Australian Cricket

There is strong support building for cricket’s inclusion in 2020 Olympic Games, but is it the best way to globalise the game? Ideally, if cricket were to be introduced within the 2020 games schedule, T20 would seemingly be the best fit. The main reason pitched for the inclusion of cricket in the Olympics is that [...]

When it comes to sports television in America, the three sports that rule the airwaves are football, baseball and basketball. Other sports like hockey, tennis and golf can be found on basic cable and sometimes network TV for bigger events. But they’re still considered secondary sports by most American sports fans. NFL is by far [...]

Defining the greats of the game is not an easy task. Arguably, greatness can be temporary, reliant only on time, context and memory yet true greatness reaches down through generations. It is now time to acknowledge that Dan Vettori deserves this status. How do we define greatness? Glory, nobility, illustriousness and immortality are just a [...]

In November last year, New Zealand and Zimbabwe played a Test match at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo and of the 22 players on show, Daniel Vettori was the only left-handed batsman. This is quite unusual as there is normally an oversupply of left-handers in international cricket. In the recently concluded series in the [...]

Players realise there is huge amount of money to be earned in cricket and with the booming success of the IPL, the opportunities to play on make the decision to give the game away a lot harder than in recent years. Past players found it somewhat easier to walk away from the game. While you [...]

Brad Haddin was not available for selection in the Australian One Day International side to tour the British Isles in June, but if he had, he shouldn’t have been chosen anyway. Haddin was seen as the ideal replacement when Adam Gilchrist retired due to his ability as a gloveman and as an aggressive batsmen. However [...]