The Pacific Pull Shot Episode 4

No Comments 02 February 2012

ADAM CASSIDY, ICC East Asia Pacific Regional Project Officer, is developing and raising the profile of cricket in the Asia Pacific region. He’s documenting his work in the form of a video diary called the “Pacific Pull Shot”.

In this episode we take a look at the performances of the East Asia-Pacific players in Melbourne on scholarships with Sub-District Clubs.

We head to Geelong for the Australian Country Cricket Championships.

Tom Evans from the ICC conducts some surprise house inspections on the Vanuatu, PNG and Japanese scholarship players to make sure they are behaving.

And our feature interview is with the Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs. The Hon. Richard Marles MP.

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Is this the Greatest Cricket Catch Ever?

3 Comments 09 January 2012

The best and greatest cricket catch ever discussion is always hotly debated. Over the years there have been a number of amazing catches that just boggle the mind – think Angelo Matthews, Adam Voges, Mayu Pasupati, Paul Collingwood, or this compilation of the 25 Best Catches Ever.

Now, courtesy of New Zealand’s domestic T20 competition, there is an acrobatic contender that wipes the floor with everything that has gone before.

Check the Greatest Catch contender out below:

Central Stags’ Bevan Small and Michael Mason combined to take the wicket of Northern Knights batsman Brad Wilson. 12th man Small dived skywards and backwards to claim a catch over the boundary rope. Still hanging in mid air, he had the time and composure to fling the ball to Mason who snaffled the catch.

The catch comes from the same crop as the aforementioned Matthews and Voges catches but surely this one takes the prize.

Share Your Candidates for the Greatest Ever Catch in the Comments…

1. John Dyson catches Sylvester Clarke at the SCG in ’81 – from Shane Tapley

2. Steve Waugh catches Roger Harper at the MCG in ’89 – from Shane Tapley

3. Glenn McGrath catches Michael Vaughan – from Punter Steve

4. Matt Sinclair catches Matthew Hayden – from Matthew Wood (all the Matts!)

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The Sledge: 10 Years of War Between Australia and India

No Comments 24 December 2011

Host Ryan Thomas is joined by Jonathan Howcroft of BackPageLead.com.au and World Cricket Watch’s very own Blaise Murphet to take a look at the last ten years of test matches between Australia and India. Highlights include that infamous 2001 Kolkata test that changed Australia’s policy on forcing the follow on ever since, ‘Monkeygate’, the genius of VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly getting under Steve Waugh’s skin and much, much more.

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What does 2011/2012 hold in store for India in Australia? Leave your thoughts in the comments…

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The Sledge: Australia vs New Zealand 2nd Test Preview, Hobart

1 Comment 09 December 2011

In the Latest Episode of the Sledge….

The Sledge team previews the 2nd Test between Australia and New Zealand which kicks off in Hobart today.