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Cricket News - February 2008

Brad Hogg announces retirement from international cricket

February 27th 2008 22:00
Brad Hogg


I honestly didn't see this one coming...

Brad Hogg has announced his retirement from international cricket after the current Commonwealth Bank Tri-series much to the surprise of his teammates, Cricket Australia and cricket tragics around the nation.

The left-arm spinner's retirement comes a year after the retirements of bowling legends Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, batsmen Damien Martyn, Justin Langer and a month after wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist announced his own retirement from the game.


Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series 2007-08


Perhaps more importantly is the timing of the announcement which has coincided with a severely depleted line-up of spinners on the scene - along with Stuart MacGill, Hogg was really the only other established spinner on the scene and this could have an affect on Australia's impending tour of Sri Lanka with MacGill still not able to resume playing for New South Wales after recent wrist surgery.

Despite never really establishing himself in the test side, Hoggy has been a mainstay in the one-day team since 2003. He is the proud winner of two World Cups and his incredible performances in the Caribbean last year with the ball deserves a lot of credit - his wrong'un was just unplayable at times.


Hogg said his career highlights included being part of Australia's record-equalling 16 consecutive Test wins, playing in two World Cups where the team was undefeated, and "playing alongside legends" such as Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting. His ultimate high, however, was being seen as Warne's peer.

"If someone could have ripped Shane Warne's right arm off I might have had more of a crack," Hogg said. "When I did play in '96 I said I'd never make it unless I played with Warnie in an international match. I think it was 2003 we played two games together and I think that's probably the highlight of my career as a spinner, I actually deserved that spot getting in there with Warnie."



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The Great Debate: Bat verses Ball

February 27th 2008 12:06
Cricket is a batsman"s game. Really? There can be no denying the ascendency favours the batsman at present, but it won't last indefinitely. It never does.

Who hasn't heard: It's no longer a contest between bat and ball. the rules favour the batsman. True, the rules do benefit the batsman, nevertheless, a contest between bat and ball does exist. Domination of one craft over the other, that's the contest


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The 400 club- #61- #80

February 26th 2008 15:00
61. Henry "Harry" Donnan
Debut: 1 January, 1892
Batting


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IPL player auction - Now That's just ridiculous

February 26th 2008 02:51
Just when you thought the whole idea of the IPL player auction couldn't get more crazy...

it has. The actual auction has taken place and is full of such bizarre contradictions and extravagent spending that you would think that there is no poverty in India and that the streets are paved with gold


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IPL player auction

February 21st 2008 14:21
So it's come to this

In what has to be a move for the detriment of the game cricketers are today being auctioned off to the new Indian Premier League - made up franchises, with made up uniforms playing a made up game to make cricket look and feel like football. The net result is going to be an end to international cricket


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The 400 club- #41- #60

February 19th 2008 14:50
41. Patrick George McShane
Debut: 21 March, 1885
Batting


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Injured Gilly set to play on

February 19th 2008 08:13
Commonwealth Bank Series 2007-08


Despite a suspected broken thumb, Australia's retiring wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist is set to play through the pain barrier for the rest of the Commonwealth Bank Tri-series


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The 400 club- #21- #40

February 13th 2008 12:16
21. Percy Stanislaus McDonnell
Debut: 6 September, 1880
Batting Record


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The 400 club- #1- #20

February 13th 2008 02:38
To play at the highest level represents an unattainable desire for most of us. There have been those, though, who have dared to reach for, and achieved this. Here, in Australia, in 131 years of Test Cricket, 400 men have had the privilege of reaching the pinnacle of the game.These rarefied heights have seen varying degrees of success, From record breaking careers, to stellar careers, to ordinary careers and to a brief moment in the sun. Despite personal success, these men share a common, unbreakable bond- they have all played a part in game's history. But, who are these men?

1. Charles Bannerman


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Commonwealth Bank Series 2007-08

February 11th 2008 08:45
Commonwealth Bank Series 2007-08


After the first two matches in the Commonwealth Bank Series 2007-08 between Australia, India and Sri Lanka were washed out, the tri-series is now well and truly back on track with India backing up the words of Virender Sehwag by defeating Australia by five wickets in the match at MCG overnight


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Historical moments in Cricket 1787-1837

February 9th 2008 12:06
I admit, I'm a huge fan of the game but a poor historian of it. I hope to redress this. I hope to learn more about the game- its evolution, expansion into a global game, records and intrigues- from more than 230 years of history. I begin with the formation of the M.C.C because its from this point in time that the game becomes organised.

1787. Thomas Lord, an ambitious entrepenuer and bowler for the White Conduit Cricket Club, is approached by noblemen and aristocrats and asked to set up a new private ground. He leases a ground on Dorset Fields in Marylebone- the site of the modern Dorset Square. On 31st May, he stages his first match between Middlesex and Essex. And so, the Marylebone Cricket Club(M.C.C) is formed


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Could Twenty20 become the Professional Cricketer's Semi Retirement Plan?

February 5th 2008 13:52
It's rumoured the cashed up IPL and ICL are offering contracts worth up to $1,000,000 to some of the world's finest. It's no wonder some of the biggest names in the game have signed on the dotted line. If the money wasn't incentive enough, knowing that a Twenty20 tournament lasts only a few weeks, makes the proposition even more alluring.

Both organizations have recruited heavily. The IPL especially. They claim to have a player pool of 78 with international experience. And they're paying handsomely for that experience, offering attractive sign-on fees


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Sydney Test - The BuckSonGate episode (LINK)

February 5th 2008 06:12
The Finale

Forget 4 days and 70 overs of seat-edge and occasionally eye-wateringly brilliant Test cricket. Lets start with the finish. 2 overs to go for India to draw this Test at Sydney and move on to the next 2 with a real chance of wresting the Border-Gavaskar trophy from the Australians. India still had 3 wickets in hand and their supporters were wearing tired but proud smiles and could even be forgiven for thinking that it was all over as far as the Australian push for victory in this match


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The Benefit of Tailenders who can bat

February 4th 2008 11:48
Only ten to fifteen years ago if the tail scored between fifty to a hundred runs, it was considered a successful wag. After all, the bowlers are meant to to bowl sides out and the batsmen score the runs. Right?!

Not so in today's game. You have batsmen who think they can bowl and bowlers who reckon they're batsmen. The demarcation of roles has become obscured. I'm no fan of batsmen assuming the role of a bowler, howerver, I don't have an issue with bowlers contributing valuable runs to the team's total. It gives a captain a sense of peace knowing if his side is five out it's not necessarily all out. The tail's contribution can mean the difference between a mediocre total, a competitive score and a winning one. We saw this evidenced in the recent Test series between Australia and India. The respective tails, at times, scored heavily


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Adam Gilchrist retires from cricket

February 4th 2008 09:30
Adam Gilchrist


Adam 'Churchy' Gilchrist, the man who has single-handedly revolutionised the role of the wicketkeeper-batsman, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on January 26, 2008


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The Enforcers

February 3rd 2008 10:25
When I write of an enforcer, I'm referring to a special breed of fast bowler. One whose role is to get stuck in, to soften up the batsman, then if things go according to plan, get his man. There was a time when such men tormented and traumatised the world's premier batsmen.

Australia was well served in this respect in the seventies. Lillee and Thompson were wreaking havoc, forging their legends. Such was their ferocity, batsmen turned to new equipment to help them face this scourge they feared. I remember hearing of Tony Greig and his prototype helmet. When Lillee saw it, he was incensed. He ripped in a few body shots before landing the knockout blow, an accurate bouncer which hit Greig on the head, destroying the helmet. A couple of overs later, Lillee got his man


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