Opinion
Saturday 19th November 2016
Skelton’s role all wrong
The Wallabies are trying to fit a 140kg square peg into a round hole.
Building confidence is key
Is confidence in sport like pregnancy? Can you be half confident? Some would suggest not. You’re either confident or not.
Stuck at square one under Boof
Darren Lehmann is hardly likely to go, given the debts to him owed by his superiors. That’s why his position invites scrutiny.
Tense draw better than a loss
The former England captain looks at the different approaches to playing on the subcontinent.
Relax, golf is good for mind
Our weekly round-up of the weird and wacky in the wonderful world of sports.
Saturday 19th November 2016
Morning glory sees Scott climb
Here was a smug morning just begging to be beaten up. Comfortably warm to allow players to keep their cool.
This is our Trump moment
This was cricket’s Donald Trump moment. Nobody of any weight saw Trump coming, but everybody is wise in the aftermath.
Dark forces to descend on Dank
The problem with Stephen Dank’s appeal against a life ban is it relies upon the most reliably unreliable witness: himself.
Friday 18th November 2016
Spieth expects a lot of Luck
Two of the world’s most exciting golfers hovered around the top of the leaderboard.
Thursday 17th November 2016
Complexity can’t conceal crisis
If any confirmation was needed that Australian cricket is in crisis it came at James Sutherland’s press conference.
Spark Ange’s men must rediscover
It is not in Ange Postecoglou’s DNA to panic, but he will have much food for thought in coming months.
A journey to hell and back
Aaron Baddeley is back where it all began. But the journey from 1999 to now has been a long test of faith.
Wednesday 16th November 2016
The golfer’s chase for perfection
Golf’s secret is intoxicating. Even for duffers. Because every now and then you achieve perfection.
A model format-hopper
Few Australian batsmen are so handsome in full flight, but George Bailey still struggles with self-belief.
Tuesday 15th November 2016
Things were never this bad ...
Not even in the darkest times of Australian cricket’s 1980s dark age was it this bad. Where do we go from here?
Australia left waiting for young
It is hard not to look at what the world has got and Australian cricket has not at the moment.
Monday 14th November 2016
Wallabies must learn patience
For the fifth time in succession, a Scotland Test came down to a converted try.
Scots employ AB’s tactics
Scotland’s up tempo style of play almost proved too much for the Wallabies to cope with.
Saturday 12th November 2016
Proteas represent rainbow nation
Differing approaches off the field are now reflected in onfield results for both South Africa and Australia.
Lambeau Squirrel grips a nation
Enter big stage right, America’s latest sporting hero ... a squirrel.
