“Politics is a blood sport.” So said the politician Aneurin Bevan, whose stubborn persistence and booming Welsh oratory helped him spearhead one of the British government’s most revered accomplishments, the establishment of the publicly funded National Health Service.
IT’S easy to come away from the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League singing its unequivocal praises.
It’s easy to think that its stellar launch will continue seamlessly into next year, and beyond.
It’s easy too to assume that its success was written in the stars, right from the outset. It won’t necessarily, and it wasn’t. But what a first season it was.
Three games apiece against the No. 1-ranked team in the world across all formats. Not a bad result, all things considered.
Part of the Channel 9 commentary team for the T20I series between Australia and India in January 2016. Included Ian Healy, Mike Hussey, Melanie Jones, Alison Mitchell and Michael Slater.
Cheatle action similar to Starc
Some interesting statistics have been thrown up by both the women’s and men’s Big Bash
Everyone loves a stat, and none more so than the cricket connoisseur.
While statistics are not the be all and end all, they’ve a role to play not just in measuring performance but also in understanding trends and identifying areas for improvement in the game.
The ultimate athlete, Ellyse Perry has been presented with a new challenge in the inaugural WBBL season
Ask any sports fan in Australia to name a female cricketer and chances are the first name they’ll jump to is Ellyse Perry.
With every match of the KFC Big Bash League another record is broken as crowd attendances sky rocket.
With every match too, the pedigree of the tournament grows in stature with performance after performance outdoing what previously didn’t seem possible.
With every match therefore comes growing speculation over the inevitable: the make-up of Australia’s World Twenty20 squad.
The fun-loving, free-spirited, living-legend continues to live the dream in the BBL
The KFC Big Bash League is only five years old but already it’s creating legacies. Class war may be the preserve of the English, but state snobbery runs true in Australia – and no more so than when it comes to sporting rivalries.
He made his intentions clear from the outset.
“I was disappointed,” said Nathan Lyon, after being overlooked for Australia’s squad for the limited-overs series against England earlier this year.
Isabelle Westbury 