I’ve left Captain Cook floating around New Zealand (it’s okay, I already know where he’ll be arriving in a couple of weeks) to read Mitchell Johnson’s autobiography, Resilent. There is much to admire about Johnson’s effort to come back from being written off as an international cricketer, a comeback that represented personal growth as much …
I’ve watched Australia play Test Cricket for nearly forty years and I just saw the worst batting performance I’ve seen an Australian team offer up in that time. And I watched them through the dark days of the mid to late eighties against rampant West Indian attacks. Their performance is an exception that proves the …
It’s hard to know why an event grips public consciousness. Phillip Hughes, a professional cricketer died today of an injury sustained during a game. Search the internet and you’ll find countless articles reporting the story. One young man of undoubted talent who continued to strive to establish himself at the highest level of his sport. …
Found Greg Chappell’s autobiography Fierce Focus for ten dollars today. Enjoying it immensely already. Greg was the Chappell of my boyhood, Ian was finishing as Australian Captain and Greg had come to Queensland.
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