Players / Graeme Wood

Tarantino or Bollywood?

Feb 1, 2012: India may not have turned up for the series in Australia, but Indians are everywhere

'I never feared the ball'

Jan 23, 2012: At a time when batsmen the world over broke into a sweat at the thought of the West Indies' quicks, Graeme Wood relished the challenge

Australia news

Wood resigns as WACA chief executive

Oct 12, 2011: Graeme Wood, the former Australia Test batsman, has resigned as chief executive officer of the WACA

Australian news

Western Australia sign Roach and Gayle for T20

Mar 30, 2010: The West Indian duo of Chris Gayle and Kemar Roach will join Western Australia for the Twenty20 domestic tournament next summer

Twenty20 Champions League postponement

States push for Champions League compensation

Dec 13, 2008: Western Australia and Victoria believe they have missed out on a minimum of A$600,000 due to the postponement of the Champions League Twenty20

Graeme Wood

The manic mercenary

Apr 20, 2008: Reckless but not selfless, "Woody" brought a fevered edge to the game

Annual match used for Chappell-Hadlee warm-up

New Zealand step in to fill Lilac Hill fixture

Jul 13, 2007: New Zealand will prepare for the Chappell-Hadlee Series in December by appearing in the annual Lilac Hill fixture in Western Australia

Ground to remain the home of cricket in Perth

WACA to boost capacity to 30,000

Apr 13, 2007: Perth's WACA Ground is set to increase its capacity to 30,000 in a major development project that should be completed within four years

Former Test batsman to start in March

Wood replaces Dodemaide as WACA chief executive

Feb 16, 2007: Graeme Wood, the former Test batsman, will replace Tony Dodemaide as the Western Australian Cricket Association's chief executive next month

1978

The umpire who called time

Jun 3, 2006: Umpires are always under the spotlight and sometimes the pressure gets to them. In the case of Tom Brooks, it happened during an Ashes Test

Former fast bolwer confident of winning

Legendary Lillee becomes WACA president

Sep 30, 2004: Dennis Lillee, one of Australia's meanest and greatest fast bowlers, will begin a career in the Western Australian Cricket Association's boardroom after he was elected president last night.

All Today's Yesterdays

Crash, bang, wallop

Nov 6, 2003: 1999 The sort of all-action performance that makes you wonder how Michael Slater can ever fail to make the Test team gave Australia the whip hand over Pakistan in the first Test at Brisbane