I commended Darryl Hare when he called Muttiah Muralitharan for chucking. I believed he was protecting cricket from turning into baseball. As a bowler, I thought it was important to preserve straight-armed bowling and that it was unfair on me and other straight-armed bowlers to let Murali under the radar. I still think what Hare did was right, given the rules of the day, but since my childhood I have gotten to know my cricket history a lot better. Rules about acceptable bowling have gone ...

Last week I thought I was watching an umpire sledging one of the players for the first time ever in international cricket. Warney waddled up to bowl and there was the ump yelling out “Wide”. Then I realised he was referring to the bowl, not Warney himself. And the Fat Brat, Waddling Whinging Warney turned around to the ump and told him to consult the rule book and went on and on about it for about a day. This is the same Warnus Pornus who was only recently saying that the umpire’s naked eye w...

Many have pointed to the laziness of the Australian team, yet everyone seems too scared to come out and blame the captain. Ponting's last 3 predecessors constantly pushed their men to work harder, be more determined and hone their skills. Their drive rubbed off on their men. Yet Ponting sits back and lets his men play as hard as they want. Steve Waugh was not unpopular as captain, but he spoke of how lonely the job was. Waugh took a leadership role and he imbued his side with grit and determi...