Tabla de contenidos para 2021-22 en Universal’s Summer Cricket Guide

MEN MARSH SHEFFIELD SHIELD Round 1 Sep 28 -Oct 1, 2021 Queensland v Tas., Riverway Stadium, Townsville SA v WA, Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide Victoria v New South Wales, CitiPower Centre, St Kilda Round 2 Oct 14-17: South Australia v New South Wales, Adelaide Oval Western Australia v Queensland, WACA Ground Oct 15-18: Victoria v Tasmania, Melbourne Cricket Ground Round 3 Oct 25-28 Queensland v South Australia, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane Oct 26-29 New South Wales v Victoria, Manuka Oval Tasmania v Western Australia, Blundstone Arena Round 4 Nov 6-9 Queensland v Victoria, Gabba NSW v Western Australia, Bankstown Oval, Sydney Nov 7-10 Tasmania v South Australia, Blundstone Arena Round 5 Nov 17-20 New South Wales v Tasmania, Sydney Cricket Ground South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide Oval Victoria v Western…

BIG BASH LEAGUE 11 5 Dec, 2021 Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars (SCG) 6 Dec Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat (Manuka Oval, Canberra) 7 Dec Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers (Marvel Stadium, Docklands) 8 Dec Perth Scorchers v Brisbane Heat (Optus Stadium, Perth) Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers (Univ. of Tas. Stadium, Launceston) 9 Dec Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades (Adelaide Oval) 10 Dec Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder (MCG) 11 Dec Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes (SCG) Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers (Optus Stadium, Perth) 12 Dec Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars (Sydney Showgrounds) 13 Dec Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades, (Metricon Stadium, Carrara) 14 Dec Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers (Blundstone Arena, Hobart) 15 Dec Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers (MCG) 19 Dec Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder…

Arr, another Ashes summer. For long-time cricket lovers like me, it’s a time of extended celebration. Throughout Australia and beyond, in homes and offices and on mobiles and tablets, millions of us will find a way to watch that first hour or two from Brisbane on December 8. Ashes cricket has been an irresistible for me ever since the mid-‘60s when a teenage Doug Walters made a century on his debut in Brisbane. So searingly hot was it in Melbourne that early-summer Friday that our principal at Beaumaris state allowed the boys to remove their ties. I sprinted home, knowing that the ABC’s telecast of the final two hours of the opening Test was about to begin. Against the might of England’s finest, Walters shared an epic partnership with Victoria’s…

CAPTAIN AARON FINCH, 34, aggressive opening batsman. ODI debut 2012-13, T20 debut 2010-12. ODIs: 132, highest score 153*, strike rate 90. T20s: 76, highest score 172, 2 100s, strike rate 150. Last of his 209 white-ball internationals 2021. Captain in 41 ODIs and 49 T20s. Tests: 5 (2018-19). No Tests v England. Capped more than 200 times at white-ball level and now in his twilight years, Finch remains a formidable clean-hitting opener, whose cover driving is unequivocal and joyous. An 18-ball ODI half-century in Dambulla in 2016 equalled the Australian record held jointly by Simon O’Donnell and Glenn Maxwell. Has the highest ever score in a T20: 172 at Harare in 2018. Covid has restricted ODI scheduling but in three games against India in early summer 2020-21 he made 114,…

There will be roadblocks, surprises and an injury or two pivotal to this summer’s Ashes fortunes. Just a week of centre wicket matchplay has been factored into England’s 2021-22 Ashes preparations, increasing the likelihood of complications. But, after an extended seven-Test summer – the last of which wasn’t scheduled to finish until mid-September – England is battle-hardened for a titanic tilt at cricket’s grandest trophy. And with matchwinners like Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer in their squad, the Englishmen command immediate respect. They are both world stars and at their best, as good as anyone in Australia’s best XI. The pedigree of England’s top 6 does not rival its multi-optioned attack. But first-time tourist Rory Burns is in career-best form at the head of the order and could frustrate the…

