Of the 243 players who have worn the various incarnations of the Australian men’s ODI uniform, few have divided opinion about their merit as much as Marcus Stoinis. His teammates and many fans love what he brings to the team as a hard-hitting all-rounder with wicket-taking ability. But there are just as many who think […]
Round 4 separated the likely from the aspirational. It produced a huge upset and exposed some frailties in other sides. Victoria vs Tasmania CitiPower Centre, Geelong 3 Sentence SummaryTasmania provided a stern test for Victoria’s young attack. The Vics fought hard, but in the end the match petered out into a tame draw. Some outstanding […]
There’s an old maxim along the lines of: ‘not understanding the mistakes of history dooms one to repeat them’. There’s undoubtedly some truth to this. Not understanding the potential consequences of your actions is a sure way to fail, maybe even a sure ticket to a Darwin Award for those hardest of understanding and least […]
Over this next series of articles I will be selecting teams for each state comprising the best performed domestic 50 overs players in the competition’s history. There is an important distinction here. This is not a team of the best 50 over players to have come from New South Wales, it is the best performed […]
It would seem appropriate a debate is had about how our elite players navigated the past season – obviously dominated by the World Cup. For many loyal servants of our game their contribution to our game at the elite level may have come to an end: Specifically, Michael Hooper, Quade Cooper, Bernard Foley, Nick White, […]
