Remember the days when Kerry Packer had revolutionised cricket? One day cricket had swept the globe and Benson and Hedges cigarettes sponsored the cricket without a hint of protest.
Continue readingSarfraz never made it into Wylie by Gordon Smith
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Cricket (pitches) on the radio by Les Everett
• The pitch at Boilup between Kojonup and Collie. Photo by Les Everett
Last week I spent a few minutes in the ABC Perth studio with Breakfast presenter Ivo Da Silva talking, of course, about abandoned cricket pitches.
A similar chat in October on ABC Goldfields-Esperance led to some great finds around Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Leonora and Coolgardie. This time the audience was statewide and as I listened to flood and fire warnings on the drive to East Perth I realised many would have other things on their minds.
Still, as with each of the radio (and TV and newspaper and social media) spots I’ve done while ‘working’ on this project the response was immediate and wide-ranging.
This time, however, the tips received might have reinforced the point that there are lots of unused cricket pitches in WA – and I’ve seen most of them.
Continue readingA word on that game by Les Everett
That off stump
That front foot
That short boundary
That first innings
That slower ball
Continue readingNot too much but enuff by Les Everett
I am not a sports nuffy. In fact, that’s the first time I’ve ever used that word. And last.
You should be dancin’ – a 1972 Ashes story by Les Everett
Dance lessons weren’t too bad. I wasn’t much good but others were worse. The girls from Prendiville College would come over to CBC after school for an hour or so under the eye of a lady who knew all the steps. Continue reading
The 2019 lists by Vin Maskell
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Death Of A Typographer by Nick Gadd
You like fonts? You like murder mysteries? You like 1970s Dutch prog rock? You’ll love Melbourne writer Nick Gadd’s second novel. ‘Clever, witty and very stylish,’ said The Age. Lots of fun. Continue reading
When dreams come true
Golden Boy by Christian Ryan was recently named the Wisden Cricket Monthly best cricket book ever.
Here’s a book review from australianrules.com.au published in 2010… Continue reading
Back for the Test
I used to be a five-day-all-day man but I left live Test cricket behind many years ago. The lure of shade, the digital representation of the WACA scoreboard and a more appealing Australian team led me back this week – a couple of hours on day three and 65 minutes or whatever it was on the final day. Continue reading
All Tests in Perth from 2019 EXCLUSIVE
australianrules.com.au cub reporter Vin Maskell has gained exclusive access to a draft press release from Cricket Australia (additional “reporting” from Les Everett who, unlike Maskell, has been to Perth). Continue reading
Captaincy and learnings* in the Big Bash
Shaun Marsh trudges off Perth Stadium. It’s because, according to the ground announcer HE’S OUT!!!!
It felt like I was in a team meeting but I was just on the couch as usual. Perth Scorchers captain Adam Voges was being interviewed a few days before the historic Big Bash semi final at Perth Stadium. He’s learned stuff, he said, from two trial matches and the One Day International played at the new venue – in short the team batting first had won comfortably each time. The Scorchers tend to like bowling first but they’d obviously need to reconsider. Continue reading
