Christian Ryan

Christian Ryan

Little wonder if even Brad has Haddin-uff of being Brad

Little wonder if even Brad has Haddin-uff of being Brad

Toughness and a lack of nervousness are key for a keeper. One suspects they aren't a vital part of Haddin's make-up

16-Feb-2012•Christian Ryan

Goodbye, Laxman

Goodbye, Laxman

For over a decade his best was saved for Australia, thrilling prime ministers and lesser folk - until this tour

31-Jan-2012•Christian Ryan

A mind-blowing night in Hobart

A mind-blowing night in Hobart

What's the purpose of cricket commentary? To entertain and enlighten or to exaggerate and aggravate?

26-Jan-2012•Christian Ryan

Prayer for a strong India

Prayer for a strong India

Lloyd's West Indians kept coming to Australia because they played good cricket and everyone made money from it. India and Australia keep playing because everyone makes money from it

19-Jan-2012•Christian Ryan

Behind the Kohli face

Behind the Kohli face

We don't yet know what Virat Kohli will be, but he might have played the off-drive of the summer

10-Jan-2012•Christian Ryan

Ponting's fine, Ponting's odd

Ponting's fine, Ponting's odd

In Melbourne he began both innings serenely, before losing form a bit. He now seems to need to think where once he barely had to

02-Jan-2012•Christian Ryan

When's the first 500?

When's the first 500?

Eight years after he astonished Melbourne with 195 in a day, Sehwag is back. What will he produce this time?

24-Dec-2011•Christian Ryan

There's something about Warner

There's something about Warner

From one-trick slog pony to Test cricketer - and, as always, the children knew first

16-Dec-2011•Christian Ryan

The daredevil dead art

The daredevil dead art

Do slow left-armers lack something other spinners have?

09-Dec-2011•Christian Ryan

What I heard about the cricket

What I heard about the cricket

The season's begun in Australia, and there's plenty of talk about the game

01-Dec-2011•Christian Ryan

Fearless Stan

Fearless Stan

McCabe at the crease was the personification of batting with haste yet no hate. On his birth centenary, we remember the batting genius

16-Jul-2010•Christian Ryan

Consider Howard's past

Consider Howard's past

Could a man with such a poor record in matters of Aboriginal rights have made a good president of the ICC?

08-Jul-2010•Christian Ryan

Cry, the unloved cricketer

Cry, the unloved cricketer

The general public antipathy for Shane Watson may have more than a little to do with the ancient, hazy balance between the team and the individual

25-Jun-2010•Christian Ryan

Prime stupidity

Prime stupidity

John Howard's one and only contribution has been to put paid to any hope of Muttiah Muralitharan touring Australia

18-Jun-2010•Christian Ryan

A touch of Gower

A touch of Gower

A WACA innings where the batsman should, by rights, have gone on to make 400

30-May-2010•Christian Ryan

Worrell's West Indians in Australia

Worrell's West Indians in Australia

In the drabbest hours of the game came a contest that breathed life back into it and gave birth to one of cricket's great rivalries

15-May-2010•Christian Ryan

Bradman

Bradman

Cricket's greatest batsman was a colossal contradiction: a young visionary and an old reactionary; and he triggered the sport's first two great cataclysms

03-Apr-2010•Christian Ryan

Cricket on the radio

Cricket on the radio

Commentary began in the early 1920s, but it really got going with "synthetic reports" by four men in a Sydney studio during the 1938 Ashes

06-Mar-2010•Christian Ryan

Abbamania

Abbamania

Twelve years ago, Abdul Qadir, still good enough to turn out for Pakistan, spent a summer playing club cricket in Melbourne. The few who saw him remember it like it was yesterday

08-Feb-2010•Christian Ryan

Rise of the Ashes

Rise of the Ashes

From a burnt bail to the biggest crowds, the highest ratings and the tallest hoopla

30-Jan-2010•Christian Ryan

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