cricket

OK so the telecast is on an hour's delay, and the name of the winner will probably be plastered all over the news feed before the finish on channel 9, but I'll be blogging tonight's Allan Border Medal presentation. Or at least, doing a running review of the television coverage.

Follow the comments below (and join in if you like). I'm tipping the Huzz for the Gold Pugsley.

If, as we are led to believe, the Test cricket captain is the second most important job in Australia after the Prime Minister, then what are we to make of today's appointment of Karen Rolton to succeed Belinda Clark as captain of the Australian women's cricket team?

Ever noticed how much Mark Nicholas and Ian Healy resemble Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble?

It's March 5, 1988 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Tasmania loses a Sheffield Shield match to New South Wales by eight wickets. Never mind the fact that the NSW team included nine past, present or future Australian internationals, take a look at the Tasmanian lineup, and you'll see why the Apple Isle was the hotbed of off-field cricketing talent for the 21st century.