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Australian cricket
Why a five-match series is the perfect Test for Australia and India
This Border-Gavaskar Test series is at a fascinating pass – and the great thing is that there are still three more matches.
- by Greg Baum
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Olympics
There’s really no doubt about Gout Gout
Gout Gout has lightning speed and will need big shoulders to bear the expectations placed upon him. But he doesn’t look the least bit daunted.
- by Greg Baum
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‘The spirit of the Davis Cup’: Australian tennis legend Neale Fraser dies aged 91
Fraser won 19 grand slams but was arguably best known for his Davis Cup feats as a player, and then later as captain – a role he held for a record-setting 24 years.
- by Greg Baum and Marc McGowan
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Sports betting
Gambling is a problem because of advertising. To say otherwise is an insult
Eighteen months ago, a federal government inquiry into online gambling chaired by the late Peta Murphy recommended phasing out ads over three years. Promptly, the government got on with sitting on their hands.
- by Greg Baum
‘I thought they were pulling my leg’: Ian Redpath’s modest response to huge cricket honour
Former Test opener Ian Redpath, who passed away on Sunday, was known for his dry and self-deprecating sense of humour and his courage and class with the bat. He entered Australian cricket’s hall of fame last year alongside Marg Jennings.
- by Greg Baum
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Australian cricket
A day of embarrassment ends with further indignity for Marnus and Australia
Australia’s Test team had one of its worst days in modern memory, and one player was the embodiment of that embarrassment.
- by Greg Baum
Analysis
Australian cricket
Blink and you’ll miss it: After 17 wickets already, the Perth Test will only speed up from here
On a madcap day in Perth, the unexpected became the expected. Now everyone will have to recalibrate.
- by Greg Baum
Ten years since a near-death experience, the NBL is as happy as Larry
When the NBL was on the verge of collapsing, a saviour emerged who had never been to a game previously. Now, he’s poised to take over the national women’s competition as well.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Australian cricket
Australian fans don’t care about a second-string one-day team. Who can blame them?
It is insulting to the loyalty of cricket fans that they are being asked to support a team that plainly is not the best Australia can field.
- by Greg Baum
Australian sporting Legend Geoff Hunt played 215 tournaments. He won 178 of them
As a child, Geoff Hunt was beating men 30 years his senior at squash, including former Australian cricket captain Ian Johnson. As he is made a Legend of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, Hunt tells the story of his prodigious career.
- by Greg Baum
‘The Australian horse has done it’: Inside the Flemington bubble as an underdog wins the Cup
The Melbourne Cup legend may be wearing thin, but don’t tell anyone who was at Flemington on Tuesday.
- by Greg Baum