. But why is it that the BCCI and India seem to persist with their indifference to the DRS? Rohan Sharma comes up with some telling answers. DRS (the Decision Review System) has [...]
Wade officially first choice as Australia announce 12 man Test squad for South Africa
National Selector John Inverarity commented today on Australia’s selection for the first test in Brisbane which begins on November 9th. “The 12 man squad for the first Vodafone Test against South Africa is as many have predicted. “Most discussion centred on the wicket-keeping role with both Matthew Wade and Brad Haddin presenting a strong and [...]
Cricket vs Baseball: That old debate…
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of going to the States and spending some time in the Bay Area. This included a trip to see the San Francisco Giants at AT &T Park – then in 2010 and now the 2012 World Series Champions (Go Giants!). Sitting in the cheap seats known [...]
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Crisis in the Australian Commentary Box?
Ben Roberts feels Australia is going through a crisis in the commentary box. (Image: commentary legends Greig and Benaud share a moment) The recent passing of both Tony Grieg and Christopher Martin-Jenkins, along with that of Peter Roebuck a little over 12 months ago forced me to reflect on the poor state of cricket commentary [...]