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Battling England have fought back from a 14-5 deficit at halftime to beat Wales 16-14 in a scruffy but hugely physical Six Nations clash, extending a Welsh winless championship run at Twickenham that stretches back to 2012. Wales led at the interval – for the… Read More »Six Nations: Late penalty decides England-Wales thriller, Aussie ref in strife after denying Scots winning try against France

Carlton had one of the weirdest seasons in history in 2023. They lost eight out of nine games between Round 5, when Adelaide thumped them, and Round 13 when their most hated rival Essendon beat them. They then won the next nine in a row.… Read More »By the numbers: What made Carlton start winning all of a sudden?

Until quite recently, you would look through an Indian Test XI and see experience everywhere: Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja with the ball, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and, of course, Virat Kohli with the bat. The current series against England has… Read More »When King Kohli goes, India’s golden era of Test cricket goes with him

The funny thing about so many fans getting hot under the collar about Michael Neser being selected for the Test tour of New Zealand is that it doesn’t really matter.  But it does.  This contradiction of sentences needs urgent clarification.  And here it is.  He… Read More »Neser selection doesn’t matter much now to Test team but it slows down fast bowler development for the future