May 26, 2012

Minnows at the World Cup

Dwayne Leverock bowls for Bermuda

The World Cup is about to start in the West Indies and the usual controversy has erupted over whether the so-called minnow nations should be there. Bermuda is likely to be the weakest performer, although not much is expected from Canada either. England dismissed Bermuda for 45 runs in a warm-up game and won by [...]

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Players snub Allan Border

Allan Border

The 163 players who have represented Australia at one-day international cricket have omitted former skipper Allan Border from their popularly elected best-ever team. The selected side in batting order is: Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting (vc), Dean Jones, Steve Waugh (c), Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Dennis Lillee, Glenn McGrath, Greg [...]

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2007 A League grand final

Melbourne Victory

A total of 55,436 people attended the A-League soccer final won 6-0 by Melbourne Victory. Soccer is now a mainstream spectator sport in Australia. Archie Thompson scored five goals, just the sixth ever A-League hat-trick and the most goal by an individual in any A-League match. Tweet Pin It

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Australian ODI team

Australia ODI cricket

Australia has lost its fourth ODI in a row for the first time since 1997, going down to New Zealand in Auckland today, failing to defend a record score at Eden Park. Sure, it’s not Australia’s best line-up, but there are some disturbing signs ahead of the World Cup. In my view: Matthew Hayden is [...]

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Lawn bowls

I have been known to deride lawn bowls as geriatric marbles, a game you play when you can’t play any other, about as exciting as watching paint dry. However, I had a secret ambition to try the sport and tonight it came to fruition. Our social club at work organised a family bowls night at [...]

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