Keywords: Cricket Australia
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Smith
- 20 January 2008
2 Comments
Cricket is a microcosm of society and the furore over sportsmanship
reflects the division of Australia into two classes — the venal, whose
ultimate measure of success is the potential for profit, and the naïve,
who believe in higher values.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 22 January 2007
3 Comments
Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, he is seen as the reviver of cricket. For better or worse, he brought cricket up-to-speed with other sports, in terms of quality, and scandal. Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, Australians remain loyal to his superiority. Warne is seen as the reviver of cricket, bringing slow bowling back from the desert.
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AUSTRALIA
- Paul Daffey
- 24 December 2006
Andy Gemmell, who is 54, is in Australia on a long holiday during which he’s going to the cricket and the races and catching up with friends he met through the Compton Arms in Islington, London. The main difference between Andy and other Ashes tourists is that Andy is blind. From 12 December 2006.
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RELIGION
- Paul Daffey
- 23 December 2006
Andy Gemmell, who is 54, is in Australia on a long holiday during which he’s going to the cricket and the races and catching up with friends he met through the Compton Arms in Islington, London. The main difference between Andy and other Ashes tourists is that Andy is blind.
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AUSTRALIA
- James Massola
- 11 December 2006
1 Comment
Dennis Lillee's recent comments about the Australians paying the price for having such an elderly team were shouted down from just about all quarters. Lillee could have held his tongue, given his own privileged circumstances—but then perhaps he did have a point.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tony Smith
- 18 September 2006
The reactions of many Australians to the deaths of a crocodile showman and a racing car driver suggest that media images canonise our secular saints. Meanwhile the fictional Chris Anderson's love for his family and friends, and his integrity and humility, are very appealing characteristics.
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