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Australia spoil India’s party
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar What Australia has achieved in this ODI World Cup confirms the force this team is within the white ball format. Not only did they defy the odds, but they defied them in a fashion not many thought this side could do. To beat...
Maxwell Madness leads Australia to another potential World Cup birth
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar India looks like the team to beat in this year’s 2023 ODI tournament. The hosts do seem destined to lift the trophy this year, having been unbeaten so far. Their winning streak signifies the strength that Rohit Sharma has within...
Australia’s Tide Turning
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar The ODI World Cup is one long tournament. And although the Australians didn’t have the best start to this current campaign in India, they have displayed a tremendous amount of fightback in their last two fixtures. Beating Sri Lanka...
ODI World Cup – India October 2023
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar Given that Australia are statistically the most successful team to ever grace the One Day International scene, our expectations are for the very best from our boys each time they step onto the field. The Aussies couldn’t get the...
Notice of 2023 AGM
Dear Member, Please find downloadable below details of our Annual General Meeting which is to be held on Friday, 27th October at William Angliss starting at 11.30am. An electronic version of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 2022~2023 Financial Year...
Pavilion coming this October!
The new magazine is out mid October with contributions from editor Ken Piesse, Mark Browning, Pam Bishop, Charles Davis, Ken Davis, Mark Dunstan, Ric Finlay, Peter Glenton, Kobe Jacobs, Peter Lloyd, Greg Morrissey, Barry Nicholls, Pam Payne, Geoff Poulter, Wayne Ross...
The Ashes 2023 – a series to long remember
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar This 2023 Ashes series will be long remembered. Not just because of the captivating cricket that was on display throughout all five Test matches, but also because of the controversies, storylines and bitterness the series generated...
Vale Ken Woolfe
Extremely sad news - Ken Woolfe has passed away, aged 95. Ken, ACS Life Member, played an instrumental role in the formation of The Australian Cricket Society in June 1967 along with 22-year-old rising lawyer, Andrew Joseph. Ken was a keen wicketkeeper, cricketer and...
An anticlimactic end to a thrilling Ashes series
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar In the end, England’s ultimate demise was the result of their weather. It isn’t an English summer without a bit of rain and the timing couldn’t have been any more cruel for the hosts. As an Australian, retaining the Ashes in this...
Are the England fans getting to the Australians?
by ACS literary scholar, Kobe Jacobs In a do-or-die situation, England stood up to the task of keeping this current Ashes series alive. Their three-wicket win at Headingley was fuelled by constant barracking from the England fans over the four days, which might just...
Bairstow’s brain fade causes English uproar
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar On Day 5 of the Lord's Test, the Australians somehow managed to turn the home of cricket into one of the most hostile environments we have seen in the history of cricket. It was at no fault of their own. Alex Carey only did what...
An Ashes Classic – Australia win day five thriller at Edgbaston
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar Those in Australia who stayed up until the early hours of Wednesday morning witnessed arguably the greatest Test match ever played between England and Australia and goodness hasn’t there been a few? The First Test at Edgbaston must...