Deserted island: Tassie crowds posted missing
Richard Hinds A QUICK poll. Tasmanians hate a) Test cricket, b) Sri Lankans or c) Ricky Ponting.
A huge test but also an insight into Ashes bid
Richard Hinds For the home team there is, quite literally, nothing to lose.
Dossier moments needed
Richard Hinds It is one thing to publish a dossier, quite another to assume the bowlers will read it.
Heads, we lose - and it's all downhill from there for the hosts
Richard Hinds THE smallest measurable increment of time is that between the appearance of a red carpet and Brynne Edelsten plonking a Manolo Blahnik on the Berber.
One for the real openers, this ton simply a knock to behold
Richard Hinds This was a red letter day for opening batsmen, both accomplished and bog ordinary. Those for whom the only tempting drive is to the nets, and runs are a desirable, but not necessarily obligatory,...
Many hot spots, but shades of grey dominate in anticlimax
Richard Hinds After the first day, the Australians were pinned to the canvas with a South African boot on their throats.

























