Peter English
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Brett Geeves has become such a good fast bowler for Tasmania over the past two years that he has been picked in Australia's limited-overs squads, but his cult following has come from laugh-out-loud blog
The Ashes 2009
Australia must face harsh reality
Ricky Ponting regularly says Australia play at their best when their backs are to the wall. It's not true with this side
The Andrew Symonds saga
Oops, he's done it again
Despite grace from some of the most powerful people in Australian cricket, the Australian allrounder has failed them. Everybody involved was disappointed, but nobody was shocked that he did it again
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Can 'Junkyard Pup' rumble as captain?
Michael Clarke, the leader in waiting, has had a second high-profile run-in with a team-mate... more
Doubts derailed local hero
After surviving a series of career-threatening slumps, Hayden had the energy and the ability, but not the desire... more
It's not funny anymore
Australia v South Africa, 2nd Test, Melbourne, 5th day
Australia's rebuild has turned into a major unplanned renovation after the series defeat to South Africa... more
Downsides of the warm-up
Australia's low-key series win over New Zealand did not deliver all the solutions ahead of the South Africa title fight... more
Savage grace
Andrew Symonds is a simple man, yet full of contradictions, who needs to grow up to the realities of being a high-profile sportsman ... more
Nice to be here
It used to be a hardship posting. Now India has become the number one destination for Australian players... more
Bored games
As half of Australia's cricketers have been at pains to point out, cricket isn't tiddlywinks. Nor, apparently, is tiddlywinks either... more
Right place, right time
Beau Casson started the West Indies tour on work experience, but is in line for a promotion for the third Test... more
A coup and a mistake
South Australia's signing of Younis Khan is a short-sighted error... more
Independent to the end
As a bowler MacGill was intelligent, volatile and compelling... more
It's hard to say, Shane, but don't do it
Watching Warne bowl in Test cricket again is a tempting proposition, but he really shouldn't be thinking of coming out of retirement... more
Thrown in at the deep end
What does swimming have to do with cricket? More than you think when it comes to coaching... more
In-vogue to outcast
Chris Rogers made his Test debut in January. Three months later he is without a national contract, and moving states... more
The pressure's on the panel
Not much has been expected of Australia's selectors in recent years, but the time may have finally come for them to raise their game... more
Domestic chore
Following a season of massive player change in the Australian domestic scene, the Pura Cup final needs to join the revamp... more
XI for '11
Australia have been shedding legends with alarming rapidity. What will their 2011 World Cup side look like?... more
Goodbye to the summer of spite
Some lessons for India and Australia following three months of controversy and drama that overshadowed some wonderful cricket... more
Gillespie steps down in Adelaide
ICL signs bowler for three years
Jason Gillespie, Australia's sixth-most successful Test wicket-taker, has announced his retirement in Adelaide... more
The whispered goodbye
Jason Gillespie deserves better than the muted farewell he will get... more
Show me the money (but not to Matt or Ricky)
At the Indian Premier League auction 13 Australians suddenly discovered their world value, some to their chagrin... more
Rash dash for cash
Why Australia's players should rest instead of joining the IPL crush... more
Position vacant
One of the game's best coaching jobs is currently available and will not be filled until at least September due to a lack of high-quality applicants... more
Life after Gilly
Adam Gilchrist has become the fifth top-drawer player to have quit the Australia side over the last year. Managing the transition will a massive challenge for Ponting and Co. ... more
The right time to exit
A man of the highest standards does not need to be told his powers are waning and Adam Gilchrist went before the occasional lapses could blur his spectacular name ... more
Attack hurts Australia
Waugh's over-confidence led to his team's streak of 16 ending in Kolkata in 2001, similar over-confidence from Ponting's side could have the same result in Perth in 2008... more
Never say draw
Ponting outpoints Waugh in record winning streaks
A comparison of the Test-winning streaks of Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting ... more
Open your eyes, Ricky
Australia's captain needs greater awareness of his team's actions... more
Australia's attitude lacking in appeal
Australia v India, 2nd Test, Sydney, 5th day
Australia could not believe it when they had several appeals turned down on the final day, but after the umpiring perks they received during the match they had nothing to complain about... more
Australia bow to very, very special batsman
