Matthew Wood was last week featured in World Cricket Watch's weekly podcast, One Hand, One Bounce. You can listen to the podcast here, or download it from iTunes.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Football Year 2011
Posted on 12:45 PM by Unknown
Best Moment: Wayne Rooney's overhead kick against Manchester City to cement a derby win and Manchester United's nineteenth domestic title.
Best Team: Barcelona. Although their reign of terrifying beauty may come to an end sooner rather than later if the defense is not reinforced.
Most disappointing Team: The A-League's Adelaide United, despite bringing in quality during the offseason (Dario
Best Team: Barcelona. Although their reign of terrifying beauty may come to an end sooner rather than later if the defense is not reinforced.
Most disappointing Team: The A-League's Adelaide United, despite bringing in quality during the offseason (Dario
Time-Lapse photostudy: Why Australia's batting collapses like an accordion
Posted on 5:58 AM by Unknown
It's not a matter of good bowling - though it must be said the Indians have bowled well. Neither is it a matter of a lack of application, unless you're Brad Haddin. To paraphrase Python (the Holy Grail), it isn't where it grips it - it's a simple question of weight ratios.
The photostudy below shows Australian no. 3 Shaun Marsh being bowled by Indian seamer Umesh Yadav. The circles represent
The photostudy below shows Australian no. 3 Shaun Marsh being bowled by Indian seamer Umesh Yadav. The circles represent
Monday, December 26, 2011
Time-Lapse photostudy: The Ed Cowan leave
Posted on 2:12 PM by Unknown
Whenever we get the chance, we try to put up (very short) photostudies of certain aspects of live sport. Here, we feature the defining action of the first day of the Boxing Day Test: Test debutant Ed Cowan leaving a good ball. This delivery also happened to be the first ball of the series, from Ishant Sharma, and the first time Cowan faced up in a Test match.
Welcome to the new-look Balanced Sports!
Posted on 4:25 AM by Unknown
Hi all, just want to formally introduce a few changes to the way the site looks - we think it's more professional and a bit easier both to read and navigate. You can also find my latest Twitter posts on the right-hand side of the page, so if you'd like to receive stuff I think is interesting/amusing via Twitter, just follow me by clicking on the button.
Please let us know (by commenting below)
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Book review: What a ride, by Rupert Guinness
Posted on 1:14 AM by Unknown
I think the difficulty for Rupert Guinness (an incredibly talented wordsmith on this most gruelling of sports) is that in the past 25 years that he has covered Le Tour, thanks largely to his own impeccable efforts, Australian sporting fans have become all too familiar with it. No longer is this a totally foreign event raced by very few outside of continental Europe, it has become an
Posted in Australia, Ben Roberts, Cadel Evans, cycling, Rupert Guinness, Tour de France
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
What message does your T-shirt send?
Posted on 2:15 PM by Unknown
The T-shirts worn by Liverpool players – and manager Kenny Dalglish - supporting the banned Luis Suarez may have seriously undermined football’s alleged zero tolerance to racism. Suarez, the Reds’ Uruguayan forward, was banned for allegedly using a racist term to Manchester United’s Patrice Evra.
Courtesy: dailymail.co.uk
This doesn’t make Liverpool’s players or manager racist, but perhaps
Courtesy: dailymail.co.uk
This doesn’t make Liverpool’s players or manager racist, but perhaps
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