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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...

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Debunking 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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Healthy 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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