I have had an abiding love for cricket from the time when I was 6 years old. My first memory of the game is Lillee and Thommo pounding the Poms in 1974/75. I remember learning about the sport’s rich history in the lead-up to the Centenary Test in March 1977. And then I saw the future of the game I loved when I embraced Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket later that very same year.
Since then, friends and family know not to interrupt me when Australia is playing a Test Match, particularly when the Aussies are batting.
I’ve been writing for The Roar since September 2018, in the wake of the sandpaper scandal, and have since attained Guru Status.
My full suite of Roar Articles can be accessed here:
But here’s a selection of my favourite Roar articles:
Rainbow Nation united in song: Why South Africa’s WTC triumph is great for Test cricket
My poem for Shane Warne (theroar.com.au)
‘In the bedroom crying’: Remembering Warnie (theroar.com.au)
Why I admire the Poms (theroar.com.au)
The shot: Can one moment define a career? (theroar.com.au)
‘Where would we be without him?’: AB and me (theroar.com.au)
The sliding doors of Test cricket (theroar.com.au)
The night I cried at the SCG (theroar.com.au)
One hit wondering: The close defeats we celebrate (theroar.com.au)
Clash of the greats: The 1984 West Indians versus the 2001 Aussies (theroar.com.au)
Do runs warrant redemption? (theroar.com.au)
Smith sizzles in the summer of Stokes (theroar.com.au)
Ben Stokes: The ecstasy beneath the agony (theroar.com.au)
Steve Smith: Aesthetics versus efficacy (theroar.com.au)
Steve Smith: Celebrating the man I condemned (theroar.com.au)
The spirit of cricket – celebrating the noble failure (theroar.com.au)
We can’t handle the truth – Australian cricket’s culture (theroar.com.au)
Searching for the spirit of cricket: Defiance in the face of defeat (theroar.com.au)
How the ‘Spirit of Cricket’ misses the mark (theroar.com.au)
