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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: 01/01/2012 - 02/01/2012
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Monday, January 16, 2012. The 4th Test - An opportunity. Hands up who had Australia leading 3-0 after three Tests against India while batting only four times in those three Tests? OK, so nobody. Normally it would be a steady as she goes approach, but the changes instituted by Cricket Australia with regards to coaching and and team selection since the release of the Argus Review mean that the upcoming Test match in Adelaide may be a little different. This completel...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: The 4th Test - An opportunity
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Monday, January 16, 2012. The 4th Test - An opportunity. Hands up who had Australia leading 3-0 after three Tests against India while batting only four times in those three Tests? OK, so nobody. Normally it would be a steady as she goes approach, but the changes instituted by Cricket Australia with regards to coaching and and team selection since the release of the Argus Review mean that the upcoming Test match in Adelaide may be a little different. This completel...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: 02/01/2012 - 03/01/2012
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Thursday, February 16, 2012. The National Selection Panel - Still Work To Do. This week's announcement by the National Selection Panel regarding the team for the next group of ODIs left more than a few cricket followers scratching their heads, and inspired a number of esteemed cricket figures and current players to make public comment about the team, about the leadership of the team, and the current state of Australian cricket in general. Brad Haddin was Michael C...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: Rebuilding the Test Team - A comparison
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Rebuilding the Test Team - A comparison. Four and a half years ago, Australia completed a five-nil sweep of The Ashes, and greats Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer and Shane Warne retired. Twenty eight and a half years ago, Australia completed a ho-hum series victory against Pakistan, and greats Dennis Lillee, Rod Marsh and Greg Chappell retired. But while Australian cricket suffered in the 1980s, the team was rebuilt effectively. Although...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: Democracy the Smokescreen
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Monday, October 24, 2011. It's official. According to representatives of both sides of the political spectrum, democracy is dead. Or at least woefully lacking in our current society. According to the "Occupy (insert metropolis here)", they are part of a large proportion of the population not being heard or represented. What they need is more democracy. Now read those first few paragraphs again and try to suspend your disbelief. Done? What we see in this debate is ...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: 12/01/2011 - 01/01/2012
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Friday, December 23, 2011. To Test Cricket, with love. There's a thin volume on my bookcase, among the other books about cricket, and it has been there for about 20 years. The book is penned by Ian Brayshaw and is about the Chappell brothers, but the opening pages of the book contain just about the best description of the first morning of a Test match one could hope to read. How long will the moisture keep the pitch “lively”? Is there a green tinge? At a Test matc...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: 11/01/2010 - 12/01/2010
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Beware of One Term Too Many. If you have a relative in Queensland or New South Wales, it may be an idea to give them a call or drop them an email before the weekend. If you do just that, ask them about the performance of their respective state governments since the last time the state went to the polls. To a lesser extent, the surprise victory of Paul Keating and his government in 1993 against the John Hewson-led Coalition led to a th...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: An unenviable (20)11
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Thursday, December 22, 2011. Ed Cowan will make his debut for the Australian cricket team on Boxing Day at the MCG. He'll join such illustrious names as Brett Lee, Steve Waugh and Craig McDermott, among others, who have made their debut for Australia in our most iconic annual Test Match. Dan Christian may also make his Test debut, and if that happens, Australia would have had 11 debutants in Test Cricket in 2011. No, one has to go back to the bad old days for esta...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: To Test Cricket, with love
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Friday, December 23, 2011. To Test Cricket, with love. There's a thin volume on my bookcase, among the other books about cricket, and it has been there for about 20 years. The book is penned by Ian Brayshaw and is about the Chappell brothers, but the opening pages of the book contain just about the best description of the first morning of a Test match one could hope to read. How long will the moisture keep the pitch “lively”? Is there a green tinge? At a Test matc...
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter: Don't do me no favours
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The New and Improved Blog of The Punter. Monday, December 12, 2011. Don't do me no favours. While some members of his team, namely the bowlers, may have thought differently, I'm sure Michael Clarke wasn't happy with the colour of the pitch when he first ventured into the middle at Bellerive Oval last week. Australia's bowling is looking dangerous and youthful at the moment, and as such, could be relied upon to deliver a robust performance without any extra assistance from the pitch. Last year on Boxing D...