Pat Cummins didn’t think it possible. At the start of the summer, he doubted Australia’s three-pronged pace attack could go the distance of five consecutive Tests. But after cleaning up the West Indies inside three days in the first Test in Adelaide, Cummins expects himself,… Read More »First time in a decade: Aussie bowling quartet on track for rare achievement against Windies
The Wallabies parted ways with the Greatest Showman and have replaced him with Sleepy Joe Schmidt, a “boring pragmatist” so laidback and softly spoken he makes Dave Rennie look like, well, Eddie Jones. “Boring” and “pragmatist” are Joe Schmidt’s own words – not mine, but… Read More »COMMENT: In trading the Greatest Showman for ‘boring’ and ‘pragmatic’ Sleepy Joe, RA are gambling with game’s future
He might have pulled on the All Blacks jersey to take on the Wallabies four years ago, but Queensland Reds recruit Alex Hodgman says he is open to a switch of allegiances under compatriot Joe Schmidt’s Australian revolution. “Yeah, yeah, I don’t see why not,”… Read More »Why ex-All Blacks prop is open to Wallabies switch – and the ‘mental toughness’ he’s found in Australia
They used to say of fast bowlers that, when England needed a new one, they could just whistle down a coal mine and the next Harold Larwood would walk out. For many years, Penrith seem to have had the same relationship with outside backs: when… Read More »Taylan v Sunia v Paul: It’s a threeway race to replace Crichton – could it be the Panthers’ forgotten man?
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas is scoring easy votes by blasting Cricket Australia’s scheduling but he’s got a point – Adelaide has been shafted by this summer’s Test program. For the second year in a row, Adelaide Oval has hosted a lopsided mismatch against the… Read More »Test Mortem: Adelaide shafted by schedule but pitch not up to scratch, Smith-Green jury still out, SOS to ICC for Windies