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ACS Scholar’s Review of the Nagpur Test – AUS V IND
by Kobe Jacobs There’s plenty to ponder and potentially some soul-searching needed for Pat Cummins and the Australian Test team, following a humiliating defeat at the hands of India in the first Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The visitors’ batting collapse in...
Country boy creating a spin: Australia’s changing of the guard?
by Sam Coulson Over a decade ago, a 25-year-old Jason Krejza took eight wickets at Nagpur. Now it’s a 22-year-old country boy from Echuca on the Murray raising eyebrows. Todd Murphy, a right arm off-spin bowler who has played only seven first class matches for...
A Dishonourable Discharge
KEN PIESSE reviews Tim Paine’s autobiography The Price Paid So angry and broken was Tim Paine after exiting the Australian Test captaincy in disgrace, that he pondered taking his own life. His Australian and Tasmanian kitbags were binned: pads, bats, gloves, helmets,...
Literary Scholar Sam Coulson’s review of the Test Summer
by Sam Coulson The West Indies flew to Australia for the second time in a matter of months following their “fall from grace” exit from the T20 World Cup in October, failing to make the final group playoffs. The once fearsome T20 side was in ruins, with head coach Phil...
Wasim Akram – Gideon Haigh Lunch Review
by ACS Literary Scholar Sam Coulson From the little kid adored by his grandmother to the international superstar honoured by billions. Sultan is a story about the life of legendary cricket champion, Wasim Akram. The Australian Cricket Society had the privilege of...
ACS Annual Report 2021-22
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THE 2023 PAVILION MAGAZINE
The 53rd annual edition of the Australian Cricket Society’s annual magazine Pavilion is available SOON to fully paid-up members. Test captain Pat Cummins is on the cover. The magazine includes: · Interviews with Greg Chappell,...
Wicketkeeper’s Luncheon Review
by Literary Scholar Sam Coulson It was a day to celebrate the often-unsung heroes of a cricket team – the wicketkeepers. On Friday, July 15th , members and guests of the Australian Cricket Society [ACS] gathered at the Kelvin Club to listen to past wicket keepers tell...
We paid homage to a hero
Having an involvement in the 2018 Indigenous tour of the UK reawakened Scott Boland’s dream of playing Test cricket for Australia. Twelve players including Scott and his younger brother Nick, played a series of matches in England as part of the 150th birthday...
500 SENIOR GAMES & STILL GOING STRONG
By Sam Coulson, our ACS Literary Scholar Our own Ken Piesse describes David Long as “a powerhouse in two camps” – at Elsternwick, where he is vice-president and at the Australian Cricket Society where he is Head of Cricket. “Longy” grew up in Ashwood and loves...
DEMOLITION DERMIE
by ACS President Ken Piesse Our annual AFL footy launch, featuring DERMOTT BRERETON, Kelvin Club, April 1, 2022 When North Melbourne follower Darren Harris collided with Dermott Brereton in the 1991 Foster’s Cup night Grand Final, it was the beginning of the end for...
What Shane Warne means to me
By Sam Coulson, The ACS’s 2022 Literary Scholar On the 5th of March 2022, I was awoken by rapid fire messages from my father and brother. Immediately I knew something was wrong, then after I opened my phone, I just did not believe it. Shane Warne passed away aged...