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MAY 04, 2013

A matter of good hair

Luscious locks have been sported by many great fast bowlers, but do you need them to be a talented quick?
You don't need a fancy hairstyle to be immortalised in a tattoo © Michael Beveridge
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APRIL 27, 2013

Cricket, LA Times style

Gayle is immortalised by Americans, a birthday is celebrated, a pitch is attacked, and MS Dhoni is unnecessarily compared to Michael Jordan in this week's News Hurl
APRIL 20, 2013

Dickie's XI, and Sachin's exit

This week's News Hurl features reactions to the English umpire's XI, Gloucestershire district Lady Taverners' indoor Under-15 girls tournament, and Shane Watson's public statements
APRIL 13, 2013

A day in Bangalore

You can play, watch and talk about cricket, and then just for kicks get groped four times while making your way into the stadium
APRIL 06, 2013

Badgers stop play, Pitbull starts it

This week's News Hurl features good news for Jesse Ryder, Jasprit Bumrah and the president of the Sri Lankan Ports Authority Cricket Club, bad news for James Pattinson and Rickmansworth Cricket Club, and the lyrics of an IPL showman
MARCH 30, 2013

Jesse's perfection

This column usually starts with something on Jesse Ryder, because he is pretty much pure awesomeness. That means finding a way to shoehorn him into the news for some cameo in a domestic T20 match no one watching could remember any details
MARCH 16, 2013

Homeworkgate still the butt of jokes

Jesse Ryder did not make the news this week. I can't shoehorn him into my piece just for the sake of it based on something he has done on the field
MARCH 02, 2013

A World Cricket Committee review

Jarrod Kimber reviews the latest findings from MCC's World Cricket Committee
FEBRUARY 27, 2013

How to lose a final

Perhaps the reason that so few people made their way out to the G was because Victorian fans are so used Victoria losing finals
FEBRUARY 24, 2013

It's not Pat Howard's fault

"I'm sorry Australia but test match has very quickly slipped away! I wonder how many test matches Pat Howard played in India @warne888," said Damien Martyn on Twitter
FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Batman smashes batsman

Caleb Martin knows his cricket. Why else would the NZC ask him to toss the coin in the second ODI between New Zealand and England?
FEBRUARY 16, 2013

The Jim ban

Jesse Ryder is back. This week he hit the winning runs for the blackcaps (BLACKCAPS) in a backyard cricket game for some TV show I have unsurprisingly never heard of
FEBRUARY 09, 2013

Swollen fatherhood

The IPL tried to put a price tag on the priceless this week. Only $260,000 for Jesse Ryder? His wrists are worth more than that on their own
FEBRUARY 02, 2013

Meeting cricket's power couple

There was probably a time last weekend when you started crying uncontrollably; you didn't know why, it just hit you
FEBRUARY 01, 2013

A disgrace no more

Outside of the semi-professional ranks of England, Australia and New Zealand, women's cricket is a disgrace. Almost every team is a minnow
JANUARY 27, 2013

We can wait, Jesse

Aaron Klee is Jesse Ryder's manager. That is not like being Mike Hussey or AB de Villiers' manager. It comes with special tasks
JANUARY 26, 2013

Magic Rain Stops Play

Sure it was only a pointless three-match ODI series against a team missing Philander, Amla, De Villiers and Steyn
JANUARY 18, 2013

Bailey's Burgers Are Better

This week Jesse Ryder made the news not just for his mega-wicked 46 from 17 balls and two wickets that put Wellington into the final of some tournament, but because he may be back
JANUARY 12, 2013

Margaret the match fixer

Jesse Ryder took 9 wickets for 30 runs in a stunning spell of bowling in a dream I had this week. He was swinging it both ways like a bowler in Allan Border's Cricket
JANUARY 07, 2013

The myth of Shane Watson

Shane Watson is desperate to be an allrounder who bats in the middle order and dominates like Freddie Flintoff. Then he wants to open the batting and still bowl his full overs
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