CAPTAIN ANGELO MATHEWS Aged 34, right-hand middle-order batsman. T20 debut: 2009. T20s: 78, 1148 runs at 25.51, highest score 81* v NZ, Auckland 2015-16, strike rate 117; 38 wickets at 31.57, best 3-16 v Netherlands, Chattogram 2013-14, economy rate 6.99, strike rate 27. Has captained SL in 16 T20s for 6 wins, 9 losses and 1 no-result. Reinstated, yet again, as SL’s white ball captain. His impressive CV includes 5000-plus Test runs. Bowls little now. ASHEN BANDARA 22, middle-order batsman, leg-breaks. T20 debut: 2020-21. T20s: 3, 75 runs at 37.50, highest score 44* v WI, Coolidge 2020-21, strike rate 125; 0/2. A consistent six-hitter, he hails from St. Aloysius’ College in Galle. DUSHMANTHA CHAMEERA 29, right-arm medium pace. T20 debut: 2015-16. T20s: 22, 33 runs at 6.60, highest score 12,…

PACE TRIO CONTRACTED Australia’s most formidable cricketing state New South Wales continues to place a keen emphasis on youth with the contracting of three promising fast bowlers: Hunar Verma, Jack Nisbet and Josh Baraba who join Ryan Hadley as rookies. The state’s pathway system saw 2020-21 rookies Baxter Holt, Lachlan Hearne, Oliver Davies and Tanveer Sangha elevated to full contracts. Holt and Hearne were part of the squad which played off for the Sheffield Shield, while Davies and teenage leg-spinner Sangha enjoyed stellar seasons for the Sydney Thunder, Sangha named in Australia’s major squads for the white ball tours of New Zealand (in February) and the tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh (July-August). Davies, 21, was part of NSW’s winning Marsh One-Day Cup team. He made a sparkling 57…

FINAL TABLE THE FINAL: February 8 (Sydney Cricket Ground): Sydney Sixers 6-188 (Vince 95) d Perth 9-161 (Livingston 45, Dwarshuis 3-37), by 27 runs PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Josh Philippe (Perth Scorchers) MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARDS Adelaide Strikers: Wes Agar Brisbane Heat: Chris Lynn Hobart Hurricanes: Scott Boland Melbourne Renegades: Sam Harper Melbourne Stars: Adam Zampa Perth Scorchers (Simon Katich Medal): Jhye Richardson Sydney Sixers: James Vince Sydney Thunder (Mike Hussey Medal): Alex Hales HIGHEST TOTALS 5-232 Thunder v Sixers, Adelaide 7-219 Thunder v Stars, Canberra 1-219 Stars v Sixers, MCG MOST RUNS, 2020-21 BEST STRIKE RATES MOST SIXES 30 Alex Hales (Thunder) 28 Liam Livingstone (Scorchers) 26 Chris Lynn (Heat) 22 Jake Weatherald (Strikers) 21 Ben McDermott (Hurricanes) 19 Colin Munro (Scorchers) 18 Dan Christian (Sixers) 17 Glenn Maxwell…

RAY LINDWALL (born 1921) October 3: The first to 200 Test wickets, he took 228 in 61 Tests at a strike-rate of 59, equal to the finest Australian bowlers of all. Formed a lethal new ball partnership with Keith Miller. Near express, he possessed a formidable outswinger which veered late. Was just 178 cm (5 ft 10 in). Captained Australia in a one-off Test in Bombay (Mumbai). Later was a Test selector. BETTY WILSON (born 1921) November 21: Australia’s greatest woman cricketer, whose national appearances were limited by laissez-faire post-war scheduling, Wilson was a fabulous free flowing batter, master off-spinner and superb fielder, the best of her time. In 11 Tests, she made 862 runs at 57 and took 68 wickets at 11. Her finest moment came at St Kilda’s Junction…

December 22, 1954, will always be special for me. My grandfather took me to the Sydney Cricket Ground to watch the final day of the second Ashes Test. Never had I been so absorbed. Australia were ‘Typhooned’ by Frank Tyson but Neil Harvey made 92 not out against the odds. I had a new hero. Six decades later, here I am telling my hero’s story. The Last Invincible is the first full-length biography of one of Australia’s finest. I am incredibly honored to be able to tell Neil’s story. As a Test selector Neil picked me for my first tour of England. His fellow selectors back in 1968 were Sir Donald Bradman and Jack Ryder. Years later I got to know Neil well. Along with Alan Davidson, Neil and I…

