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Date: January 11, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Shane Warne, Marlon Samuels, Lance Armstrong, Kurt Tippett – all recent examples of individuals breaking the moral code known as ‘sportsmanship’. But should we be at all surprised with such occurrences in the 21st century? Put a foot wrong on a sporting field nowadays, or indeed off it should you be an elite level sportsperson, […]

Date: January 7, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

It is a complete and utter fallacy to say that bowlers nowadays have greater workloads than players of the past. It is the workload argument that is the primary reason for Cricket Australia’s latest innovation – the oft questioned, and dare I say criticized, rotation policy. It is a policy that has not been designed […]

Date: January 4, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

The biggest sports story of last year was the shaming of Lance Armstrong as an out and out cheat – a man who had largely defrauded the millions of fans, race organizers and corporate sponsors who had fallen under his spell. Travis Tygart, the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency which eventually exposed the […]

Date: January 2, 2013 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

The bombshell retirement of Michael Hussey has raised a very important issue for the National Selection Panel, namely who is the captain in waiting of the Australian Test team? While Shane Watson has been officially vice-captain during Michael Clarke’s reign, his ongoing problems with form and injury would perhaps only see him accede to the […]

Date: December 30, 2012 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

There are still four Tests to be played, half a first-class season remaining here at home and 194 days until next year’s Ashes series begins. So when you’re on holidays and it’s 40 degrees in Perth what better way to spend an hour than gazing into a crystal ball and trying to frame a squad […]

Date: December 28, 2012 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Not everybody seems enamoured by David Warner’s methodology and hence his position as a Test opener. For mine, he is a key to the Australian team and possesses that X-factor that has the ability to totally demoralize an opposition. Of the players available in Australia at present, I would have him in my team every […]

Date: December 21, 2012 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Peter Siddle is living proof of the adage, “from opportunity comes success”. In the wake of a litany of injuries among Australia’s fast bowling ranks, Siddle has been the man to answer his captain’s call. From humble beginnings, the Victorian quickie has made himself into a first-pick player for his country. He was selected for […]

Date: December 17, 2012 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Michael Hussey just continues to make runs while the twilight shines. Where the likes of Ricky Ponting, also 37 years of age, and 39-year-old Sachin Tendulkar have found the going tough in the latter parts of their glorious careers, Hussey continues to maintain his standards. Yesterday’s unbeaten 115 against Sri Lanka was his third century […]

Date: December 14, 2012 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Many of the problems that confront the Australian cricket team are primarily as a result of the lack of knowledge and nous possessed by the National Selection Panel (NSP). That, by the way, is not my assessment but that of a great number of the cricketing public. A few days ago I wrote a piece […]

Date: December 10, 2012 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Shane Watson has made plenty of headlines lately with topics relating to his fitness and ability to bowl and his best spot in the batting order. But the bottom line is the fact that wherever he is utilized he needs to perform. There is no doubting his ability from a technical point of view but […]