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Weekly Prize - Join Any Time - Tip Round 9
The Golden Ticket - Corporate tickets, functions, Open Air Boxes at the Adelaide Oval, ENGIE, Gabba, MCG, Marvel, Optus & People First Stadiums. Corporate Suites at the Gabba, MCG and Marvel.
8 Winner: myblueroan
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Non Lions Discussion 2026
We're now in the New Year and with the new season approaching, I thought I'd get the ball rolling on where we can discuss footy issues, news and opinions not related to the mighty club, the only club with 5 flags this century which is also gunning for a 2nd 3-peat this century. Let's start with...- Words: 37
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England vs Sri Lanka 3 tests
England hosts Sri Lanka for a test series for the first time since 2016. The schedule is as follows. 1st test August 21 - 25 Old Trafford 2nd test August 29 - September 2, Lord's 3rd test September 6 - 10, The Oval. -
Test England vs West Indies - 3 tests
The Saviours of Test Cricket/kings of the moral victory host the West Indies for a 3 test series in July. The first test doubles up as James Anderson's final test. 1st test - July 10-14 at Lord's 2nd test - July 18-22 at Trent Bridge 3rd test - July 26-30 at Edgbaston England 1st & 2nd test... -
Vale Mike Procter
Legendary former South African all-rounder, coach and selector Mike Procter has passed away aged 77 as a result of complications following heart surgery. Through no fault of his own, Procter played just 7 tests, 6 of which yielded victory for South Africa, all of which were against Australia and... -
Travis Head Australian of the year
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Bazball and the Collins Dictionary
The term "Bazball" is set to be listed in upcoming editions of Collins Dictionaries after being named as one of Collins 10 most popular words of the year. Bazball will be defined as ‘a style of Test cricket in which the batting side attempts to gain the initiative by playing in a highly... -
Bishan Bedi has died
Former Indian left arm finger spinner Bishan Bedi has passed away aged 77. Bedi played 77 tests and 10 ODI's in an international career spanning from 1967 to 1979. Bedi took 266 test wickets at an average of 28.71. Of the 82 bowlers to have taken at least 200 Test wickets, only three - Lance... -
Vale Matt Rendell
Former Fitzroy captain and Adelaide Crows recruitment manager Matt Rendell has passed away aged 64 following a heart attack. Rendell's wife Leonie released the following statement: “Matthew passed away this afternoon, after suffering a cardiac arrest Sunday morning. He did not regain...- Words: 14
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Sandy Roberts has blood cancer
Former channel 7 and Fox Footy commentator Sandy Roberts has been diagnosed myeloma, a cancer that has the lowest survival rate of all forms of all blood cancers.- 010203
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David Lloyd retires from commentary.
Some sad news in the build up to Christmas - David Lloyd, affectionately known as ''Bumble'', has announced his retirement as a commentator after 22 years behind the microphone as a TV commentator. He also did some work with TMS before his time coaching England. On a personal level, I'm going... -
RIP Ashley Mallett
Former Australian off spin bowler and author Ashley Mallett has passed away in Adelaide after a battle with cancer at the age of 76. Mallett played 38 tests, taking 132 wickets, at a strike rate of 75.6 and average of 29.84. His best figures in an innings - 8-59. While Dennis Lillee and Jeff... -
Dale Steyn has retired from cricket
Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He is my favourite fast bowler and he will go down as one of the great fast bowlers of all time. -
2020 Pakistan tour of England (3 Tests, 3 T20Is)
According to the Foxtel guide, Fox Cricket will be showing Pakistan's tour of England which contains 3 tests and 3 twenty20 internationals. The test series starts on Wednesday August 5 The test series schedule is as follows: First test: Old Trafford - August 5-9; 2nd test: Ageas Bowl August... -
Every test in an Australian summer decided inside 4 days?
All four tests so far this summer have been decided at some point during day 4. I think there's a fair chance the Sydney test won't go into a 5th day which would mean every test of this Australian summer will have been decided without the need for play on day 5. With that in mind two questions... -
England tour of South Africa (4 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20s)
England end this decade and start the next one with a 4 test series in South Africa. South African cricket has endured some turmoil recently but with Graeme Smith as Director of Cricket and new Mark Boucher head coach running the show, England might be ripe for an ambush having not won a series... -
If you were appointing umpires for this Ashes series...
It's fair to say the umpires haven't covered themselves in glory this series. There have been calls to have the best umpires officiating in this Ashes series regardless of nationality. My question is this: If the ICC decided to do away with neutral umpires and you could appoint the best umpires... -
Documentary | Crossing The Line
If you have a spare hour or so, 'Crossing The Line' delves into the controversy of Australia's tour of South Africa in 2018 where we all know what happened. Interested now that a fair amount of time has passed since the series if anybody's opinion of the controversies has changed or not. -
Fox Cricket commentary and coverage 2018-19
We already have a thread for people to discuss the commentary on channel 7, so it's only fair that we have one for Fox Cricket too. Fox Cricket, like channel 7, have numerous commentators on their books: Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne, Mark Waugh, Isa Guha, Andrew Symonds, Mike Hussey, Brett... -
The Age - What Turned Steve Smith Into A Cheat?
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/what-turned-steve-smith-into-a-cheat-20180618-p4zm57.html We all thought Smith was different. From 2014, when he first stepped into the role of Australian captain at the age of 25, he brought youthful enthusiasm and what looked to be ingrained decency to... -
If Lehmann walks or is sacked, who replaces him?
If Lehmann goes or is sacked as a result of the ball tampering during in the Cape Town test, it seems there are two names who CA will look to as Australia's next coach: Ricky Ponting or Justin Langer. Who would you appoint and why? -
Forged in Fire documentary on 9
The Ashes documentary channel 9 has been promoting for a while goes to air at the close of play of each of the first three days play of the Perth test. It'll probably contain stories we already know about but it should still be interesting... -
Garry Lyon leaves Nine, joins Fox Footy
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