Great bowling actions of history.

A building discussion on Craig’s blog prompts me to ask this question. I offered Allan Donald and Craig McDermott as great actions that I often imitated as a young junior cricketer. In cotrast to what I might have suggested in the discussion, I think a great bowling action is as effortless as it is devastatingly [...]

Super 14 rugby commences…

And the ACT Brumbies look set for a very long and painful season after a 34-3 mauling at the hands of the Crusaders. Summary here.
One could say that it bodes well for the Wallabies, given that Crusaders coach Robbie Deans will take over the Wallabies role later this year, but unless the Reds, Waratahs and [...]

World’s Smallest Bodybuilder

Courtesy of The Daily Mail, meet Aditya “Romeo” Dev. Almost as tall as a cricket bat, and, for a 9kg person, lifts 1.5kg dumbbells.
Remarkable…

More Sorry fallout…

An indigenous member of the “Stolen Generation” has taken umbrage at Brendan Nelson’s quoting of her words in his response speech.
I can’t find disagreement with the bulk of the comments. Maybe it would have been a wise gesture for Nelson to contact Mrs Lynam to let her know that he would plan to quote her, [...]

Gilly hits a ton at the WACA

Live scorecard available here.
Great scenes as he plays his final innings at his adopted home ground. Hopefully he can push on and make a big score with his WA teammate Mike Hussey. I predict 146*.

Should Sorry Day be a public holiday?

Vote here.
I personally don’t see too much significance in having one, especially when all that public holidays become is a general excuse to have the day off work and bludge (see Melbourne Cup Day for an example). I agree that there should be a day that is designated as Sorry Day, but whether it is [...]