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Greg Baum

Greg Baum is chief sports columnist and associate editor with The Age

The Australians react after Matthew Wade dropped Faf du Plessis.

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South Africa scores triumph of temperament

Greg Baum Adelaide Oval on Monday was like a Murray River camping ground in mid-summer.

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India tour a shambles of highest order

Greg Baum Abysmal result demonstrates that Australia has lost control of its own cricket destiny.

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Farewell to the insiders' outsider

Greg Baum It would be so much simpler to lampoon Tony Greig than to eulogise him. His chief reknown in the second half of his life was as a cricket commentator who often appeared to be playing up to a...

The end of an innings

Greg Baum It would be so much simpler to lampoon Tony Greig than to eulogise him.

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Old crew still there, even Punter

Greg Baum At the fall of the second wicket at Bellerive yesterday, Ricky Ponting appeared as usual. This was happenstance.

Siddle-handed demolition job masks inherent hallucination that all is not what it seems

Greg Baum Michael Clarke's work with smoke and mirrors was so deft that another sparse gathering of watchers at Bellerive could have sworn they saw wicketkeeper Matt Wade bowl an over of nippy medium pace.

Clarke reshuffle has cards fall Australia's way

Greg Baum For the second time in three Tests, Peter Siddle shoulders burden of leading threadbare attack.

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Skipper digs in to lead South African recovery

Greg Baum This was Test cricket in its more usual guise, three an over rather than five.

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He’s no Warne but Lyon does a passable impression

Greg Baum "It’s easy," Mark Taylor said in the euphoric afterglow of another win over England in Australia’s halcyon days.

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Ponting's last goodbye

Greg Baum Ricky Ponting will not be remembered by his first or last balls but by the 22,780 in between.

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Wowee, time for REAL cricket

Greg Baum Again, it is tense and terse and testy, and watchers can't take their eyes off it.

Blade of glory: Clarke does it again

Greg Baum If there is a cricket ground that could contain Michael Clarke right now, it is not the economy-size Adelaide Oval and its welcome mat of a pitch.

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What a difference a day can make in this wonderful theatre of Test cricket

Greg Baum One of the mystical peculiarities of Test cricket is each day is played on new terms, discrete in themselves and often vitally different from the preceding day and the days to come.

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Young bats must fire, and be ready

Greg Baum The announcement of the Australian team for the first Test was straightforward.

Wade's inclusion opens door for young bats to have a crack

Greg Baum The announcement of the Australian team for the first Test was straightforward. Once the selectors were agreed on Matthew Wade, it involved not much more than filling out a pro forma.