Going into the days play the opposition were 0-57 chasing our 145 and it looked like the writing was on the wall. The batsman that destroyed us last week was nowhere to be seen though and it was a whole new ball game. We promptly took about 7 for 20 and the game was in our grasp. Unfortunately, the last two wickets (we only needed 9) evaded us for too long and we ended up [...]

The first test match between Australia and India gets underway in Bangalore tomorrow. This is a much anticipated re-match after what went down in the series that was held in Australia last summer. Australia won that series 2-1, but it is going to be a far more difficult task playing away from home. This is an Australian team which has very little experience playing on the sub-contintent and thus faces an uphill battle to overcome [...]

The first weekend of October marks the start of the cricketing season in Australia. Brad and I hadn’t played for a club since we were about 12 years old so it really was a new experience fronting up on a field of men. The games are played over two Saturday’s, so the conclusion will be next Saturday, but it isn’t looking good for our team. We won the toss and elected to bat. The openers [...]