by Phil Dillon | Jan 22, 2021 | The Slips Cordon
HANDS up if you saw that coming. Come on now… how many would have predicted a 2-1 series win for India after the disaster of Adelaide in the first Test, when the tourists were bowled out for their lowest Test score of 36 to get thumped by a triumphant Australian team?...
by Phil Dillon | Oct 25, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
AS the Women’s Big Bash League gets ready to kick off in season six, you might think the heat would be on defending champions Brisbane. But star all-rounder Delissa Kimmince said relaxation was very much part of the message from coach Ashley Noffke as the team...
by Phil Dillon | Oct 11, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
MEG Lanning grew up idolising Ricky Ponting. So, it was fitting then that this week Lanning’s team equalled the record of her cricketing hero… 21 games unbeaten in one-day international cricket. At Allan Border Field, Australia’s women’s one-day team came of age in...
by Phil Dillon | Oct 2, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
INTERNATIONAL cricket in Australia is back. But for fans and players alike, with most of the world still in the vice grip of COVID-19, the game, and its surrounds, is nothing like we remember it. More than 86,000 people attended the Women’s T20 World Cup final between...
by Phil Dillon | Aug 17, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
LIKE most young Australians Andy Bichel grew up playing backyard cricket. The Bichel family Christmases in Laidley, an hour and a half’s drive from Brisbane in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley, were based around the game. For most of the rest of the year, Bichel’s backyard...
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