John Polack

Basic errors haunt tourists again

How many times have basic mistakes cost West Indies dearly in this series

04-Jan-2001•John Polack

More blue times for labouring West Indians

Blue skies, blue hair, more blue times for West Indies

03-Jan-2001•John Polack

MacGill strikes as West Indians suffer death in the afternoon

As they have crashed headlong from one disaster to the next in this Test series against Australia, West Indies' batsmen have been spectacularly undone by a different bowler every time

02-Jan-2001•John Polack

Tests and tribulations continue for vanquished West Indians

Fourteen and counting

29-Dec-2000•John Polack

Australians experience no lack of motivation

What motivates and drives a team for which almost every victory has come to resemble a cakewalk

29-Dec-2000•John Polack

Seventy-one parts to another tragedy

All it took was seventy-one minutes

28-Dec-2000•John Polack

Australia closes in on dizzy prospect of another huge win

Paceman Jason Gillespie (3/8) has smashed through a feeble West Indian top order late on the third day of the Fourth Test here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today to have Australia thundering toward another mammoth victory

28-Dec-2000•John Polack

Australians box on with tradition

Traditions, by their very nature, live on

27-Dec-2000•John Polack

Record-equalling Jacobs stands tall again

There's no escaping the fact that this has been a miserable tour on the field for this West Indian touring team

27-Dec-2000•John Polack

No respite ahead for Tigers as Bulls' pacemen return

Already feeling the heat after a series of substandard performances, it was confirmed today that Tasmania's batsmen will face another stern examination of their new talents in their first game of the New Year

22-Dec-2000•John Polack

Queensland claims national under-19 title

Even though its conclusion occurred under cloudless skies, it was also - sadly - played out before banks of empty seats

15-Dec-2000•John Polack

Hauritz turns Final on its head

If it is the knack of successful captains to make exactly the right decisions at exactly the right times, then it seems likely that Nathan Hauritz will, ultimately, enjoy a long and fruitful career in the pursuit

14-Dec-2000•John Polack

Rivals' white line fever likely to set up grand finish again

Twelve months ago, they produced a Final more than worthy of its billing

13-Dec-2000•John Polack

West Indians eye reinvention

If there is to be a turning point on its current visit to Australia, then it's just possible that the touring West Indian cricket team produced it in the four-day match against Australia 'A' which concluded here at the beautiful Bellerive Oval in

12-Dec-2000•John Polack

Australia 'A' succumbs in next chapter of the life of Brian

Brilliant West Indian batsman Brian Lara came to the Bellerive Oval in Hobart today battered and bruised and he left it in similar condition

11-Dec-2000•John Polack

Wounded Lara leads fightback

Even on one leg, there's clearly still life in Brian Lara yet

10-Dec-2000•John Polack

Maher adds insult to tourists' misery

For a man who has been afforded just two one-day internationals to translate impressive domestic form on to a higher stage, Jimmy Maher (150) took things in his stride remarkably easily in Hobart today

09-Dec-2000•John Polack

Match's fate sealed as Love conquers all

For sides which possess arguably the strongest two attacks in the competition, Victoria and Queensland failed to really prove the case by the end of a tame Pura Cup match here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

02-Dec-2000•John Polack

Harvey hands stiff task to Bulls

Victorian all-rounder Ian Harvey has played the parts of rampaging middle order batsman, handy change bowler and key fieldsman to perfection to consign Queensland to difficulty by the halfway mark of the teams' Pura Cup match in Melbourne today

30-Nov-2000•John Polack

Hodge, Arnberger drive Bulls to distraction

Victorian batsmen Brad Hodge (103*) and Jason Arnberger (100) have crafted a superb 190-run partnership to lead their team into a strong position by the end of day one of the Pura Cup clash against Queensland here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

29-Nov-2000•John Polack

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