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Big Bash Superstars (Vol 4), new

Big Bash Superstars, Daniel Lane (Allen & Unwin, $30) The fourth edition of the Big Bash annual showcases the cricketing phenomenon which is the BBL. Full of colour, stats, interviews and info, it also also includes a foreword from Chris Lynn, maybe the mightiest hitter in all Australasia, who says the spectacular interest in the […]

SEEING THE LIGHT

Australia’s Great Escape in Dubai and spirited follow-up in Abu Dhabi has given the injection the home summer needs. Even the most-unforgiving Australian cricket follower is walking just a little more jauntily right now. Cricket is back and don’t we love it.

A hat-trick and no-one knew it …

Sportsmen love to dream. Whether it’s doing a Jack Nicklaus and storming home in the US Masters, or making 100s on consecutive days in a Boxing Day Test a la Justin Langer, we all wish for a supreme sporting moment… one to tell the grandkids. It wasn’t until my 50th birthday when I finally conceded […]

RAIN STOPS PLAY

Rain, hail and showers halted our first trial game for the 2018-19 on the Mornington Peninsula yesterday. It gave me the opportunity to sit back and re-read one of my favourite books: Near Death on the Sub-Continent, the story of 4-Test South Australian Gavin Stevens.