Robert Craddock

3 weeks ago | codesports.com.au | Robert Craddock

Jake Fraser-McGurk’s brief Australian career has landed at the crossroads at age 23 after he was dropped from the Australian T20 squad. The batting enigma has paid the price for a lack of results at all levels, most recently in the Indian Premier League, and has missed Australia’s 16-man squad for the West Indies tour. Big Bash sensation Mitch Owen has won his Australian spurs in a squad which contains a telling vote of support for spinner Matt Kuhnemann.

1 month ago | couriermail.com.au | Robert Craddock

CricketDon't miss out on the headlines from Cricket. Followed categories will be added to My News. INDIAN great Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from Test cricket, ending a career which made him one of the most influential figures in the game’s history. Kohli, the code’s first social media superstar, will be missed by the game for many reasons, not the least being his love for the five day game which ensured it would never die on his watch.

1 month ago | codesports.com.au | Robert Craddock

Bob Cowper will always be remembered for one of Australia’s finest Test innings – and the colourful quote which followed it. Victorian batsman Cowper, who died in Melbourne on Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer at age 84, produced one of Australia’s most remarkable Test innings when he made 307 against England at the MCG in 1966.

2 months ago | codesports.com.au | Robert Craddock

Alex Carey has revealed a handwritten letter containing grave threats to his safety made it through to the Australian cricket team dressing room after the Jonny Bairstow furore at Lords. Speaking to Mark Howard on The Howie Games podcast, Australian Test gloveman Carey details the vicious fallout of his decision to stump Bairstow in the Lord’s Test of 2023 after the batsman wandered out of his crease.

2 months ago | codesports.com.au | Robert Craddock

CricketDon't miss out on the headlines from Cricket. Followed categories will be added to My News. Cricket has lost one of its most colourful and forthright characters with the death of former Test opener Keith Stackpole. Stackpole, 84, died from a suspected heart attack. A batsman ahead of his time, Stackpole was a naturally aggressive player who will always be known for his union at the top of the order with fellow Victorian Bill Lawry.