Russell Jackson

Kings for a day

There are great players and then there are players who are great for World Cups

04-Feb-2015•Russell Jackson

Is cricket really vulnerable to physical altercations?

Cricket has had relatively few ugly on-field incidents when compared to other sports, so to start fearing the worst because of the verbal abuse going round is to take things too far

30-Jan-2015•Russell Jackson

Meet Ricky the broadcaster

Ponting's debut on Channel Ten and his grilling of Kevin Pietersen hold out hope that cricket has found a high-calibre new TV voice

16-Jan-2015•Russell Jackson

Just what is the Australian way?

It's not as easily defined as just saying it is about playing positive, aggressive cricket at all times

02-Jan-2015•Russell Jackson

Why Steven Smith's here to stay

He has experienced captaincy at every level. Most admirably, he has managed to reinvent his game to succeed at the highest level

20-Dec-2014•Russell Jackson

Healing by putting your bat out

Touching tributes by strangers all over the world have helped immensely in recovering from the pain of Phillip Hughes' death

07-Dec-2014•Russell Jackson

The last cricket bookseller

The home of Australia's first - and possibly last - full-time dealer of his kind is a treasure trove of cricket literature amassed over 45 years

25-Nov-2014•Russell Jackson

Embracing Maxwell's unpredictability

Fans pop a vein when his ludicrous tactics fail, shrug when he succeeds. Either way, cricket's first bona fide troll is not about to change

13-Nov-2014•Russell Jackson

Keeping count

A historic sporting artefact adds a touch of character to the purpose-built capital

04-Nov-2014•Russell Jackson

How boring is boring cricket?

Having graced the airwaves for more than four decades, he is a broadcasting institution on par with Benaud, despite not having played at senior level

31-Oct-2014•Russell Jackson

Jim Maxwell: Radio commentary's tireless doyen

Having graced the airwaves for more than four decades, he is a broadcasting institution on par with Benaud, despite not having played at senior level

17-Oct-2014•Russell Jackson

Cricket shirts: gotta love 'em

Cricket nerds love team shirts, especially ones from their childhood

02-Oct-2014•Russell Jackson

World Cup nerd nirvana

This diligently researched book is a comprehensive account of all matches of the World Cup, laced with long-forgotten factoids

27-Sep-2014•Russell Jackson

Johnson v McLaren: a tale of two blows

The South African allrounder had the misfortune of being in the line of fire twice this year

19-Sep-2014•Russell Jackson

The unquestioning loyalty of the sports nut

True sports fans are like Harley-Davidson loyalists. Poor marketing and tacky innovations will never turn them away from the game they love

05-Sep-2014•Russell Jackson

The nipple scourge

England's Test cricketers used to look so different. Now all you see on their shirts are corporate logos, and a certain part of their anatomy thrown into stark relief

03-Sep-2014•Russell Jackson

The Phillip Hughes debate never ends

He makes buckets of runs but cannot hold his place in the Test side. What needs to work for him going forward?

23-Aug-2014•Russell Jackson

Remembering Paul Melville

The dashing Victoria batsman was set to be a star for Australia when his life was tragically cut short at 21

08-Aug-2014•Russell Jackson

Commentary boxes need succession plans too

Channel Nine should work to maintain the standards that its best broadcasters - Benaud and Chappell - have set, rather than encourage a frat-house environment

05-Jul-2014•Russell Jackson

A Derbyshire fan in Melbourne

How books, magazines and live scorecard updates allowed an Australian teenager to keep track of county cricket in the 1990s

20-Jun-2014•Russell Jackson

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