Opinion

A Fair Call

Lonergan stands tall amid social media threats

Posted: 03 May 12 | IMPRESSIVE would be the best way to describe the work of Essendon midfielder Sam Lonergan last night, when he opened up about the threats he had received on Twitter. |

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Time for Match Review Panel review

Posted: 02 May 12 | IS it possible for the AFL's Match Review Panel to be suspended? |

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More expansion pain to come

Posted: 10 Apr 12 | We're going to see a lot more results like the Expansion Bloody Sunday that we witnessed on the weekend as the AFL is an extremely uneven competition at the moment. |

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Dawes has big boots to fill

Posted: 02 Apr 12 | WHO would have thought Leigh Brown would be so important to Collingwood? |

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Moment of truth for many - and it's only round 1

Posted: 28 Mar 12 | IT might only be round 1, but there's two games this weekend that have ’’season-shaping'' written all over them. |

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By George, age is no issue for Bailey

Posted: 27 Mar 12 | If George Bailey needs any inspiration that a successful Test career is within his reach, he needs look no further than Mike Hussey, the man he could eventually end up replacing in the Test team. |

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So Izzy worth the effort?

Posted: 26 Mar 12 | IZZY worth the effort? Well that all depends on what your expectations are. |

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Captaincy goes to best leader

Posted: 24 Jan 12 | Call it cricket's version of Tom Harley's rise to captaincy. |

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Elephant in the room for T20 selectors

Posted: 10 Jan 12 | HOW seriously Australian selectors view the Twenty20 Big Bash League will become apparent once the team is announced to take on India early next month. |

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Puppy love could still turn sour

Posted: 06 Jan 12 | EVER since Michael Clarke was handed the leadership baton, it seemed that Pup was on a recruitment drive. |

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No 20:20 vision over Twenty20 matches

Posted: 28 Dec 11 | The manner in which Shaun Marsh departed in both of his innings during the Boxing Day Test puts into the question using Twenty20 as preparation for the longest form of the game. |

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WARNING: Never write off a champion

Posted: 22 Dec 11 | THOSE that wrote off the international credentials of Ben Hilfenhaus need a series cricket education. |

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MacGill: one wily old (silver) fox

Posted: 19 Dec 11 | STUART MacGill has always been in the shadow of one S. K. Warne. |

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Would you like fries with your Big Bash?

Posted: 15 Dec 11 | I RECENTLY gave in to temptation. |

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''Boom-whack'' batting undependable

Posted: 28 Nov 11 | CALL me old fashioned and boring, but I like a bit of dependability with my Test openers. |

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And the winner is ... CRICKET!

Posted: 22 Nov 11 | If you ever need an example of why the oldest form of the game is still the best, than the events in South Africa overnight proved it. |

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Alex Fair's 2011 All-Australian line-up

Posted: 19 Sep 11 | Using the AFL's 40-man squad, ALEX FAIR picks his All-Australian side for 2011. |

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A mixed week for George Town's finest

Posted: 24 Aug 11 | WHAT a mixed weekend it was for two of George Town's finest. |

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A FAIR CALL: Test squad follows familiar pattern

Posted: 27 Jul 11 | IF there's one thing that yesterday's Test squad announcement tells us, rather than the fact Cricket Australia contracts do not mean much, is that the Aussies will be trying to blast out Sir Lanka with pure, unadulterated pace. |

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