Australia’s 1995 Test series win in the Caribbean is rightly seen as a historic event in Australian cricket, but it wouldn’t have been achieved without the groundwork laid in the previous series – 1994/95 Ashes.
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A first-hand account of Ireland’s thrilling win over Bangladesh, followed by Australia’s loss to Sri Lanka. As an Irish fan, it was the best cricketing experience I’ve ever had.
I’ve been fortunate enough to watch, coach and play more than a few cricket matches over the last couple of weeks. I’ve spent the day with my feet up, listening to Bob Willis and David Lloyd bemoaning West Indian fielding, flung myself across a sloping outfield in the name of cutting off another batch of legside wides, and prowled a boundary rope muttering curses towards LBW decisions and non-existent backing up.
A look at Australia’s disastrous ICC T20 Championship and wider implications for Australian cricket.
We have put together a list of the eleven players who we thought were unlucky not to have made it to the T20 World Cup.Some of them are bound to get their chances in the future and for some it may be the end of the road.
On the eve of the opening match, four of the Cricket Web staff give their opinions on how the tournament will go. James Nixon- owner of Cricket Web and a devout Kiwi, Martyn Corrin- the site’s resident blinkered England fan, Ganesh Venkatasubramanian- a US-based India obsessive and Will Quinn, a neutral(ish) Irishman all have a go at predicting the future.
The fourth of our previews looks at Group D, which should be a walk in the park for South Africa and New Zealand who will face off against Scotland, arguably the weakest associate nation in the tournament.
Today we preview Group C, the “group of death” which includes the world ODI champions, Australia, The runners-up, Sri Lanka and the mercurial West Indies.
In the second of our group previews, we take a look at Group B, which includes the hosts England, 2007 runners-up Pakistan, and the Netherlands, who will be hoping to cause an upset.
Of the four groups in the T20 World Cup, Group A is almost certainly the easiest. It features the defending champions India, dark horses Bangladesh and minnows Ireland.