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I would rather a half-century scored in the game’s first innings than a century made in the last. Accurate, controversial, ridiculous? I wonder how Roarers feel about this statement given no other information. Perhaps we can reframe this and ask: are runs made in the game’s first half more important than those made in the […]

I would rather a half-century scored in the game’s first innings than a century made in the last. Accurate, controversial, ridiculous? I wonder how Roarers feel about this statement given no other information. Perhaps we can reframe this and ask: are runs made in the game’s first half more important than those made in the […]

ECB chief executive Tom Harrison says "the integrity of the Ashes is paramount" as talks continue over Englands winter tour of Australia.

Last modified on Wed 28 Jul 2021 14.40 EDT The cricketer Mike Hendrick, who has died aged 72 of bowel cancer, was a supremely accurate and dependable right-arm fast medium bowler who played 30 times for England in the 1970s and early 80s. Possessed of a rhythmic, perfectly sideways-on action, at times he almost appeared to bowl too well for his own good, seaming the ball away from the righthander so deliciously and on such a consistently tricky line that it was difficult even to lay a bat on hi...

Australias greatest: Victor and the Don A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size “Many a time when Trumper was batting and the team was in a safe position some player in the dressing room would call out ‘Vic’s 95, or 96 … Who’s in next?’” I had a great chuckle when I first came across this remark which sounds like a good old-fashioned yarn and not something to be taken seriously. As a matter of fact...

Plus, Scyld Berry on England once again relying on Stuart Broad and James Anderson to deliver

"Self-explanatory": Cameron Bancroft drops bombshell over bowlers knowledge of Sandpapergate A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Cameron Bancroft has reignited debate about the ball-tampering scandal, claiming Australia’s bowlers’ knowledge of the sandpaper plot is “self-explanatory”. Cricket Australia (CA) and its national men’s side were plunged into crisis in 2018, when broadcast cameras capture...

Bancroft is a thoughtful man and he takes care to explain the lessons he absorbed during that painful humiliation. He feels “almost grateful for the mistake” he made because it turned him into a better and more reflective person. Before we reach this defining moment, however, Bancroft provides a searing insight into the unforgiving pressures that shadow elite sport when I ask him to take us back to the second day of his Test debut against England at the Gabba in Brisbane in November 2...

Murphy told ABC TV on Monday that widespread overseas travel was unlikely this year because scientists do not yet know how effective the new vaccines will be in slowing the spread of the virus. Vaccines have been proven in trials to stop almost all serious illness and death but their ability to interrupt transmission is still unclear. Cricket Australia will discuss options at its next board meeting in February, with fixtures expected in March. However Murphys warning means English fans will hav...

Brian James 1943-January 10, 2020 A high-quality winger for South Sydney who represented Australia at the 1968 World Cup before retiring at the age of 26. The son of former Cootamundra Maher Cup prop Jack "Swifty" James, he came to rugby league via rugby union after attending Newington College and playing a season of first grade with the St George rugby club. He switched to rugby league with St George in 1961 where he played centre and wing but top-grade opportunities were scarce in the Dragons...