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Media briefs: AFR black-out … Gill’s $1m claim … Gittens turns …
Just what is going on at The Australian Financial Review under very, we’re told, hands-on editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury? Plus other media news of the day.
Political snippets: A plain talking politician
I rather admire Tony Abbott for not being one of those ultra cautious politicians.
Political snippets: Oz inflation safely in the range
The Reserve Bank has been reading things right when it comes to inflation.
Media briefs: Ten’s tweet-up … The Oz swings the axe … News Ltd and the senator …
In today’s Media Briefs: no hard feelings for Ten readers? … Axe-wielding coverage at The Oz …Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections and more …
Sri Lanka vs. Australia: 1st Test open thread
If you love cricket half as much as Crikey sports guru Leigh Josey, the cricket season can never come soon enough.
travel A touch of cricket in the Maasai Mara
Imagine playing a cricket match with wildcats prowling the edges of the field and 600kg antelopes trying to nuzzle up to you. Rafiq Copeland indulges in some colonial cricket in the Masaai Mara Reserve, Kenya.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A lack of policy scrutiny and debate
Crikey readers have their say.
Jacques Kallis is the Sobers of his generation
Jacques Kallis’ exploits over the last three weeks - or indeed over the last 15 years - must draw comparison with the best that have ever played the game., writes ’s Harsha Bhogle.
Forget those cricket sackings — it was the weather that beat us
Stop blaming the selectors. Give Ricky Ponting and Michael Clark a break. Leave the coach alone. It was the La Nina that beat us, and it has taken a Pommy meteorologist to tell us the truth, writes Richard Farmer.
Should Ponting get the boot?
This year’s Ashes are proving an absolute embarrassment for Australia, particularly for captain Ricky Ponting. Jonathan Howcroft picks who should stay and which players should leave forever.
The Ashes: ladies and gentlemen, we have a contest
The sporting world turned on its axis on the weekend after Australia convincingly beat England and drew level for the Ashes series. The English have a fight on their hands…and they know it, writes Leigh Josey.
The Ashes Open Thread: Perth Day 1
Today, the Third Test begins in Perth — at the hallowed WACA Ground — and make no mistake; this is it. If Australia puts in a pathetic performance it’s over and England retain the Ashes, writes Leigh Josey.
Wordle of the Week: captains who won an Ashes Test
Crikey Sports latest wordle is constructed from captains who won an Ashes Test (the more Ashes Tests they won as captain, the larger their name appears). One thing they discover is that there are a lot of English captains called Mike…
The Ashes: you have to give it to England
England has won the Second Test in Adelaide and while it’s easy, and fun, to slag off Australia in this match, writes Cricket With Balls’ Jarrod Kimber, instead let’s praise England.
The Ashes Open thread: Adelaide day 5
Channel Nine doesn’t deserve the Ashes when this happens. Bring on “use it or lose it” anti-siphoning laws, says Leigh Josey.
The Ashes Open Thread: Adelaide Day 3
Crikey Sports scribes Tom Cowie and Leigh Josey can’t believe what’s happening. England are on top and it doesn’t look like getting better any time soon.
The Ashes Open Thread: Adelaide Day 2
Join Tom Cowie and Leigh Josey as they cover Day 2 of the Adelaide Ashes Test, trying to make sense of the enigma that is the Australian cricket team.
The Ashes Open Thread: Adelaide Day 1
So here we are. After the test from hell last week, where we somehow drew after a first innings lead of 221, where a part-time off spinner was the sole Australian wicket taker in England’s mammoth second innings, we fly down to beautiful Adelaide for the second Test, writes Tom Cowie.
Australian cricket needs a hero (or a Warne) …. and fast
The English are all over Australia in the Ashes and Australia’s only hope is that somewhere, maybe in some little town out in the bush, the new Warne is working on a few spells, writes The Independent’s James Lawton.
The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 5
Join Lethal Leigh and Tom Cowie to discuss the fifth day of the Ashes.
The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 4
The English are fighting back! Who would have thought…
The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 3
Yesterday was all about Mike Hussey’s mojo. So join Crikey’s Ashes open thread where we discuss, among all things cricket, Mr Cricket’s mojo.
The Ashes Open Thread: Brisbane Day 2
Join Lethal Leigh and Tom Cowie to talk all things Ashes in the Ashes Open Thread: Day Two.
Video of the Day: A flashback to a finer cricketing era
As The Ashes get underway, meet the the Australian cricket team’s 1930 England tour, including Don Bradman from NSW on his first tour “in the old land”. A flashback to the golden era when cricket was played by dapper suit-wearing, pipe-smoking gentlemen with well-greased hair.
