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Cricket Book heaven at the Junction on Sunday

Australian Cricket Society cricket book lovers are welcome to  see our cricket book exhibition at the Junction Oval on Sundays from 9.30 a.m. We are set up in the foyer of the CitiPower Centre, next to the refreshment stand. Mr Cricket, the Warren Saunders story, $50...

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2019 Footy Luncheon – Gerard Healy

Friday, 15th March @Kooyong LTC (12noon) We are thrilled to have Fox footy commentator and expert Gerard Healy joining us on March 15, for what will be an unforgettable launch to the 2019. AFL season. Gerald is well known as the former Aspendale, Melbourne and Sydney...

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Renegades Celebration – Marcus Harris

ACS/Taverners proudly present- Melbourne Renegades Celebration night Wednesday, 27 February 5.45 pm -7pm  Dr Watson’s Bar (Sherlock Holmes inn) 415 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD Admission $25, includes a pint & finger food Our guest of honour is Victorian,...

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Salute Billy Murdoch

Australia’s finest early captain – and certainly the most militant – Billy Murdoch was a cultured technician, quick on his feet and at his best, impossible to contain when set. Scorer of the first two double-centuries in Australian-first-class cricket, in 1881-82, he...

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Christmas with Harsha

Harsha Bhogle delighted at our 2018 Christmas dinner at Kooyong. He spoke passionately and most eloquently of the rise and rise of Indian cricket. Geoff Lemon proved the toast to cricket.

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Poor Scheduling Pivotal

KEN PIESSE SAYS: Those in control of Australian cricket can blame only themselves for the loss of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, even before Friday’s Sydney Test. They were stood over and bullied by their Indian counterparts. Downgrading Brisbane to also-ran status — and...

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Christmas with Harsha

A busy week coming up for us all with the great man coming down the Chimney in seven days time. After another big lunch, and either asleep on the couch or a game of backyard cricket we'll be on to the greatest day on the calendar other than the 25th and that's...

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Paine the real deal

KEN PIESSE says Australia’s win in Perth is no one-off.  Tim Paine’s team can go all the way and win the series from here. Australia’s cricket coach Justin Langer says Paine does not have a peer in the world when it comes to keeping wickets — and as a leader, his...

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Hail a one-Test wonder

There have been more than 50 ‘one-Test wonders’ in the history of Australian cricket. KEN PIESSE pays tribute to one, Colin Guest, who died in mid December 2018 One ball, an outswinger to the run colossus Bobby Simpson changed the career path of broad-shouldered...

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Harsha Bhogle : Christmas Test Dinner

Harsha Bhogle has been covering Indian cricket since his teen years working for All India Radio. Most Australians first heard his dulcet tones and impeccably spoken Indian English when the ABC engaged him to describe India’s matches during their 1991-92 tour here, and...

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