‘It’s the most difficult game’:How to play blind cricket

‘It’s the most difficult game’:How to play blind cricket

With Australia’s blind cricket team in the middle of a series against England,we look at what it takes to play the game with a visual impairment.

  • byCindy Yin

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Welcome to the Western Hemisphere
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Welcome to the Western Hemisphere

The revolution starts at stumps.

Howzat? Merv Hughes saves old foe Sir Ian ‘Beefy’ Botham from the crocodiles

Howzat? Merv Hughes saves old foe Sir Ian ‘Beefy’ Botham from the crocodiles

Botham got his thongs caught in some roping while transferring to another boat and plunged head-first into the Moyle River,hundreds of kilometres southwest of Darwin.

  • byIan Chadband
Putting the bite on Queen Vic
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Putting the bite on Queen Vic

While Whitlam wings it in the class war.

David Warner’s new captaincy shows few serve life any more

David Warner’s new captaincy shows few serve life any more

The disgraced cricketer will lead the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash.

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Prodding for a penalty
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Prodding for a penalty

And praying for a safe pair of hands.

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The English batsman who enlisted a hypnotist to get over Lillee and Thomson bombardment

The English batsman who enlisted a hypnotist to get over Lillee and Thomson bombardment

The notorious 1974-75 Ashes saw Australia’s pacemen terrorise the touring English batting order with a barrage of short-pitched bowling,precipitating the use of protective helmets for the first time.

  • bySimon Briggs
‘Close to Jimmy Anderson’:Is this Australian paceman about to become England’s Ashes bolter?

‘Close to Jimmy Anderson’:Is this Australian paceman about to become England’s Ashes bolter?

Australian swing bowler Dan Worrall has earned comparisons to Jimmy Anderson as a pair of England legends push for him to be selected by Brendon McCullum ahead of next year’s Ashes tour.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Cocky England have disrespected Test cricket and Sri Lanka

Cocky England have disrespected Test cricket and Sri Lanka

I hope the loss to Sri Lanka serves as a wake-up call. There is no way they will get away with playing like this against India or Australia.

  • byMichael Vaughan
Australia’s spy:Lyon brushes off Warne-style retirement

Australia’s spy:Lyon brushes off Warne-style retirement

Nathan Lyon says he has no intention of imitating Shane Warne’s grand farewell after an Ashes tour in 18 months. Instead,he has been gathering inside information.

  • byMalcolm Conn
‘I share an impatience’:The cricket culture wars Nick Hockley couldn’t win

‘I share an impatience’:The cricket culture wars Nick Hockley couldn’t win

When Nick Hockley secretly agreed to take over as Cricket Australia CEO in June 2020,few expected him to last more than nine months. His decision to exit hinted at the culture war bubbling under an apparently smooth surface.

  • byDaniel Brettig