Cricket Features

'We are chomping at the bit' - Carey craves more history

'We are chomping at the bit' - Carey craves more history

Australian women’s cricketer Nicola Carey is perfect at balancing an appreciation of the past, while keeping her steady eye on the next challenge. 20 Mar 2021
'Get out there and live your life' - Jemma Barsby's MS fight

'Get out there and live your life' - Jemma Barsby's MS fight

Ask Jemma Barsby what her toughest on and off field challenge she’s faced as a cricketer is and she won’t tell you it’s the pressure of being a professional athlete. 16 Mar 2021
Waugh: Gilly was the game-breaker

Waugh: Gilly was the game-breaker

A few days ago, Steve Waugh ruffled a few feathers by stating that Adam Gilchrist was the greatest match-changer in the great sides he captained – sides populated by some of the very best to occupy their various roles: Hayden, Ponting, Warne, McGrath and S. Waugh himself. 16 Feb 2017
Good riddance, Big Three!

Good riddance, Big Three!

The ditching of the iniquitous “Big Three” model is an indication that the ICC might have the interests of the game of cricket at heart, rather than those of its current superpowers. 7 Feb 2017
Pietersen, Lehmann and Howard - hung out to dry

Pietersen, Lehmann and Howard - hung out to dry

Now and then, a situation arises that makes the need for boundaries obvious as conflicts occur. In the recent case of Kevin Pietersen, it was the conflict between the public’s “right to know” and the protagonist’s license to speak. 27 Jan 2017
Warner needs to earn it

Warner needs to earn it

David Warner was a deserving winner of the Allan Border medal last night. 24 Jan 2017
Passages to India

Passages to India

The selected team for the Indian tour raises more questions than it answers. This is not to imply the selectors are wrong. They may have plausible answers. 16 Jan 2017
India: sorcerers and apprentices

India: sorcerers and apprentices

The Aussie tyros Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb and now Hilton Cartwright have given Steve Smith’s team that glow of hope it needed before what is going to be a gruelling tour of India. 5 Jan 2017
Leave Lyon alone

Leave Lyon alone

It doesn’t take much for cricket’s critics to turn on an off-spinner. Nathan Lyon is again under intense scrutiny after a summer of below-par returns. 29 Dec 2016
The best of Test

The best of Test

With the Big Bash coinciding with the current, excellent Test series between Australia and Pakistan, we get the very best of both forms of cricket. 27 Dec 2016
Time for separation of the powers

Time for separation of the powers

The game of Test cricket has so much the shorter games cannot possibly have. It’s time the long and short games were separated. Test cricket needs to stand alone. 19 Dec 2016
At last, some starch – now for Starc

At last, some starch – now for Starc

Some players need the “Test match temperament” and some just need to play their game. David Warner falls into the latter category. 16 Dec 2016
Mahmood The Unplayable, 1956-57

Mahmood The Unplayable, 1956-57

The Australians were on their way back from a close losing series against England in the Old Dart when they made a stopover to play one Test in Karachi against the babies of international cricket. 14 Dec 2016
Australian 2002 Test Cricket Team vs Pakistan - Where Are They Now?

Australian 2002 Test Cricket Team vs Pakistan - Where Are They Now?

Fourteen years ago,12 players in arguably one of the most dominant Australian Test cricket sides ever comprehensively beat Pakistan 3-0 in a test series played away from home. 13 Dec 2016
The Wrath of Khan, 1976-77

The Wrath of Khan, 1976-77

This month’s Inside Cricket features eleven highlights of the Pakistan-Australia rivalry. Over the next three days, we’ll feature three you might have forgotten. 13 Dec 2016
No kill like overkill

No kill like overkill

Red cards. Really? Cricket’s administrators are killing Test cricket with neglect. Now for overkill. After all, there’s no kill like overkill. 8 Dec 2016
Running off at the bat

Running off at the bat

One reason we at Inside Cricket have a regular column by Ian Chappell is not just because he has a reputation for being “straight talking”. 6 Dec 2016
Why Smith is, and should remain, captain

Why Smith is, and should remain, captain

Steve Smith is, and always has been, the man to lead Australia. Yesterday’s ODI match against New Zealand was as good an argument as we’ll get as to why. 5 Dec 2016
Complacency or denial?

Complacency or denial?

What it is that surprises a person often says a lot about their mentality, so here’s a little of mine: I’ve been surprised lately at the sheer scope and intensity of everybody’s surprise. 18 Nov 2016
The blame game

The blame game

It’s amazing how people declare Test cricket dead on the one hand, and on the other, get so outraged when Australia’s teams perform badly. The recent pronunciations of ex-Test cricketers that Test cricket is shuffling off this mortal coil are being taken seriously. 7 Nov 2016
Saffers crave revenge

Saffers crave revenge

Australian coach Darren Lehmann was a little taken aback by the comments of the South African team prior to the first Test, starting today. 3 Nov 2016

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