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Nathan Lyon is joining James Anderson at Lancashire next year and it wouldn’t be a great surprise if the Australian spinner plays Test cricket…
Australia's first cricket team to tour India was labelled ""has-beens and never-will-bes"", but almost 90 years later, historian Megan Ponsford has revealed they were also a fascinating band of sporting pioneers.
Australia completed a comprehensive victory in the first Test at the Gabba where just two days of play were needed
Ashes anniversaries: Armstrong’s Australians A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size This winter marks the centenary of the Australian team’s record-breaking feats under Warwick Armstrong’s leadership. After regaining the Ashes at home 5-0, it then retained them away 3-0. Its eight consecutive victories is an Ashes record. It was a world record until the West Indies broke it in 1984. Armstrong is still the only captain to have led a team in eight or more matches without a single defeat. It’s timely to a...
What’s a wicket worth? Part 1: Baggy green bowlers A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size “All wickets are equal, but some wickets are more equal than others,” As George Orwell would have put it had he spent more time watching cricket and less time penning Animal Farm. Cricket careers are measured by aggregate, average and strike rate because those numbers are straightforward and comparable. Yet the wickets of some opposing batsmen clearly have far more value than those of others. A bowler who dismissed...