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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 [...]

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One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 80: South Africa number 1

One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 80: South Africa number 1

Listen to the Cricket Podcast that Plays by Backyard Rules Audio, 21st August 2012: 35 minutes DAVID SIDDALL, PUNTER STEVE and JONATHAN HOWCROFT discuss South Africa’s number 1 status and attempt to walk around inside Kevin Pietersen’s brain. ANT SIMS joins us to discuss the rise of the nearly men of world cricket. Plus we [...]

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Interview with Ant Sims: South Africa Flog Lackluster England

Interview with Ant Sims: South Africa Flog Lackluster England

Audio, 24th July 2012: 14 minutes South African cricket journalist ANT SIMS revels in South Africa’s absolute flogging on England by an innings and 12 runs. NB: Please allow a moment while it buffers/loads Don’t miss a single episode of the One Hand One Bounce Podcast. Automatically get each new episode by subscribing via iTunes [...]

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One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 79

One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 79

Listen to the Cricket Podcast that Plays by Backyard Rules Audio, 24th July 2012: 32 minutes DAVID SIDDALL and PUNTER STEVE are joined on the line by South African journalist ANT SIMS to discuss one of the biggest floggings in Test cricket history. Plus we ponder Chris Gayle’s long awaited Test cricket return and how [...]

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One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 78

One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 78

Listen to the Cricket Podcast that Plays by Backyard Rules Audio, 16th July 2012: 39 minutes DAVID SIDDALL and MURRAY MIDDLETON  analyse the careers of recent retirees Brett Lee and Mark Boucher. We preview the Oval test between England and South Africa. Plus who will receive the weekly cricket awards? NB: Please allow a moment [...]

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One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 77

One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 77

Listen to the Cricket Podcast that Plays by Backyard Rules Audio, 10th July 2012: 35 minutes DAVID SIDDALL and JONATHAN HOWCROFT discuss what went wrong for Australia and preview England’s heavyweight clash with South Africa as they battle it out for #1 spot in the Test rankings. Plus look out for Jonathan Trott’s ‘Britishness’ and [...]

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Twenty20 World Cup Preview: Groups C and D

Twenty20 World Cup Preview: Groups C and D

lead image (c) guardian.co.uk In the next installment of collaboration with All Out Cricket, Chris Knight moves on to preview groups C and D of the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup which commences in Sri Lanka in September. Will Malinga be the bowler of the tournament? Could South Africa get rid of their chokers tag? Just [...]

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My Favourite Cricketer….Hansie Cronjie

My Favourite Cricketer….Hansie Cronjie

Balanced Sports and World Cricket Watch are inviting cricket writers from around the globe to wax lyrical on who they consider their “favourite cricketer”. This week, Purna Hassan of Cricket Minded chooses one of the most controversial cricketers the game has ever seen – Hansie Cronje. Purna tweets @cricketminded. I fell in love with cricket [...]

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One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 60

One Hand One Bounce Weekly Cricket Podcast 60

Listen to the Cricket Podcast that Plays by Backyard Rules Audio, 24th January 2012: 31 minutes BLAISE MURPHET, JONATHAN HOWCROFT and PUNTER STEVE discuss Sri Lanka’s comeback in South Africa and Australia’s continued dominance over India. DAVID GREEN joins the team on the line to give the reverse sweep on Pakistan’s thrashing of England.  There [...]

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Top Five Most Valuable Players – #1 Jacques Kallis

Top Five Most Valuable Players – #1 Jacques Kallis

Well, here we are. The number one slot in my list of the most valuable players in cricket right now. Perhaps it’s is no surprise that all-rounders will have made up two of my top three, particularly given the way the game has changed and now requires players to be all things. Many will and have argued that Jacques Kallis is a selfish player, but if I didn’t need to worry about his future, and I just had to pick one player right now for one game, it’d be the broad chested South African each time. Here’s why…

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