Why does the contemporary sports fan turn a blind eye to the deceptive behaviours of an athlete he or she chooses to admire?
The bosses at the QRL are trying to protect their turf with no interest in the greater good of the game.
20 down 6 to go! This is when we find out that the teams are really made of. It’s almost finals time! Here’s what Ant thinks will happen in Round 21…
Like a graduating high school student looking to cause havoc on muck up day Armstrong, a former cancer sufferer, managed to irk tour officials during the warm-up to the final stage, writes Luke Robert.
If the Melbourne Storm are to be competitive in 2011 and beyond, they need to bid farewell to Greg Inglis. He is the one dispensable player in the so-called Big Four, writes Nick Tedeschi.
The Yorkshire officials gracefully changed the ticket price to 5 quid for the last day, slashing 25 quid off the price. Unless I am wrong I’d say that in Australia they’d have just made the day’s play free. But there were a few who took up the offer to watch Pakistan calmly pick up the [...]
Here is a cartoon that doesn’t actually relate to a round or anything but I thought it needed to be done! Here is a larger version of the same cartoon
Australia They might be about to draw a series they would have marked down as a win, but they got to see Smith unleashed and can now get rid of North with no heavy conscience. Also Douggie finally got it right. Better late than never. Pakistan In the field had plenty of their old problems. [...]
Australia 88 & 349 (Clarke 77, Smith 77, Ponting 66, Amir 4/86) Vs Pakistan 258 & 3/140 (Farhat 67, Ali 47*, Bollinger 2/47) Half an hour before the close of play, Pakistan were cruising to victory in a very un-Pakistani way against Australia’s largely lifeless bowling line up. Imran Farhat and Ahzar Ali – in just [...]
Australia Their front line bowlers were pathetic; their back up bowler saved their ass. Then the ball stopped swinging and they eased the ball around the poorly throughout field. Pakistan Didn’t make enough of their great position with the bat, and yet again let Shane Watson get to them. Once Australia got on top they [...]
