A cricket bucket list

May 17, 2013: Going on a tour, writing a match report, talking to Big Merv... try doing some of these things before you meet your maker

When AB and Thommo nearly pulled off a Melbourne heist

May 10, 2013: One December afternoon in 1982, Allan Border found an ally in the form of No. 11 Jeff Thomson and they almost pulled off the greatest last-wicket chase in history

What Richards and Gilchrist did for modern batting

May 3, 2013: Their styles were completely different but the result was always the same: quick runs and defeated bowlers

Ashes

My Australian XI for the Ashes

Apr 25, 2013: The squad that has been selected isn't bad at all. The quicks could trouble batsmen, and someone like Usman Khawaja needs just one good score to start a chain of them

Cricket-watching

How to attract more women to cricket

Apr 20, 2013: Show them a good time through the sidelights, and if they enjoy themselves they may come back for more

Offbeat

Cricket's greatest bearded XI

Apr 12, 2013: And so, for no reason, cricket's greatest beard XI

Australia

Don't blame Pat Howard

Apr 6, 2013: Seemingly because he used to be a rugby player, Cricket Australia's General Manager Team Performance has been on the receiving end of some unfair criticism. The team is not performing highly but that is not (yet) Pat Howard's fault

Australia

One big muddle, 23 million solutions

Mar 28, 2013: Once upon a time, selecting the Australia Test XI was a straightforward business but, nowadays, you could ask everyone in the country and get an entirely different team from each of the them. Here's mine

Deciphering the myths of sledging

Mar 21, 2013: From Steve Waugh telling Herschelle Gibbs he's dropped the World Cup to Ian Healy's "Mars Bar" sledge, many infamous cricket yarns have taken on lives of their own - to the point that some seem to have been completely fabricated

Australia's troubled tour

The most bizarre of punishments

Mar 15, 2013: Dear sweet Superman, Moses and Mr Lillee, is this fair dinkum? Have they really stood down four blokes because they didn't do an assignment? From the Australian Test team? A team down 0-2 in a four-Test series in India?

Australia

The worst Australians since the last lot

Mar 8, 2013: Australia need to make changes to the team of lumberjacks that have chopped themselves down in India - but those yukking it up in England should know that we've seen worse and haven't given up on the Ashes yet

India cricket

What the Australians think of Sachin

Feb 27, 2013: When Sachin Tendulkar walks out to bat on cricket grounds in India, each one erupts like Old Trafford when Wayne Rooney's scored the winner

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