I can’t claim much glory in my cricket career. The best effort is contributing to the Federals Club at Alice Springs winning the C grade premiership in 1987-88.
Symonds needs to go
Andrew Symonds was involved in a selection incident involving Bangladesh for the second time today when he missed playing for Australia in Darwin. Symonds was late for a team meeting because he had been fishing. He was sent home and dropped from the series. Bangladesh are easybeats and Australia won comfortably, but what about Symonds?
Usain Bolt stuns Matthew Hayden
Jamaican sprint champion Usain Bolt surprised international journalists when he said Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden was his sporting hero. “I am a huge fan of Matty Hayden and he’s a cool customer out in the middle and I like his style,” Bolt said. Most of the international media listening to Bolt’s interview didn’t know who [...]
Embarrassing sporting photos
There’s a good discussion on the cricket website Cricinfo about sportsmen being caught in embarrassing photos they would rather forget. The most recent example is former England cricket captain Mike Atherton shaking hands with Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe in 1996.
Special moment
The 1982-83 Melbourne Ashes Test is special to me for several reasons. I was 15 years old and it was the only time my Dad took me to the city alone for consecutive days. We stayed at a motel in Carlton and made our way to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) each day for five [...]
