TONY COZIER: CRICKET COMMENTATOR AND CARIBBEAN COLOSSUS (10 JULY 1940 – 11 MAY 2016) MIKE COWARD The death of Tony Cozier at 75 cruelly deprives the cricket world of one of its most distinguished, recognisable and trusted voices. Alarmingly, it also means the beleaguered West Indian cricket community has lost its champion and one of few critics with the courage … [Read more...]
Being Jason Gillespie: A Ghost’s Story by Geoff Armstrong
In his autobiography Dizzy: The Jason Gillespie Story (as told to Lawrie Colliver), Gillespie recalled being dropped before the Fourth Ashes Test of 2005: It was chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns who delivered the news. We chatted for a while, and Ricky came over and asked, "Has Trevor spoken to you yet?” I indicated that he had. With that, Ricky just said, "Okay," and walked … [Read more...]
Honour Those Who Dug The Well That You Are Drinking From – Michael Fahey
Honour Those Who Dug The Well That You Are Drinking From by Michael Fahey Russell Crowe’s character in the movie The Water Diviner sourced and then dug wells to find water – he was the water diviner. By walking on stage with a bat at the premier, was Russell honouring cricket and cricketers or was it a cynical jump on the #putoutyourbats bandwagon? Michael Fahey answers this … [Read more...]