The real reason for Kevin Pietersen’s limited overs retirement is now apparent; it was to escape humiliation at the hands of Xavier Doherty and the world best ODI outfit.
Earlier this week one of the finest Australian cricketers of the past decade quietly closed the door on his international career. We look back over the career of a player who was considered a strong candidate for the Test captaincy until he started picking fights he could never hope to win.
Whilst England has served up a bevy of cricketers over the years who have failed miserably at International level, Australia excels at producing players who fail for very different reasons altogether.
The current Australian batting line-up may not appear to be world beaters, but they are compared to the numpties waiting in the wings. How have things gone so very wrong with the next generation of Australian batsmen?
There has been quite a bit of talk of late about Australia’s pace attack. We put Australia’s fast bowlers under the microscope to see if they’re all that Bill Lawry makes them out to be.
Michael Clarke: love him or hate him, at least he doesn’t have a face like a rat. We got two of 51allout’s writers from down under to discuss whether his ex-fiancée was fit, whether Mickey Arthur is the best thing about him and how Pune really don’t need another anchor at the top of an anchor-heavy batting order.
In Australian cricket an annus horribilis has been replaced by annus rebuildus. So we failed Latin. On reflection, that’s probably one reason why we ended up writing for a cricket website.
The West Indies really aren’t very good at this Test cricket malarkey. Here’s our take on their latest defeat.
Are Australia really still playing Test cricket? Their summer has dragged on for so long we have vague memories of Bradman turning out for some of their earlier games. Or maybe that was just David Warner. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell them apart really.
Like one of those French films you see on late night television, the second Test promised much but ultimately provided little in the way of excitement.