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Former Indian cricket captain Virat Kohlis batting gloves, worn during his explosive innings in the ICC T20 World Cup, fetched a whopping $5,750 at a charitable event organized by the Chappell Foundation. The event, attended by Australian cricket legends and officials, raised funds for homeless young people. Another bid of $28,000 was made for a dinner experience at the residence of Greg Boorer, Chairman of Cricket ACT.

With COVID and everything I figured it was time to do another one of these nerd-intensive-but-not-entirely-irrelevant nostalgia pieces about Test XIs of the past I wish Australian had chosen. This one looks at Australia’s 1982 tour of Pakistan (called 1982-83 but it all happened in 1982). That tour doesn’t get talked much about in Australia […]

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...

Cricket: Trevor Chappell on why hell never say sorry for infamous underarm delivery 24 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM 3 minutes to read Australian Trevor Chappell bowls along the ground to New Zealands Brian McKechnie in 1981 to prevent him scoring a six off the last ball of the match. Australian Trevor Chappell bowls along the ground to New Zealands Brian McKechnie in 1981 to prevent him scoring a six off the last ball of the match. NZ Herald "No apology". That has been Trevor Chappells stance on the infa...