1. Shoaib autographing some chicks stomach
2. Stuart McGill emulating Murali’s eyeballs
3. Inzy’s outstanding average of 0.5 (give the man respect)
4. Katich’s nearly double-duck-runouts
5. Flintoff reversing the ball outside of England (look out Pakistan)
6. Ponting’s hissy-fit at Taufel
7. Two world class overs (Murali to Katich & McGrath to Smith)
8. McGrath’s leg glance off Freddie
9. The [...]

Only heard the tail end of it on the highlights after the teast wrapped up, but heard Ponting having a bitch session with Simon Taufel (who retained Statesmenlike calm I have to say), about an LBW referral that he had some kind of issue with.
He seemed, bizarrely, to be compaining at being given not-out.

Have only managed to catch glimpses of the game so far, but it seems to be following an all too familiar path. Freddie seemed to have the ball reversing well to help wrap up the Aussie second innings but who is going to stick around long enough to make the run chase look even [...]

The ICC’s mandate to the on-field umpires during the 2005 Super Series ODI’s to refer anything they like to the 3rd umpire was not the most effective way of improving the accuracy of umpiring decisions. In fact it looked to cause more confusion in the decision making process of the men in the middle.
Give [...]

The 3 Super Series ODI’s are out of the way and the best adjective I can come up with to describe them is ‘interesting’.
There was a distant and numb fascination in watching this series but like an aunt who’s kisses you loathe, I had to turn up to see her it but not because [...]

Why oh bloody why do the ICC do this? They allow the so-called use of technology into the game when it is so clearly needed but do their usual half arsed job by not giving the tools to the decision makers that are available to everybody else.
Hawkeye is proven. If anyone is interested in [...]

If Game 1, was all about the Australian team combining as a unit to exorcise the Ashes, then the Game 2 exorcisms have been a far more individual affair.
Gilchrist has vanquished Flintoff to realise that a big score waits on the other side of a Freddie spell. Martyn went toe to toe with [...]

If I wander into the forest of corporate bullshit here, forgive me. I’ve lived amongst the buzzword trees and hyperbole weeds for two decades and sometimes it’s hard to stop myself.
In anticipation of tonight’s screening of Aussie Vs The-World part 2, GK has me churning this idea of team unity and spirit over in [...]