Being an Australian cricket selector is not only a thankless task but one that comes with guaranteed scrutiny, criticism and downright abuse.  The current trio of panel chief George Bailey, Tony Dodemaide and coach Andrew McDonald have received plenty of brickbats to go with their cricket bats and not many bouquets from cricket fans and […]

There are a couple of things we know for sure about Latrell Mitchell – firstly, that he is a very, very good footballer, and secondly, that he somehow always finds himself on the news feeds and social media – and not always for the right reasons. He must not only be a coach’s dream as […]

His talent was obvious from the outset; there he was in the summer of 2009, a freshly faced 22-year-old making his international debut without having represented his state, the first Australian to do so since 1877. He had to be destined for greatness – here he was already setting a new record and he had […]

While this month’s side includes a few proven match-winners, my feeling is that it will struggle against most of the seven previously published teams. Unusually, it does not contain a single Englishman, unlike the side for December Team of the Month: A December-born World Cricket XI which featured six of them. 1. Arthur Morris (Australia, […]