by Australian Cricket Society | Feb 13, 2026 | Journalism Scholarship, News
By Liam Grima, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). Off the back of his 38th test match hundred and another successful Ashes campaign as stand-in skipper for Australia, Steve Smith is certainly not showing any signs...
by Australian Cricket Society | Feb 3, 2026 | Journalism Scholarship, News
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). It’s March 2027. There is a great buzz all around the MCG as play is about to start for the 150th anniversary Test match. The bowler has the new ball in hand and, like it...
by Australian Cricket Society | Jan 23, 2026 | Journalism Scholarship, News
By Liam Grima, incoming ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). Cricket has always played a pivotal role in my life. Like many kids in Australia, my summers were spent watching Test cricket on TV, while taping one half of...
by Australian Cricket Society | Jan 23, 2026 | Journalism Scholarship, News
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). Could the USA succeed as a Test playing nation? Perhaps more importantly, would the American public be open to the addition of cricket in the US summer sporting schedule?...
by Australian Cricket Society | Jan 6, 2026 | Journalism Scholarship, News
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). It’s been a crazy Ashes series. Australia has not fielded their best XI in this Ashes campaign. Josh Hazelwood will not play.. Steve Smith captained the side through the...
by Australian Cricket Society | Jan 2, 2026 | News
The annual ACS Boxing Day dinner for 2025 was held at Kooyong on Saturday 27th December, the second and unexpectedly last day of the Ashes Test match. Our special guest was Australian fast bowling great Jason “Dizzy” Gillespie. Members and their guests, 78 in...
