Following the death of her father in 1964, the author found solace in her love of cricket and especially in her adulation of fellow left-hander and batting allrounder Bob Cowper.
When press gallery journalists swap their notepads for batting pads to take on politicians in the annual one-day cricket match, the contest for some is make-or-break.
Quiet evenings in the front bar of the local pub forged for the author a companionship based on a love of sport and literature, and a tantalising connection with Samuel Beckett.
A tantalising series between India and Australia – complete with polar opposite debutants and the jubilant return of Scott Boland – saw Test cricket reclaim its place as a crowd favourite.
The first Test against India started promisingly enough, but Australia’s humiliating capitulation raises tough questions for selectors over the form and age of supposedly star players.
Superstition dictates the lives of many athletes and sports fans, from the order of putting on a kit to talking to inanimate objects – and the author is not immune.
The staging of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches in New York, Florida and Texas has introduced cricket to American sports fans. What will they make of it?
The battle between a cricket giant and a start-up over the multimillion-dollar cricket ball market reflects the anti-competitive state of the Australian economy.
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In the ’80s and early ’90s, the West Indies produced some of the most fearsome cricket teams the world has seen. Can the brilliant fast bowler Shamar Joseph help the Caribbean rise again?
It’s been a year of nailbiting NRL and AFL grand finals, wonderful world cups, Ashes accusations and Novak Djokovic winning yet again. But four things ranked above all others.
