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. …..
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“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 …
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Roebuck writes: “Never forget that at the time of his criminal activities Salman Butt was captaining his country. Never forget that he was at the pinnacle of his career and at the top of a huge cricket community in a…
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Mike Brearley writes in rich detail of a fierce opponent who went on to win his respect and become a close friend – Dennis Lillee. Still a fine figure of a man, direct of gaze and striking of looks – bald now, but with che…
Keith Miller is perhaps the most glamorous cricketer to come out of Australia, and one of the most talented. More than 120 Australian cricketers have chosen their five greatest players for a new book, and in the Sydney Morning Herald, Ian Chappell waxe…
WA's grade competition has tested my love of cricket, but now is not the time to turn on our backs on it. Another summer is about to arrive with the same old hope that this is going to be the year that WA cricket finally turns it around. …See all…
Peter Roebuck, in the Sydney Morning Herald, says Ricky Ponting is looking fit, light and alert, but his dismissals in Galle suggest his mind is the one thing letting him down. Most likely Ponting’s mind has been liberated by his return to the ranks. M…
Peter Roebuck, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, says there was a level of professionalism in Australia’s combination in the Galle Test, as they produced their most suffocating bowling performance for a long time. Throughout a fretful Sri Lankan in…
Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that by including Nathan Lyon and Trent Copeland in the party to play Tests in Sri Lanka, Australia’s selectors have cast aside established protocols, ignored contracts and acadamies, and focused on pro…
As Australia’s chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch’s decisions make or break careers. Yet he does not talk much to the media, remaining an enigma for the public which has targetted him as the panel’s figurehead, writes David Sygall in the Sydney Mor…
