Blogs & Pods

Date: November 10, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

David Warner entered the record books in Brisbane and there is little doubt there is still much more to come. His knocks of 163 and 116 put him in rarefied air. It is the third time he has posted twin centuries in the one Test, equalling the all-time record held by Sunil Gavaskar and Ricky […]

Date: November 8, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Most of us are aware that cricket has designs on being included in the Summer Olympic programme. A few years back the ICC floated the concept of ‘Twenty20 at 2020’. That went nowhere as the Tokyo Games will be sans cricket but shortly the IOC is going to sit down and listen to the ICC […]

Date: November 7, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Steve Smith could barely have wished for a better day in his first at the helm of his new side. It started with the toss and ended with a scorecard of 2-389, the biggest first day total in the history of Tests at the Gabba. Smith (41no) and his newly anointed deputy, David Warner (163) […]

Date: November 6, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Steve Smith is being accorded an opportunity that few Test captains have. Most times when a new skipper takes over he inherits a team that contains numerous long-term players. When the likes of Greg Chappell and Michael Clarke ascended to the captaincy they had amongst their ranks their former skippers. For Smith it is quite […]

Date: October 30, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

I have never drunk, smoked or used illicit drugs and when it comes to the latter I abhor the practice. So what follows is by no means supportive of young sportspeople using drugs. However, I do have issues with the AFL illicit drug testing policy. It is not necessarily the alterations to the way penalties […]

Date: October 28, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Cricket’s pink ball Test, scheduled for Adelaide on 27 November, continues to divide the cricket world. Many of those in the frame to participate in the historic maiden day-night Test continue to voice their concerns. In the aftermath of Friday’s Prime Minister’s XI pink ball fixture against New Zealand, Adam Voges and Peter Siddle questioned […]

Date: October 23, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

You have to go back a considerable way to find a time when Australia’s Test batting line-up has been in such a state of flux. With the Bangladesh tour having been postponed due to security concerns the selectors head into the summer with only two players truly confirmed in their positions in the top-six – […]

Date: October 16, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Mitchell Starc has swapped the white ball for the red. After devastating four opponents in the Matador Cup the lanky left-armer is in Sydney as part of a two-day camp ahead of the first Test of the summer against New Zealand. Earlier this year Starc was feted as the Player of the Tournament in the […]

Date: October 9, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Cricket Australia thought it would be a good idea to include a team of young men in this season’s Matador Cup. The result has so far proven to be a chastening experience for those thrown into the fire. In its first two matches in this season’s domestic 50-over competition the Cricket Australia XI has been […]

Date: October 2, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Come Saturday evening Alastair Clarkson may well be a member of a very select group of men to have coached four VFL/AFL premierships. Through 19 decades just 11 men have notched up four or more flags. Collingwood supremo Jock McHale leads the way with seven, Melbourne great Norm Smith won six while Frank Hughes (Richmond […]