Archive: October, 2004

Monday, 11 October 2004

Keith Miller dies

Filed under: Australia, Obituaries — Rick Eyre @ 12:00 am

I have just learned of the passing of Australia’s greatest ever all-rounder, Keith Ross Miller. AAP has a brief report that Miller, who was 84, died this morning at a nursing home on Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.

He was one of my real cricketing heroes, indeed one of my favourite Australians of all time.

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Thursday, 7 October 2004

Clarkie!

Filed under: Australia, New South Wales — Rick Eyre @ 12:00 am

It almost seems like destiny for Michael Clarke to get a ton on Test debut, and that’s how it panned out. Great knock from a player who really should have been in the Test team a year ago. He’s a very mature 23 year-old, and congratulations to him.

I am sure we have seen the start of a fine Test career, and probably someone who will become Australian captain - I’ll stick my neck out and say he will succeed Ponting in the role.

Congrats also to Anil Kumble on reaching 400 Test wickets. Now onto Warnie to make that world record his own!

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