Australia v India, 2nd Test, Sydney, 2nd day
As Laxman left the field, having made a sublime hundred, those watching knew they had witnessed something special... more
Slow bowling in a spin
Spin bowling is causing so many furrows that Australia's youth selectors have spent the past two weeks looking at how they can beef up the stocks... more
Big audio dynamite
Curse-free and fabulous. Listening in to the Australia-New Zealand Twenty20... more
Rewarding journey
Australia's selectors have been wooed again by Ashley Noffke, who is preparing for the Twenty20 against New Zealand on Tuesday... more
Protect the leader, prepare for the future
Why Brett Lee needs to be handled with care leading up to the India series... more
Happy holidays
Australian diaries before Christmas
A peek into the Australian team's diaries during their little off season this December... more
First impressions
Stuart Clark has developed a liking for the early breakthrough... more
Leave MacGill alone
It's time to accept Stuart MacGill for what he is. Australia's premier spinner is the man to replace Warne... more
Laying down new markers
Watching John Buchanan at work in his new role as uber coach... more
Foreign policy
Australians will learn more about the direction favoured by the nation's cricket decision makers in the next month... more
Pride and prejudice
Australia's greatest danger at the World Cup is not their revived nemesis England... more
An old friend returns home
For three years the Melbourne Cricket Club's library collection was packed up in boxes waiting for its new home on the third level of the members' area... more
Retirements expose missing link
So much for all the talk of carefully planned generational change... more
Judgment days
Australia's three selectors will debate the first-Test squad in Melbourne over two days in one of the most difficult choices of their tenures... more
The need for less speed
Michael Clarke on cutting risks for reward
Part of Michael Clarke's off-season was spent as a grey nomad, joining Andrew Symonds in week-long campervan trip between Sydney and Brisbane... more
Sitting on the fence
Queensland bowlers turn farmers in the name of teamwork
Mending fences is usually the domain of cricket administrators, but in Queensland the state's bowlers have built them in the pre-season's most novel and constructive exercise... more
Cricket Academy '06
Back in training for world domination
Any concerns that Australia was going to regress at all levels after the Ashes loss were not visible on the cushioned ovals of Brisbane's Allan Border Field... more
Accidental hero
Brett Dorey clearly remembers lying in shock near the top of an Austrian mountain predicting his sporting career was over... more
Bookmen and their myths
The trouble with unauthorised biographies
Shane Warne and Keith Miller have more in common than portraits in the Lord's Long Room. Over the past 12 months they were also the subjects of biographies that have become more recognisable for escapades and conquests than on-field achievement.... more
Tough at the top
Dressed in his life-saving helmet, Justin Langer takes on the look of a miner working by lamp light, forever belting away and succeeding in his efforts to increase his capabilities from what started out as a limited workspace... more
Kicking out racism
Increasing racist taunts at Australian grounds
An embarrassed Cricket Australia has had to ask the government for help punishing spectators yelling racist abuse at visiting sportsmen... more
Time for a break
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Expats, fatigue and a Sri Lankan surprise
Cricket support in Australia has boomed over the past week... more
Toughening up for the road ahead
Marks out of ten - South Africa
Graeme Smith came to Australia with a young team and bright hopes. He finished the Test series with a 2-0 loss, but was boosted by a number of strong performances that should benefit South Africa when they face the same opponents in March... more
Ponting to the fore
This will always be Ricky Ponting's series. He captained Australia to a 2-0 victory, marked his 100th Test with twin centuries and took two individual awards... more
Magnificent in maturity
Ricky Ponting gets to 100 Tests
Ricky Ponting is like a child soapie actor who grew up with the world watching. He has been a fixture of Australian summer lounge rooms for so long that his walk towards cricketing middle age has come as a surprise... more
World-Cup drops and shark bait
The Australia-South Africa rivalry
South Africa and Australia grudgingly admit common characteristics - sledging, playing hard and mostly fair, a desperate desire to win, more sledging - but that's where the conciliatory handshakes end... more
Mr Cricket finds his way
A qualified teacher who prefers delivering run-scoring lessons, Michael Hussey has elbowed his way into the side ahead of other stars... more
Regaining lost power
Peter English writes on Australia's resurgence after losing the Ashes... more
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