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Opportunities abound for Jarred

We were thrilled when Tess Flintoffwas chosen in a teenage Australian development squad which recently toured Sri Lanka. Another of our Elite Cricket Academy scholars, 14-year-old Jarred Smithfrom Carey Grammar was recently a member of the successful Under...

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MARCUS HARRIS NIGHT

REVIEW: Renegades Big Bash Celebration night, featuring Marcus Harris @ Dr Watson’s bar, Sherlock Holmes Hotel, 415 Collins Street, Melbourne, 27 February, 6-7 pm <p>What a heady six months it has been for Victoria’s new favorite cricketing son Marcus Harris. A...

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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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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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