Matt Cleary

Matt Cleary

Famous cricketers I've talked to

Famous cricketers I've talked to

Including one who doesn't fit the description. House rules, okay

20-Jun-2014•Matt Cleary

Kevin Pietersen slams XYZ

Kevin Pietersen slams XYZ

Why someone should start a newspaper that's devoted to the doings of a legendary former England batsman

30-May-2014•Matt Cleary

A spot of Aussie gloating and ranting

A spot of Aussie gloating and ranting

The team's No. 1 again, but the selectors have been replaced. And the ICC? Well, it still doesn't know how to govern cricket

05-May-2014•Matt Cleary

What do Australia's cricketers do on holiday?

What do Australia's cricketers do on holiday?

Featuring X-Box, movies, seclusion, karate, steak dinners and suchlike debauchery

14-Apr-2014•Matt Cleary

Things baseball teaches us

Things baseball teaches us

American sport at the SCG - blasphemy or opportunity to learn?

27-Mar-2014•Matt Cleary

Let us now glory in Australia 2, South Africa 1

Let us now glory in Australia 2, South Africa 1

An Aussie verdict on the series. (Warning: may contain traces of Aussie gloating)

10-Mar-2014•Matt Cleary

Why Australia will beat South Africa 2-1

Why Australia will beat South Africa 2-1

You can't sneeze at a side that has Nathan Lyon, that's why

10-Feb-2014•Matt Cleary

For the love of Aussie hard-cases

For the love of Aussie hard-cases

No country produces more leathery, ornery tough guys than Australia (which does not explain what Monty Panesar's doing in this XI)

31-Jan-2014•Matt Cleary

Can you Wade through a Marsh?

Can you Wade through a Marsh?

And other life-altering questions from various parts of the cricketing world

17-Jan-2014•Matt Cleary

I beat Kostya Tszyu

I beat Kostya Tszyu

Or what it takes to defeat a champion boxer at cricket and win $20

07-Jan-2014•Matt Cleary

Doug Walters' surprise breakfast

Doug Walters' surprise breakfast

How do you rediscover your pure love for cricket? Talk to Doug Walters for starters

27-Dec-2013•Matt Cleary

Touring, who doesn't love it?

Touring, who doesn't love it?

Playing the game, enjoying fine times with like-minded types, rubbing against people from other countries in a mutually pleasing fashion? Nice

16-Dec-2013•Matt Cleary

Which Englishmen can we hate?

Which Englishmen can we hate?

It's the burning question of the day for all right-thinking Australians, but there are no easy answers

05-Dec-2013•Matt Cleary

Is George Bailey a Test No. 6?

Is George Bailey a Test No. 6?

He has had a fine run in India, but swatting full tosses out of Nagpur is no indication of a batsman's ability to see off James Anderson's outswingers in Brisbane

02-Nov-2013•Matt Cleary

Let's tonk for all our worth

Let's tonk for all our worth

Why pick bowlers, why have fielders, why grow grass on wickets? Let's give people what they want - a welter of runs

18-Oct-2013•Matt Cleary

Australia need to be Hussified

Australia need to be Hussified

The Sheffield Shield needs to toughen up and national players must feature in it for at least two months before the Test season

05-Oct-2013•Matt Cleary

Fifty overs suck

Fifty overs suck

Especially when they are offered up as an afterthought. Why not give the 25-over two-innings format a shot?

21-Sep-2013•Matt Cleary

Mitch? Dunno

Mitch? Dunno

Miserable or magnificent - who knows which Mitchell Johnson will turn up on any given day?

13-Sep-2013•Matt Cleary

How Australia will prepare for the return Ashes

How Australia will prepare for the return Ashes

With lots and lots of limited-overs cricket. In India. Say what?

07-Sep-2013•Matt Cleary

Australia's Ashes report card

Australia's Ashes report card

Who failed, who passed, and who will make it to the squad for the home Ashes

30-Aug-2013•Matt Cleary

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