Story in the Sydney Morning Herald – John Buchanan calls for MCG Boxing Day and SCG New Year’s Tests to be dumped A little more background to the story if you have read it, and to start with the iconic Test matches. I have suggested that if CA deem the…
With the exit of former Australian Test gloveman, Rod Marsh as chairman of the Australian selection panel, it is a very appropriate time to consider new options for the national selection system. While I am not close to Australian cricket as I once was, I do hear from time to…
In a recent interview with Peter Switzer on SKY NEWS Money, Peter suggested that both the Australian cricket team and the governing Liberal party have been not getting the results that should be coming from the talent and skills within the team. LISTEN HERE So he posed that one…
http://www.fiba.com/news/coaches-dont-get-no-respect Who would want to be a coach? There is a saying that goes, “…there are only two types of coaches, those who have been sacked, and those who are about to be sacked…….” Having been a coach, I know both scenarios. There is no doubt the coaches who generally…
https://theconversation.com/in-charging-essendon-worksafe-puts-all-sport-on-notice-50396?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+November+11+2015+-+3791&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+November+11+2015+-+3791+CID_4bd06163107d84c059791902b7254218&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=In%20charging%20Essendon%20WorkSafe%20puts%20all%20sport%20on%20notice Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) has always been present in sport if not under such an institutionalized label. Such issues as having – • First Aid available at sporting fixtures • Qualified and accredited coaches to conduct athlete training • Similarly qualified officials to adjudicate contests • Increasing regulatory controls around concussion and…
There is little doubt that facing a small object hurled at you from some 60 feet or 18.3 metres, at speeds of over 90 miles per hour or 144+ kms/hr, with the ball swerving or ducking is quite difficult as the physics elaborates. What cricket does is Change the pitcher/bowler…
(data supplied by Krishna Tunga http://allthatcricket.com/) What do you see from this graph? Are we not satisfied with 3 in every 4 games are producing a result? Most results are occurring late on 4th day or part way through 5th day Do we need a pink ball and day/night Test…
In my last newsletter, I included plenty of interesting articles, news and views. However Google Analytics told us that the most viewed article was the one concerning Shane Warne. It is a simple fact, that SKW (Shane Keith Warne) attracts interest – look at his twitter following with approx. 2.4million,…
(data supplied by Krishna Tunga www.allthatcricket.com ) It was an interesting series, but the Blackcaps came well under-prepared. The numbers bear out the 2-0 result All teams around the world over the last 10 years or more have reduced the amount of cricket they play as preparation for an overseas…
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/players-are-the-ones-who-makes-games-great-20151126-gl8wou Having read Martin Flanagan’s recent article, “Players are the ones who makes games great” where he sides with Shane Warne’s view that coaches are virtually irrelevant for good teams, or possibly any teams. I must say that he does get some aspects of professional sport correct. He uses the…
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