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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

He seems, either mentally or physically, not able to make the large scores that other batsmen make at the top level © Getty Images

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JANUARY 05, 2013

Victory Camel edition

When Jesse Ryder wasn't challenging Freddie Flintoff to a boxing duel, he was trying to bring peace and love to the world this week with a 62 off 37 balls

JANUARY 04, 2013

Cowan's 7.3 seconds of pain

In 7.3 seconds at the SCG , Ed Cowan went from intelligent cricketer and author to a cricketing dunce.

JANUARY 02, 2013

Herath: An underappreciated hero

Not enough comic books have superheroes who are old, short, pudgy with a bad marine haircut, soft round face and pants slightly too high on the waist

DECEMBER 29, 2012

A partial retirement that shook the world

There was an announcement that rocked the world this week. Like you I am drowning in career eulogies as one of the greats has decided to partially retire

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Swords out for dissenting tongues

If you want women, fame and money, it's probably better to be a cricketer than a cricket administrator

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Salt Water Moose drowns Test cricket

Jesse Ryder inspired Luke Ronchi to make a hundred in each innings for Wellington against Northern Districts this week

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Not just metaphorical death

It was sad, but the end has truly come. A form of cricket died this week

DECEMBER 08, 2012

Kids, why play cricket when you can just go fishing?

I apologise for missing last week's cricket news hurl, but unfortunately due to a communication error from Mike Hesson, I got the impression I had been fired from ESPNcricinfo

DECEMBER 06, 2012

Uncertainty at three for Australia, still

After the Andrew Hilditch years, there is something nice and warm about John Inverarity's honesty. Even when you don't agree with his take on things

DECEMBER 04, 2012

Growing up with Ricky

My emotional development as an adult seemed to run parallel with Ricky Ponting's career, as he was the cricketer who took me from my teens into my 30s

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Abul Hasan in 'The Perfect Ten'

Sometimes life can suck. Your car won't start, your mum has cancer, Imran Tahir loses his length, children starve to death, you can't find the remote ...

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

The Official World Test Cricket Day Programme

A dollar a day can barely get you a cup of coffee, or an issue of Swamp Thing, but for a Pakistan cricket fan looking to travel to India, it is also largely useless

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

England begin on amateurish note

Four men are hired to save a rich rancher's wife in Mexico. The rancher picks four people with particular skills to form the ultimate team

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Cowan's joyful loneliness

You make the hundred. You go crazy. The crowd roar. You celebrate with your batting partner. You acknowledge your family, team-mates and the crowd

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Cricket News Hurl: Vulnerable Dossier Edition

Strengths: Only comes out once a week. Only the third edition, so still not that annoying. Has a lot of cricket news in it

NOVEMBER 08, 2012

The South Africa night parade

In Japan they have a particular set of monsters called Yokai. These monsters can be anything from a small boy who carries tofu to a demon hag

NOVEMBER 03, 2012

A lifestyle cricket news column

Jesse Ryder was back last week. I wrote about it. I was excited. So was Jesse. In his first match back he shook Central Districts down for not one, but two hundreds.

NOVEMBER 01, 2012