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A Golden Great

Some meetings are truly memorable. Mine with Sir Everton Weekes was in Bridgetown, Barbados at a Test match in ‘99. A gentle, softly spoken man with a genuine handshake and a ready smile, he was working alongside broadcaster Donna Symmonds, describing what was to become one of the most exciting West Indian Tests of all. […]

Absurdly fantastic: the 1939 Timeless Test

Never before, or since, has 22 yards of a cricket pitch ever been so absurdly perfect. So minimal was the movement that even Ken Farnes and Hedley Verity, two of world cricket’s most outstanding bowlers, could hardly make an impression. Twelve new balls were used as cricket’s most epic Test match meandered 10 days from […]

A signed Tigers Roar: recommended

In 1997, Cricket Tasmania had a staff of 12 and an annual turnover of $4 mill. Twenty years later, there is a staff of 60, a professional playing group and a turnover of $20 mill. Tigers Roar tells the story of how a divided, cash-less cricketing backwater, shunned by mainlanders, rose in importance to produce […]

The top 100 Test solos of all

There’s something strangely seducing about Cricket Lists. They beguile, entice — and irritate. How could only two Australians be ranked among the top 10 bowling performances in Test history?