Australian Cricket Stories

Since 1934 the Australian Women's National Test Cricket Team has played just 78 Tests under the leadership of 20 Captains.

Tour games allow a 'soft' introduction to a country especially an Australian Cricket Tour to India. In 2001 we travelled 16 hours by Indian Railways to watch a 3-day draw against India A.

Before 'Waving The Flag' went live on Feb 14, 2001 many blogs were written ready for publishing, including this. Reading this 20 years later was painful. Full of present & future tenses, thankfully it's now all past!

ODI's & T20's are played strictly to their limited-overs format, but why does Test Cricket ignore its format of 90-overs in one day? Too often the spectator gets ripped off, without apology!

As cliche as it sounds, you cannot ever visit Sri Lanka without visiting the Cricket Club Cafe, Colombo, a dining room display of cricketing treasures and memories from across the world.

With 1,423+ cricket grounds in London, you don't have to go far to ask an umpire for middle & leg. Some are public parks, whilst others are beautifully manicured ovals loved to the point of divorce. Here's 10 favourite Cricket Grounds of London!

Guyana may not be in the Caribbean that we dream or expect, and though being a South American nation that excels at cricket, the Guyanese know how to celebrate the great game just as West Indian 'islanders' do.

The Waughs are the most feared of siblings to have played cricket for Australia. They're on a unique list of names that include Chappell, Hussey, Lee, Benaud, Marsh, & Agar.

Having hitched around South Africa several times and understanding the ease of road transport, taking to the skies for every game of Australia's Test Cricket Tour To South Africa 2002 was a unique feature.

Following cricket in the '90s and early '00s was spent with the same journalists that fed news, view, scores, and more back home. Tour after tour, we often played for the Australia Media Cricket Team!