In the Sydney Morning Herald, Sourav Ganguly says Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman have earned the right to decide when they should quit the Test side, and the selectors should give them that respect. I do not disagree that performance is …
Michael Clarke batted for more than 10 hours to score 329 against India at the SCG. What kept him going for that long without cramping and being stricken by fatigue? David Sygall tells us in the Sydney Morning Herald. Australian team strength and condi…
Remember Gavin Robertson, the Australia offspinner who made his Test debut against India in Chennai in 1998, and then fell off the international circuit after a few months? In the Sydney Morning Herald, Daniel Lane narrates what happened to Robertson a…
Greg Baum, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, says yesterday, at the MCG, the pitch did a bit, and so – subtly – did the bowlers, but the batsmen flattered them. Once, most good batsmen played late, with soft hands, delaying contact until all the mo…
It is often said that New Zealand raise their game when they face their Trans-Tasman rivals Australia but the reality over the past decade is quite different, writes Will Brodie in the Sydney Morning Herald. It’s as if sports-starved fans have contri…
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Greg Baum recounts Australia’s dramatic chase at the Wanderers. Tahir screamed for lbw. Cummins said he felt it was going to leg. Johnson said to him it had pitched outside off. ”That’s just what I thought!” Cummins said…
Peter Roebuck funded the education and well being of several underprivileged youth in Africa. One such person lucky to cross Roebuck’s path was Psychology Maziwisa, who met him in Harare during a Test match in 1999. Maziwisa recounts his experiences wi…
AP Former Somerset captain and renowned cricket writer and broadcaster Peter Roebuck committed suicide at a hotel in South Africa on Saturday soon after reportedly being questioned by police. He was 55. A report by the Sydney Morning Herald, …See all…
By ninemsn staff ABC cricket commentator and Sydney Morning Herald columnist Peter Roebuck has died in South Africa, aged 55. ABC Grandstand manager Craig Norenburgs confirmed the acclaimed writer's death this morning. "Incredibly sad news. …..
“Madness, chaos, calamity and bizarre were the sorts of words thrown about Newlands as the Australians collapsed to 9/21,” writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald. “A few others might be added, including inept, irresolute, reckless, feckless …