MEN December 9-12 Australia A v England Lions, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane January 27 Cricket Australia XI v New Zealand, WACA Ground (50 overs, d/n) WOMEN September 17: Australian XI v India, TBC (50-over) January 26: Australia A v England A, EPC Solar Park, Canberra (T20) Jan 28: Australia A v England A, EPC Solar Park, Canberra (T20) Jan 30: Australia A v England A, EPC Solar Park, Canberra (T20) February 5: Australia A v England A, Drummoyne Oval, Sydney (50-over, D/N) Feb 8: Australia A v England A, Karen Rolton Oval, Canberra (50-over) Feb 10: Australia A v England A, Karen Rolton Oval, Canberra (50-over)…

Australia has a new cricket hero. And he’s just 22. Cameron Green may be the new boy on the block but his popularity is already rivaling that of a young Brett Lee or Dennis Lillee. At an autumn-time charity fundraiser on the pristine lawns of Perth’s Government House, Green was king of the kids, the queue for his picture and autograph enormous. West Australian legends including Justin Langer and Graham McKenzie were also in attendance, but Green was the one most were clamoring to meet. At 198 cm (6 ft 6 in), he’s impossible to miss. He happily smiled for dozens of photos, telling everyone how pleased he was to be home. ‘I’d been travelling around so much. It was great to be back home. You forget how good Perth…

Many Australian Ashes aficionados still have nightmares about aggressive, hard-hitting, fast bowling allrounders stealing 11th hour victories from under our noses. The extraordinary deeds of English supermen Ian Botham in 1981 and Andrew Flintoff, 2005, are part of cricket folklore. Yet, astonishingly, they were to be surpassed in 2019 by Ben Stokes’ heroics at historic Headingley, Yorkshire’s cricketing Citadel. Stokes’ audacious, against the odds 135 not out triggered a miraculous victory at Leeds in the mould of Botham’s stunning ton four decades earlier. It was one of the finest all-time displays of raw, innovative, devil-may-care batsmanship. Even Aussies camped on the rowdy Western Terraces on ‘Stokes Sunday’ were in awe of his almighty knock, maybe the finest ever by an Englishman and certainly the best by a redhead in Ashes…

The rise of the Afghani team out of a war-torn nation is the most uplifting cricket story of the 21st Century. Strongly influenced by their neighbours in the east, Pakistan, cricket has become the most popular sport in Afghanistan. Out of the ruins of destroyed buildings and lives and displaced refugees, the delight of cricketers full of enthusiasm and skill is testimony to the triumph of the human spirit. A Test nation only since 2018, Afghanistan has already won three Tests, against Ireland, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Compare that to the initial progress of 2021 Test Championship finalists New Zealand, who had to wait a quarter of a century for their first-ever Test victory. Now the cricket-mad Afghanis face their toughest-ever assignment: a one-off Test away from home at Australia’s southern-most…

CAPTAIN JOE ROOT Born: December 30, 1990, Sheffield. Represents Yorkshire, 183cm (6ft.). Righthand No.3 batsman. First-class debut: 2010. Test debut: 2012-13. Tests: 105, 8714 runs at 48.65, best 254 v Pakistan, Manchester 2016, 12 100s, strike-rate 54 runs per 100 balls; 38 wickets at 44.81, best 5-8 v India, Ahmedabad, 2020-21, 1 5wI, strike-rate 86 balls per wicket, economy rate 3.12 runs per over. Test record v Australia: debut 2013, 24 games, 1694 runs at 40, best 180, Lord’s 2013, 3 100s; 13 wickets at 38, best 2-9, Lord’s 2013. Has captained 50 Tests since 2017 for 26 wins, 18 losses and 6 draws. Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2014. Third Test tour of Australia. Likely to bat at No.4 in the Tests. Has five double centuries in his CV,…

CAPTAIN KANE WILLIAMSON, 31, right-hand No 3 batsman. ODI debut 2010. T20 debut: 2011-12. ODIs: 151, 6173 runs at 47.48, highest score 148 v WI, Manchester 2019, 13 100s, strikerate 81 runs per 100 balls; 37 wickets at 35.40, best 4-22 v South Africa, Paarl 2012-13, strikerate 39 balls per wicket. Has captained NZ in 77 ODIs for 41 wins, 33 losses, 1 tie (in the 2019 World Cup final) & 2 no-results. T20s: 67, 1805 runs at 31.66, highest score 95, v India, Hamilton 2019-20, strike-rate 125; 6-164. Has captained NZ in 49 T20s for 23 wins, 1 tie, 24 losses and 1 no-result. Averages 39 in ODIs and 13 in T20s against Australia. Four-times winner of the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for NZ’s finest cricketer. Outstanding, technically-correct batsman;…

