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COLIN STEELE reviews two books with a seasonal theme. One reflects on how gifts are an integral part of human society, the other is a classic story of Christmas – a 'luxury' edition of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. 

The clinical precision, ease, and supremacy with which the current touring Indian cricket team decimated the West Indies team in the first test match of the ongoing series at Dominica comes as no...

Australian cricket teams have been coming to England for over 150 years but when the class of 2023 arrives in the next few days, they are set to take on a programme which is arguably more demanding than any faced by their predecessors.

When Christians and so-called “Christian” nations dismember the Christian message by victimising others, they show the weakness of their grasp of the meaning of Jesus Christ, not the weakness of the message.

By Hugh Karunanayake The last cricketing appearance by Don Bradman in Sri Lanka was at the Colombo Oval on March 31, 1948 before a capacity crowd of 20,000. The Australian Team was on their way to England for the Ashes series and stopped over in Colombo to play a one day game against what was […]

The PMs XI has had numerous incarnations, including disappearing from the cricket calendar altogether between 1965 and 1984. The future…

The Gabba has been Australia’s happy hunting ground since 1946, including 12 wins in Ashes contests. It has also been the location for four English victories. This article names a team for each nation, comprising players who recorded outstanding personal performances there. The 22 performances would make for a magnificent game of cricket. The Australian […]

Next week, Australia’s cricketers are set to begin their defence of The Ashes against England, resuming one of the most enduring rivalries in sport.

This article completes this series, with a final ten instances. The previous Part 1 and Part 2 listed 20 other things that will never happen again in an Ashes contest. Perhaps in 50 years’ time cricket followers will look back and marvel that it was once played for five consecutive days, in daylight hours, on natural […]

Australian crickets seven best Test XIs A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Bored on school holidays, I thought I might select tiered all-time Aussie Test XIs. I didn’t have any specific number of teams in mind, but rather simply selected until I arrived at a dearth of further genuine quality. No doubt I have missed some players that might have been worthy of at least a mention and feel free to point them o...