Glenn the Greatest – ever! Maxwell’s magnificent double-ton rescues Aussies, stuns Afghanistan in WC epic

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Australia’s clash with Afghanistan on a steamy evening in Mumbai at the World Cup was the 4,696th ODI ever played. None have featured an innings even remotely comparable to the one produced by Glenn Maxwell, to haul the Aussies to the most staggering of victories and seal their semi-final spot. Words simply cannot do it […]

Time’s up, Teddy: Kangaroos need to find new fullback and captain plus get commitment from dual-eligibility stars

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Australia’s 30-0 drubbing at the hands of New Zealand in the Pacific Championships final may not be the final chapter in James Tedesco’s representative career but it should be.  The Kangaroos captain is still a very fine player and coach Mal Meninga has been loyal to his veteran fullback but at some point the reality […]

AZ Cardinals Updated Outlook: Kyler Murray Activated

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Arizona Cardinals updated Team Outlook after starting Kyler Murray was activated from the injured reserve for the first time this season. Murray suffered an ACL injury last season that has prevented him from playing the first 9 games of the season. The Cardinals traded away starting QB Josh Dobbs, clearing the path for Murray to […]

Black Caps’ World Cup loss smacks of T20 format dressed up in a Bengaluru limited-overs frock

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Are the batsmen at the ICC World Cup that swashbuckling good or is it a false economy in India? After the Blacks Caps’ Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method (DLS) loss to Pakistan at Bengaluru, it’s fair to assume the 50-over, white-ball format is in the grips of inflation. That doesn’t mean the efforts of the century makers — […]

It’s open season on A-League coaches – who might be next in the firing line?

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Those bastions of Warner Brothers cartoons, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd engage in a famous skit whereby Daffy and Bugs try to convince the eternally confused Elmer which hunting season is current, in order to save their own skins from Mister Fudd’s shotgun. In the A-League Men competion, right now it’s coaches season. […]