GABBA UPGRADE BENEFITS CRICKET The future of the ‘Gabba as a premier Australian cricket ground is assured with substantial redevelopment plans in place ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games. Terry Svenson, Queensland Cricket’s CEO, said the redevelopment of the Gabba was a once-in-a-generation opportunity that would be of long-lasting benefit to all. ‘A summer Olympics would be a landmark event for Brisbane and it’s very exciting to know the Queensland Government has identified the Gabba as having a lead role,’ Mr Svenson said. ‘Queensland Cricket sees the great benefits of a redeveloped Gabba and the knowledge that cricket’s heritage and particular requirements will be considered in this process as a legacy from the Games is exceptionally encouraging.’ In player movements, allrounder James Bazley, 26 comes into the squad as a…

Victoria enters the 2021-22 season full of expectation with more than half its squad aged 23 and younger. Four youngsters made their Sheffield Shield debut last season and six played for the firsttime in the Marsh Cup. ‘The experience for these lads was invaluable,’ said Victoria’s head coach Chris Rogers. ‘You expect some inconsistency with inexperienced players, but they held their own and this season is another opportunity for them.’ Bowling allrounder Will Sutherland and fellow 21-year-old Mitch Perry played all eight Shield matches last season, while Todd Murphy, 20, Jake Fraser-McGurk, 19 and Zak Evans, 21 also featured. Fraser-McGurk won the Australian Cricket Society’s Young Cricketer of the Year award. His 38 not out was pivotal in a winning run chase against NSW at the Sydney Cricket Ground in…

CAPTAIN MEG LANNING No. 3 batter. Club: Box Hill. School: Carey Grammar (Melb.). Test debut 2013, ODI & T20 debut 2010-11. Tests: 4, 185 runs at 23.12, highest score 57, strike rate 40; 0/10. Has captained in 2 Tests for 1 win and 1 loss; ODIs: 85, 3925 runs at 53.76, highest score 152*, 14 100s, strike rate 93; 1/114. Has a superb ODI captaincy record: 52 wins, 1 tie and 7 losses from 60 matches; T20s: 110, 2914 runs at 35.97, highest score 133*, 2 100s, strike rate 115; 4/39. Has captained in 78 ODIs for 58 wins, 1 tie, 18 losses & 1 no-result. Outstanding No.3 at the top of her game. Consistent, passionate, talented. Has been rated among the top three or four batters in the world…

ACROSS 1 Ooo, arr. (7) 4 Took a rare ‘five-for’ at the WACA. Englishman. Slowie. (7) 9 His only Tests were in England in ‘72. (6) 10 Ever-popular early Aussie ‘keeper with a record 52 Test stumpings. (8) 11 Pommy paceman who enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame in Adelaide, with seven wickets. Not that long back. (7) 12 From a great English cricketing family. Made 287 on debut. Nicknamed ‘Tip’. (6) 13 Binga. (3) 14 1950s Aussie journeyman with an incredibly high backlift. (4) 16 Co-starred with Ian Botham in the stand which saved the Ashes. (6) 17 Harold Larwood’s Bodyline partner. (4) 20 English allrounder who debuted in 2014. Moeen … (3) 21 Two-time Ashes tourist in the ‘60s. No Tests. Ever-so-tall. (6) 23 1990s English paceman. His…

Years ago, a favourite uncle gifted me five or six 1930s cricket books he’d collected as a child including Charlie Macartney’s My Cricketing Days. It was the only one with a dust-wrapper and shows ‘The Governor-General’ striking a straight drive with menacing ferocity. Macartney loved to hit the first ball of the match straight back at the bowler. The harder the better. It’s an original Herbert Fishwick, taken with a revolutionary telescopic lens during the 1920-21 summer which Macartney dominated. Known as the father of modern sports photography, Fishwick’s action photographs are clear and dynamic taken even from long range, outside the pickets, sitting with the crowd. Macartney’s 1930 memoirs are lively and still relevant. He was Don Bradman’s first hero and exactly 100 years ago he made 345 in…

