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You don't have to be Einstein to see selectors are testing the laws of relativity in Johnson call-up
Richard Hinds Einstein strikes me as more of a chess man. But had the great physicist studied the Australian squad for the Perth Test, would he have considered Mitchell Johnson's inclusion a compelling example of...
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Ricky, please come back and save us
Richard Hinds It takes a big man to admit he was wrong. Unfortunately, I don't have one here. So I am going to have to do this myself.
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Spark of hope still flickers among the Ashes
Richard Hinds NO, I didn't have Brad Haddin in my Ashes squad. Thought his time had passed. Didn't believe he had done enough to displace the incumbent Matthew Wade, or even earn a touring berth ahead of Tim Paine.
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The evidence is in, time to sift through Ashes to find a squad
Richard Hinds The ignominious tour of India has drawn to an appropriately calamitous conclusion. The Sheffield Shield - the anachronistic bugbear that complicates the scheduling of Big Bash League games and...
Skipper needs to get his hands dirty
Richard Hinds For the religious minded, Clarke must suffer for the sins of his fellow batsmen.
Pull the other one, it whistles dixie
Richard Hinds It is number, not necessarily gravity of issues that has created impression cricket is in turmoil.
Inverarity's knickers in a twist as little things add up to turmoil
Richard Hinds John Inverarity announced Australia's Twenty20 squad on Monday wearing vintage Y-fronts with badly stretched elastic.
A huge test but also an insight into Ashes bid
Richard Hinds For the home team there is, quite literally, nothing to lose.
Pugnacious Punter has chosen to finish with his pads on
Richard Hinds The former skipper has lost none of his self-belief despite one-day axing.
