Interview for The Switch Hit podcast
I had a chat with Adithya Vadapalli for an hour on December 19 2019 for The Switch Hit Podcast about a broad range of issues relating to Australian cricket over the years.
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The Waadaplaya interview
On New Years Eve 2020 I was interviewed by the guys of Waadaplaya for their Strategic Timeouts Youtube series of chats with prominent cricket fans on the internet
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Book Review: The Greatest Year: The 1971 Tours of the West Indies and England
As 2020 wends its tortuous path, it sets a bar so low that we can only hope and imagine that 2021 will be a great year by comparison. But 2021 will also be the fiftieth anniversary of what author Anindya Dutta has described in the title of his new book as “The Greatest Year”.
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May Mania: My predictions for the 2019 Cricket World Cup
In 2015 I predicted an Australia v New Zealand final, England missing the quarter-finals, and 32 winners in the 42-game group phase (one match abandoned and I somehow overlooked tipping Afghanistan v Australia).
In 2019, can I do better?
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Hold my beer, a thread
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 33 runs on Sunday April 28 2019:
Film review: "Sachin: A Billion Dreams" (2017)
At two hours and nineteen minutes plus intermission, "Sachin: A Billion Dreams" never drags, although it probably does not warrant a place on the top shelf of sporting documentaries. A love letter to be sure, but a well-crafted one.
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Taking the game backwards - why The Big 3 must go
Since the International Cricket Council's controversial revenue-sharing restructure in 2014, which essentially shared revenue back towards the three wealthiest members (India, England and Australia), international cricket competition has actually gone backwards on a global scale.
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The Best on Ground for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series of 2017
Here is the spreadsheet for the standings in my daily Best on Ground points for the 2017 India versus Australia Test series. It follows in the tradition of the Midwinter-Midwinter, the Wessels-Kepler and the #GilesWallyN, and is based on a score of 3-2-1 to the best three players of each day's play in a Test match. (Hat tip to the channel 7 commentary team of the mid-1970s from whom I adapted the idea.)
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