Autographs and cigarette and trade cards have a blue chip popularity among cricket memorabilia collectors. Signed cricket bats from the ‘70s and ‘80s are also being keenly sought. Max Williamson from Abacus Auctions says one signed bat from the 1983-84 one-day summer sold at hammer for $675, four times above its estimate. ‘Collecting habits are changing,’ he says. ‘Younger collectors are interested in more recent happenings, rather than those from eras before they were born,’ he said. ‘And this includes even Don Bradman related ephemera.’ Baggy green caps remain a market staple, recent sales including Terry Jenner’s baggy green at $5250. Used only in a handful of Tests, it is still in near pristine condition. The interest in real-life photo cards from between-the-wars is another perennial. All but six of…

MEN VODAFONE TEST MATCH: AUSTRALIA v AFGHANISTAN 27 November – 1 December Blundstone Arena, Hobart VODAFONE ASHES SERIES: AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND 8-12 Dec The Gabba, Brisbane 16-20 Dec Adelaide Oval (day/night) 26-30 Dec Melbourne Cricket Ground 5-9 January Sydney Cricket Ground 14-18 Jan Optus Stadium, Perth DETTOL ODI SERIES: AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND 30 January Optus Stadium, Perth 2 February Blundstone Arena, Hobart (day/night) 5 Feb Sydney Cricket Ground (d/n) DETTOL T20I SERIES: AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND 8 February Manuka Oval DETTOL T20I SERIES: AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA 11 Feb Sydney Cricket Ground (night) 13 Feb The Gabba, Brisbane (n) 15 Feb Metricon Stadium, Carrara (n) 18 Feb Adelaide Oval (n) 20 Feb Melbourne Cricket Ground WOMEN COMMONWEALTH BANK WOMEN ODIS 19 September v India, North Sydney 22 September v…

TESTS PLAYED 2011-21 AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND First Test in Australia: 1876-77 Tests in Australia: 180 (Australia won 95, England 57, drawn 28) Overall: 351 (A 146, E 110, drawn 95) Highest total (in A): Australia 9-662 dec., Perth 2017-18; England 644, Sydney 2010-11 Lowest total (in A): Australia 42, Sydney 1887-88; England 45, Sydney 1886-87 Most Tests: Allan Border (A) 47; David Gower & Graham Gooch (E) 42 Most runs: Don Bradman (A) 5028 at 89.78; Jack Hobbs (E) 3636 at 54.26 Best average: Don Bradman (A) 89.78; Herbert Sutcliffe (E) 66.85 Most runs in a series (in A): Don Bradman (A) 810, 1936-37; Walter Hammond (E) 905, 1928-29 Highest score (in A): Bob Cowper (A) 307, Melbourne, 1965-66; RE ‘Tip’ Foster (E) 287, Sydney, 1903-04 Highest partnership (in A): 405 (5th wicket), Don Bradman…

Ever since the 1994-95 Ashes summer, the Barmy Army are a perennial in mainland outers, cheering and singing for their beloved homeland. Their numbers invariably excel in Australia around Christmas/New Year when the temperatures back home are freezing and it’s dark by 4 o’clock. In high summer at sporting Citadels such as the MCG and the SCG the numbers of Barmy Army-ites, have been known to swell to 10,000 and more. Every Ashes Test, at least pre-Covid, Melbourne’s old Bay 13 and Sydney’s Victor Trumper Stand overflow with sunburnt, vociferous, holidaying Poms. In the New Year Test of 2002-03, English visitors made up more than half the 20,000 attending Day 5. Well-oiled and boisterous, they revelled in England’s sole victory of a one-sided summer. The end-of-series ‘lap’ where the players…

CAPTAIN TIM PAINE Wicketkeeper, No. 7 bat. Test debut 2010, Tests 35. Tests v England: 10, 372 runs at 28.61, highest score 58, Manchester 2019; 46 dismissals (45 c & 1 stmp). Has captained 23 Tests for 11 wins, 8 losses and 4 draws. Last of his 47 white-ball internationals 2018. Post-war Australian Test XIs have fielded few older ‘keepers but Paine remains fresh faced, focussed and ambitious. Also has some unfinished business after England’s 2-2 ‘Great Escape’ in 2019. Won all 4 tosses last summer against the Indians for an overall 13/10 record. His input with the bat from No.7 is integral to his longevity. Remains the most polished gloveman in the country. Has been a supreme ambassador for his sport since the Warner-inflicted Cape Town meltdown of 2018.…

