Cricket Archives

28 December 2006Whitewash?
Rubbing salt into the wounds, Australia annihilated England in Melbourne's Boxing Day Test by an innings and 99 runs, a humiliating defeat for the tourists. The outcome of the series has long been determined. The only question now is will...
19 December 2006The Urn will Return*
In many ways the 3rd Ashes Test at the WACA in Perth was one of the most remarkable I've ever seen, or rather listened to--I was listening over the Net. Australia won by 206 runs giving them an unbeatable...
04 December 2006'Round the Wicket
You know, we live in the digital age. We have so many options, so much media streaming into homes, digital cable, braodband internet, iPods, etc, so there's no reason ever to see something like this: Due to rights restrictions, the...
21 July 2005Crazy Day one At Lord's
Here's the final message on the live text scoring at Cricinfo: Apologies for the confusion on that last dismissal. The excitement of a long, full day's cricket is getting to all of us! But what a day it has been...
20 July 2005The Ashes
It wasn't as if I was sleep deprived enough because of the Tour de France, now the 1st titantic Ashes clash at Lord's between England and Australia starts tomorrow (well in a few hours really). I probably won't stay up...
26 December 2003If It's Boxing Day, It Must be Melbourne
I don't know what Boxing Day means to you (probably very little), but to me Boxing Day always means cricket in Melbourne, my adopted home town. Back in 1994 when I lived in Australia, I went to the Boxing Day...
26 May 2003Australia Finally Loses
It could last forever. What a run by the Baggy Green! Australia's Winning Streak Comes to an End Andrew Miller - 25 May 2003 Australia's 21-match unbeaten run has come to an end, the very day after they took an...
11 April 2003Steve Waugh = Legend
Test appearances record a worthy milestone for durable Waugh by David Wiseman, cricinfo When Steve Waugh takes the field in Guyana for the first Test match of the Australia-West Indies series, he will eclipse Allan Border and become the most...
23 March 2003Australia stomps India in World Cup finals
Ok, I'll just come out and say it. Ricky Ponting is a god. There. When I was living in Melbourne back in 94, Ponting was still playing for Tasmania, but every week during the Sheffield Shield he was compiling massive...