Pakistan mugged by pace cartel in Gabba's dark alley
Lower-order runs might be an afterthought, but Test series are invariably won by the team whose bottom four contribute more.
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Malcolm Knox
BBL manipulates us – and we love it
Six years in, I still don't know if my instinctive fondness for the BBL proves that I am a renaissance man of catholic tastes and broad toleration, or a pea brain.
Renshaw is cricket's youngest fogey
With allowances made for daylight savings, television schedules and stopping Queensland's curtains from fading, the inaugural pink-ball Test match at the Gabba started only two hours later than the old red-ball ones.
Why a loss to Pakistan could cost Boof his job
Given the events of May 2013, Mickey Arthur's confessed feelings about coaching Pakistan against Australia are even less 'surreal' than the fact that it is Darren Lehmann who is under more pressure to keep his job.
Beating the Kiwis doesn't suddenly make Australians world-beaters
Whew. That's a sigh of relief, not a reaction to a bad smell. For a moment the Australian cricket team was at its lowest point since the mid-1980s. But that kind of talk is so two weeks ago.
Nothing would be more exciting than another Woods major
A man, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, is what he thinks about all day long. What then was Tiger Woods? What he thought about all day, or what he thought about all night?
Back from rock bottom, Australia find depth
Australia might have hit rock bottom during the series with South Africa, but they are still searching for depth.
Are they that good or are we breaking bad?
The most frequently asked question this cricket season is: 'Are they that good or are we that bad?' Or, a year ago when Australia were playing the West Indies: 'Are they that bad or are we that good?'
How far is CA prepared to take day-nighters?
The promoters of day-night Test cricket have declared the experiment a success, yet it is far from a sure thing that next summer's Ashes series will feature a pink-ball game.
Wade changes tune of Australian team
Cometh the hour, cometh the annoying little prick. If the wicketkeeper is the drummer in a cricketing band, Australia had ditched Charlie Watts and brought in Keith Moon.
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