Ashes 2015: Why I can’t wait to wait again
And so it was. On a typically bleak British summer’s day after two solid years of an insufferably elongated, combined Ashes series – that was all that was written. An anti-climactic, fragmented final...
View ArticleDebunking Twickenham: Why Australia can win the World Cup
When the Wallabies arrive at Twickenham for their match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup against England, the Australian public will observe the beginning of the campaign with a tentative optimism that has...
View ArticleThe World Cup that was already won: How New Zealand are building a legacy
If success in a Rugby World Cup could be measured in currency, economists would define skill as a more valuable asset than knowledge or physicality. Proverbially, if knowledge is power, skill usurps...
View ArticleThe numbers are in, day-night Test cricket is here to stay
In the increasingly political world of sporting administration, the International Cricket Council has indulged itself in a game of old fashioned Texas Hold Em’ poker. If cricket metaphorically existed...
View ArticleHealthy competition: How Russia has rewarded the resilience of the underdog
There’s an old saying in Russia. One of apt significance in this World Cup. Roughly translated, it means – “Ride slower and you will get further”. It’s a proverb that extols the virtues of patience and...
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