Few have ever matched Don Bradman’s popularity, but Richie Benaud went close. So prominent was Richie’s contributions to the BBC and Channel Nine over a half century that even after his death, in 2015, the station insisted on keeping his voice as part of their famous ‘finisher’: ‘This… has been a Channel Nine production.’ Benaud the broadcaster was famous for his economy of words and cracking Australianisms delivered always with lucid authority and bulletproof timing. He was the peerless master of the pause, inter-mingling his dry, impartial wit with oldfashioned logic and an array of irresistible one-liners. His most celebrated, ‘Twoo for twenty-twooo’ is still a television favourite and is triggering late summer tribute lunches Australia-wide. Advising young broadcasters about the value of golden silence, he’d tell them to put…

After enduring a win-less season in 2020-21, South Australia’s new season recruits include Brendan Doggett and Nathan McSweeney (Qld), Jake Carder (WA) and Nathan McAndrew (ACT/Sydney Thunder). Doggett was a pivotal pace bowling force with four wickets in Queensland’s latest Shield title win in April. He will benefit under the expert eye of head coach, Test pace legend Jason ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie. Victoria remains in team building phase, while NSW again had most representatives on the wintertime white-ball tour of the West Indies, despite several prominent players staying home. SHEFFIELD SHIELD KEN PIESSE’s 2020-21 TEAM OF THE YEAR Cameron Bancroft (WA) Marcus Harris (Vic) Marnus Labuschagne (Qld) Travis Head (SA) Cameron Green (WA) Moises Henriques (NSW) Sean Abbott (NSW) Tim Paine (Tas) Nathan Lyon (NSW) Mitch Swepson (Qld) Scott Boland (Vic)…

WEST END BACK AGAIN Having endured a win-less season in 2020-21, the South Australian Cricket Association was buoyed when its major partner West End agreed to a four-year extension of its longtime corporate sponsorship. The release of a new 150th year Celebration book, and the signing of several players from interstate including Australian squad paceman, Queenslander Brendan Doggett, was also welcomed. Lion Australia, the owners of West End, has been a priority sponsor for South Australian cricket since the early 1950s. Its ‘West End’ logo is emblazoned underneath the famous Adelaide Oval scoreboard and on the front of the Redbacks’ playing and training kits. Also new to the state squad is another Queenslander Nathan McSweeney, who had first played for the Bulls as a 19-year-old and promising rookie batsman Ryan…

RECOMMITTING TO CRICKET In a world without the coronavirus pandemic, Jayden Goodwin would be in Zimbabwe, spreading the word of God. Instead he is back among West Australia’s elite cricketers, looking to re-start his professional career. He already has walked away once from cricket to fulfill his Mormon mission – a voluntary two-year stint of community and personal service 18-year-old males are expected to complete while they deepen their faith. ‘Several uncles serve God and help others,’ he said. ‘I saw it as a great blessing to also do that and teach others about Christ.’ Overseas travel bans have forced him to stay home in Perth and he’s relishing the opportunity to once again focus on cricket, having originally been contracted as a rookie in 2019. His father Zimbabwean-born Murray…

CRICKET SUMMER GUIDE readers can again win tickets-for-two to all of this summer’s six Vodafone Test matches. We have double passes for each of the opening two days for the Australia-Afghanistan Test in Hobart from late November and the five-Test Ashes series between Australia and England, starting in December. We also have tickets-for-two to days one and two for the Commonwealth Bank women’s Ashes Test at Manuka Oval between the Australia and England in late January. The tickets are courtesy of Cricket Australia. PLUS • Dan Liebke’s 50 Great Moments in Australian Cricket (Affirm Press)• And Bring the Darkness Home, the Tony Dell Story by Greg Milam (Pitch Publishing)• The new updated and highly-illustrative edition of The Establishment Boys, Barry Nicholls (Wakefield Press)• Signed-by-Jack Potter copies of his justpublished autobiography Born…