Blogs & Pods

Date: February 14, 2014 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Brad Hogg is on track to become the oldest man to play a Twenty20 international after being named yesterday in Australia’s 15-man squad for the ICC World T20 in Bangladesh next month. It has been a big week for the left-arm Chinaman and googly bowler. Last Thursday he turned 43, the following day he won […]

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South African skipper Graeme Smith pushed his chips to the middle of the table on the opening day of the series but his gamble did not pay off. After the coin fell in his favour he inserted the tourists. When asked at the toss what he would have done had he won it, Michael Clarke […]

Date: February 13, 2014 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

The Ashes was a relative doddle. The three-Test tour of South Africa, starting tonight Australian time, will be anything but a stroll in the park. History indicates that the Republic has been a happy hunting ground for Australia since South Africa’s reintegration into international cricket – it remains unbeaten having won four series and drawn […]

Date: February 7, 2014 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne, the two most successful bowlers in the history of Test cricket, were no strangers to courting controversy during their stellar careers – Murali’s came on the field while Warne’s was largely off it. Warne left the scene first, in January 2007 after 145 Tests, with a world record 708 scalps […]

Date: February 6, 2014 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

The Winter Olympics has nowhere near the profile or level of expectation that we attach to the Summer Games and it is totally understandable – the level of elite competition on our shores is minimal, most of our athletes are based thousands of kilometres away and there has been far less medal success. However that […]

Date: February 2, 2014 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

It’s that time of the year when AFL, NRL and Super Rugby clubs announce their captains for season 2014. In a few months’ time we will hear just who will be named skipper of our Socceroos as they head to the World Cup in Brazil. Most of those announcements – especially if there is a […]

Date: January 31, 2014 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

It’s just over 12 months before Australia and New Zealand host the 11th edition of the 50-over World Cup with the final to be staged at the MCG. Winning on home soil has not been easy with India the first to do so when it won the final at Mumbai in 2011 against Sri Lanka. […]

Date: January 29, 2014 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

In the shadows of Australia Day what better time is there to reflect on just why this nation of ours has such a strong culture and history of sporting success? Once again the Australian of the Year was a sportsperson – this time the Sydney Swans’ dual Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes. The dual AFL premiership […]

Date: January 24, 2014 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

When Simon Katich failed to have his Cricket Australia contract renewed in June 2011 it signalled the end of his international career. The 35-year-old left-hander was cast aside despite having amassed 2928 runs at 50.5 since he had returned from the wilderness in 2008. The move came as a surprise too many, including his teammates. […]

Date: January 21, 2014 / Posted by control

They are chalk and cheese, yet one thing is beyond dispute, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are true champions of their sport. Federer is very much the traditionalist, ice cool and an exponent of the old-fashioned one-handed backhand. He seems to play an effortless game, generating power that belies his slender build. Nadal is the […]