New Zealand women’s tour of India cancelled
[This article was originally published on the defunct Cricketwoman website in 2001. – RE] The New Zealand White Ferns tour of India set down for late November and December has been cancelled due to security concerns. The decision to call the tour off was announced on November 1 by New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin […]
Was this the greatest World Cup final ever?
“Today’s game – won by New Zealand by four runs with five balls remaining – was filled to the brim with drama and tension. For me, it surpasses the encounter at Lord’s in 1975 between the West Indies and Australia as the greatest World Cup Final, men’s or women’s, of all time.” More of my […]
If in doubt, blame the umpire
It’s always the umpire’s fault.
Murali no-balled for throwing
I wrote this article, filed at the innings break in England’s ODI against Sri Lanka at Adelaide Oval, for the 23 January 1999 edition of the daily email publication Cricinfo365. The complete day’s edition is sourced from archive.org’s Wayback Machine here.
Ricky Ponting’s public humiliation
I wrote this unbylined article for the 21 January 1999 edition of email publication Cricinfo365. The complete edition is sourced from archive.org’s Wayback Machine here. This article is also available on Cricinfo at http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/80456.html.
Australia 2 West Indies 0: A dynasty disintegrates
Tuesday December 3, 1996: I visited the Sydney Cricket Ground and witnessed a great day’s cricket, but I have also witnessed the demise of a cricketing power that I have known and loved for over two decades. After an enthralling if tight first four days of the Sydney Test between Australia and the West Indies, […]
The ABC Cricket Book: The First 60 Years
This is a marvellous document, both of Australian cricket and of a long and successful episode in Australian broadcasting history. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, formed in 1932 as the Australian Broadcasting Commission, has right from its beginnings shown a committment to the reporting of major sports to its listeners, and in 1932 there were fewer […]
Ray Lindwall: Rugby League Champion
Ray Lindwall, probably Australian cricket`s greatest fast bowler since the Second World War, died on Saturday night 22 June 1996, in Brisbane at the age of 74. Much has, and will, be written of his achievements on the cricket field, however not many people would be aware of his prowess as a rugby league player […]
Don Bradman 87 Not Out – A Television Review
When I heard that “A Current Affair”‘s Gold Logie winning anchorperson Ray Martin had obtained the rights to an exclusive interview with Sir Donald Bradman – the last interview he intends to give – I recoiled with horror. “Toupee Ray” – the former king of daytime television – the frontman of night-time tabloid journalism – […]