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Sachin A Billion Dreams film review

At two hours and nineteen minutes plus intermission, “Sachin: A Billion Dreams” never drags, although it probably does not warrant a place on the top shelf of sporting documentaries. A love letter to be sure, but a well-crafted one.

Taking the game backwards

Since the International Cricket Council’s controversial revenue-sharing restructure in 2014, which essentially shared revenue back towards the three wealthiest members (India, England and Australia), international cricket competition has actually gone backwards on a global scale.

The streaker has struck and we return to the cricket

MIchael Angelow is often regarded as cricket’s first streaker, but there was at least one earlier televised instance of an unclad pitch invasion. I know this because I was watching at the time. To my knowledge there is no other record of this incident anywhere on the internet.

Peter Handscomb after scoring his career-best 215 for Victoria

Peter Handscomb after completing 215 for Victoria against New South Wales. #SheffieldShield #NSWvVic #SCG A post shared by Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) on Nov 17, 2016 at 8:02pm PST Peter Handscomb leaving the field at the Sydney Cricket Ground on November 18 after completing his highest first-class score of 215 for Victoria against New […]

2015: A year in cricket (or at least the start of it)

January 1, Kirribilli House, Sydney. Two of these three men still had their job at the end of the year: Blame John Howard for starting the annual New Year's Day lunch that led, in 2015, to this: pic.twitter.com/IeP3GCmAJm — Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) January 1, 2015 Statement from Kieran Powell about his absence from […]

Clive Rice and the game when he was the best of the best

Clive Rice has died at the age of 66 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was one of cricket’s greatest all-rounders in an era of truly great all-rounders. But unlike Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee, Rice’s achievements register barely a blip on the international cricket radar.