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Gonna Be A Big Day
OK, so today might just be the day that decides the Ashes. It’s a bit unlikely with two matches still to go, but an England win would make it very hard for Australia to retain the urn, an Australian...
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Michael Hussey’s numbers
3186 test match runs. First 20 tests – 2120. Second 20 tests – 1066. Average in first 20 – 84. Average in second 20 – 30. Hundreds in first 20 – 8. Hundreds in second 20 – 1. Number of back up middle...
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Michael Clarke Debunked
Yesterday’s face saving innings (from an Australian, if not a personal perspective) has had a few people wondering if Clarke is one of the best batsmen in the world today. Hmmmmm. Yesterday’s ton was...
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Michael Hussey announces his retirement
King Probot Michael Hussey has done something the selectors should have done a long time ago; he has sacked himself from cricket. Sure he is calling it a retirement. But we all know a good sacking when...
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hussey and cook
I was struck yesterday by the fact that captaining a cricket side is less important than wicketkeeping, so I did something for TWC. And I thought it was about time that someone got a little ranty on...
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Can a batsman lose his nip?
Australia have dropped Stuart Clark for the Dougie Bollinger. Bollinger bowled very well in India, and Stuart Clark is 34 and out of fashion. This year Clark has been selected for 2 of a possible 5...
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weakness
Phil Hughes has never gone out to a short ball off his gloves or any real variation of the ball that is his weakness at test match cricket. Shane Watson has gone out LBW 6 out of his last 7 test...
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9 wickets
Johnson, Hilfenhaus and Siddle chipped in with 11 wickets in this test. Knowing that fact alone, Australia should have lost. But, and perhaps this has to do with the inept state of the opposition,...
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the heroes of sydney
Mike Hussey: Who I thought (and still do) should have been dropped sometime during his great drought. But did get dropped more times than Bobby Brown. Still, even with all that fumbling behind him, he...
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The Jesus XI
Happy Jesus on a stick day. A day that is all about honouring someone who died so that we can all be perverts and animals, but you can’t eat steak, in case some is made of him. In honour of Jesus dying...
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