Message to New Zealand: please bowl first

Jan 8, 2013: Iain O'Brien joins Jarrod Kimber to discuss New Zealand's collapse at Newlands, the late Neil Adcock, Luke Ronchi and John Buchanan's "frosty" relationship with NZC

Australian cricket

The myth of Shane Watson

Jan 7, 2013: 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

Cricket News Hurl

Victory Camel edition

Jan 5, 2013: 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

Sri Lanka in Australia 2012-13

Cowan's 7.3 seconds of pain

Jan 4, 2013: In 7.3 seconds at the SCG , Ed Cowan went from intelligent cricketer and author to a cricketing dunce.

Mr Cricket is a stupid nickname

Jan 2, 2013: Gideon joins Jarrod to discuss Hussey, Shane Watson (sorry), Glenn Maxwell's sudden rise and the passing on of Tony Greig and CMJ

Sri Lanka in Australia 2012-13

Herath: An underappreciated hero

Jan 2, 2013: 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

Cricket News Hurl

A partial retirement that shook the world

Dec 29, 2012: 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

Australian cricket

Swords out for dissenting tongues

Dec 28, 2012: If you want women, fame and money, it's probably better to be a cricketer than a cricket administrator

No driving, no trash-talking, no Mahela

Dec 25, 2012: Gideon Haigh gives us a morbid history of men who performed on Boxing Day. Control Freakiness stops the trash-talking Big Bash

'I don't even have a blazer to burn'

Dec 24, 2012: Iain O'Brien talks to Jarrod about the New Zealand captaincy issue, and that's it, for a while

Cricket News Hurl

Salt Water Moose drowns Test cricket

Dec 22, 2012: Jesse Ryder inspired Luke Ronchi to make a hundred in each innings for Wellington against Northern Districts this week

Counting Tasmanians and quarantines

Dec 21, 2012: Gideon Haigh and Jarrod Kimber number the Hobart crowd, ask for ball "modification" and talk about Shane Watson again

Cricket News Hurl

Not just metaphorical death

Dec 15, 2012: It was sad, but the end has truly come. A form of cricket died this week

Watching Ricky in the rain

Dec 11, 2012: Gideon Haigh joins Jarrod Kimber to wax romantic about Ricky Ponting's retirement, talk sharply about Cricket Australia's entertainment complex and Sri Lanka's talent cliff

Cricket News Hurl

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

Dec 8, 2012: 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

Australian cricket

Uncertainty at three for Australia, still

Dec 6, 2012: 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

Australian cricket

Growing up with Ricky

Dec 4, 2012: 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

Faf wears an apron

Nov 27, 2012: Gideon Haigh joins Jarrod Kimber to discuss the great Faf, Imran's heavy hand, the end for Quiney, fair pitches, Rory's comeback and Josh's free hotel rooms

Cricket News Hurl

Abul Hasan in 'The Perfect Ten'

Nov 23, 2012: 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 ...

Australia v South Africa, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 1st day

The evolution of Clarke the untouchable

Nov 23, 2012: The public perception of Michael Clarke has changed dramatically in his eight years as a Test cricketer

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