David Wiseman

Sri Lankans represent a different challenge for Australia

In a summer which has proven to be pretty uneventful and one-sided, thearrival of Sri Lanka to the fray is much anticipated.

06-Dec-2002•David Wiseman

Passion for cricket can't be manufactured

Successful teams in sport are those where the whole is far greater than the sum of the individual parts

04-Dec-2002•David Wiseman

Steve Waugh's absence ends a trail-blazing role in one-day game

Steve Waugh's omission from Australia's 30-man World Cup squad has basically signalled the end of his one-day career and with that, cricket can begin the lengthy process of defining Waugh's legacy to the shorter form of the game.

03-Dec-2002•David Wiseman

Questions aplenty in Australian 30-man one-day squad

The announcement of the Australian 30 man squad for the 2003 World Cup is cause for the raising of an eyebrow

02-Dec-2002•David Wiseman

Brittleness and fragility catching up with England

Has there ever been a more brittle and fragile cricket side

01-Dec-2002•David Wiseman

Century at Perth only part of the incentive for Steve Waugh

If Steve Waugh scores a century in the third Test against England he can join the elite company of David Boon, Mark Taylor, Mark Waugh and Ricky Ponting

28-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Are the all-conquering Australians dynasty makers?

Is the seemingly widening gulf between Australia and the rest of the world simply one of those cyclical things in sport, or is it the beginning of a dynasty the likes of which cricket has never seen before

26-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Four outcomes still possible after Vaughan leads way for England

Out of the Ashes from the Brisbane Test, emerged one bright spark by the name of Vaughan

22-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

England flattered to deceive - and still face a battle in Adelaide

As fleetingly as the English resistance appeared, it went away just as quickly

22-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Where has the barking British bulldog gone?

Lack of competition

20-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

England's tour already following a familiar pattern

All Ashes tours since 1989 have followed a similar pattern

18-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Are England getting full value from Alec Stewart?

As if the English selectors didn't have enough problems already on their hands, the issue of Alec Stewart would give them sufficient food for thought to feed them for a week

12-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Test loss was inevitable, despite the toss

After everything has been said and done, it's doubtful that the toss had that much of an impact on the final result of the first Ashes Test of the summer.

10-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Statistics reveal where England failed, yet again

Given how perilous things looked for England at stumps on day one, they did a remarkable job on the second day to turn things around.They restricted Australia to 492 runs and had managed to reply with 158 runs of their own for the fall of just the

09-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Jones injury a case for replacements in modern cricket?

Simon Jones' injury was bad luck for England

08-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Hussain pays in triplicate for toss folly

When it was needed that he be a leader and display courage, Nasser Hussain was found wanting

07-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

An Australian view of the required English Ashes plan

The advent of another Ashes series brings with it the predictable claims from the English camp that this series will be different to those which have taken place since 1989

01-Nov-2002•David Wiseman

Mark Waugh dropped but deserved better

This is what happens when you are so much better than everyone else, thebiggest challenges come from within.

28-Oct-2002•David Wiseman

Assembly line stutters have made life difficult for NSW

For a long time in Australian domestic cricket, New South Wales was the powerhouse and Queensland the perennial also rans but it appears those roles have been reversed

22-Oct-2002•David Wiseman

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