Blogs about: Douglas Jardine

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A quaver of quivering cockatoos

peterwarrington65 wrote 1 week ago: Last week we lobbed on the mother on a gorgeous Sunday, girl #1 running wild in the sunbaked suburbi … more →

Tags: mug shot, black cockatoo, Bexley North, yabba, Dainty Ironmonger

Villains?

zoetakingthefield wrote 2 months ago: A few words about the men who cause the ‘brave’ cricketers’ injuries. Last week I … more →

Tags: Cricket, British Empire, MCC, umpiring, England, History 2, Australia, Bowling, Injury

Bodyline TV Series Part One

Rai M Azlan wrote 2 months ago: It is 80th Year since the biggest cricket controversy of its time happened. When a defensive approac … more →

Tags: Cricket, MCC, Australia, England, test, Ashes, bodyline, donald bradman

That's Entertainment: Hugo Weaving1 comment

Shain Ellison Thomas wrote 5 months ago: Hugo Weaving as Elrond Hugo Weaving, the English-Australian film and stage actor, is globally known … more →

Tags: FTRDM, Australia, V, The Lord of the Rings, Oscars, Entertainment, British Empire, Australian, bodyline

US Open Final - 10.09.12

tippytappysports wrote 8 months ago: Usually at 4pm on a Monday, we at TippyTappySports are preparing ourselves for a bit of Monday Night … more →

Tags: General, Tennis, Sport, andy murray, Bunny Austin, Fred Perry, Olympics, novak djokovic, Travis Bickle

The Men who changed the face of Cricket6 comments

A Potpourri of Vestiges wrote 9 months ago: Cricket, today, features amongst the top sports of the world and its shimmering luster is getting sh … more →

Tags: Quotidian, Cricket, williamg. grace, william gilbert grace, Don Bradman, Jim Laker, Kerry Packer

ON THE LINE OF THE BODY4 comments

anuragrekhi wrote 10 months ago: Scoring 2960 runs on a tour and scoring 974 runs in a 5 match Test series at an average of 139.14 in … more →

Tags: Cricket, body line, donald bradman, Harold Larwood, Ashes 1932-33

HUMOR: FINEST ASHES SLEDGING

aman8774 wrote 10 months ago: Intense cricket and Sledging go hand in hand. Some excerpts from finest ashes sledges ever:- “ … more →

Tags: Dennis Lillee, Ian Chappell, Rod Marsh, cricket sledging, ashes sledging, merv hughes, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Mark Waugh

The Long View2 comments

chrisps wrote 11 months ago: An England team is being selected for the final match in a series that has already been won. The sel … more →

Tags: cricketers, Selection, captaincy, History, Controversy, Test Cricket, jimmy anderson, cricket blog, Don Bradman

India - hitting investors where it hurts

John Fisher wrote 1 year ago: The Italian calls the shots - and what does she know about cricket? As a sport  that dictates: … more →

Tags: India, international tax, Vodafone, bodyline, Vodafone India

Five Film Favorites: Cinematic Things from Australia4 comments

Todd Hunter Starkweather wrote 1 year ago: I have posted this list too late to properly celebrate Australia Day, which occurs annually on 26 Ja … more →

Tags: film, Lists, Animal Kingdom, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Peter Weir, Gallipoli, the last wave, Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

Great political plays (No6) The Ashes by Michael Pinchbeck1 comment

matthewashton wrote 1 year ago: The Ashes is a play about cricket, but it’s also about politics, nationalism, colonialism and … more →

Tags: British politics, Review, Nottingham Trent University, matthew ashton, Politics, Entertainment, Culture, Art, England

Douglas Jardine Twitter Feed

thatcricketblogger wrote 2 years ago: … more →

Tags: twitter-feeds, Cricket

Winners and Spoils or "Where’s the Entertainment in Winning?"1 comment

downatthirdman wrote 2 years ago: The object of cricket is to beat the opposition.  There are many ways that playing or watching crick … more →

Tags: Light roller, Andrew Strauss, Andy Flower, Cricket, nicolas Poussin, The Ashes 2010/11

Seventh Day Adventism – The Melbourne Test6 comments

downatthirdman wrote 2 years ago: No one in the pavilion on the sixth morning of the third timeless Test of 1928/29 was prepared to gi … more →

Tags: Light roller, Don Bradman, Herbert Sutcliffe, Melbourne 1928/29, Percy Chapman, Sir Jack Hobbs

Jardine3 comments

Bradders wrote 2 years ago: In the course of writing this blog we have been asked to plug certain products here and there includ … more →

Tags: Cricket, General Thoughts, Shameless Plugs

The Emperor’s New Clothes or Wearing a T-Shirt for Douglas Jardine.4 comments

downatthirdman wrote 2 years ago: The not so humble T shirt, the undergarment that ‘came out’, self coloured or tye-died, ringer or bi … more →

Tags: Light roller, Don Bradman, Patsy Hendren, Percy Chapman, The Ashes, the gabba, The T-Shirt, Wally Hammond

jardine t-shirt2 comments

Jrod wrote 2 years ago: The team at Philosophy football have another cricket t-shirt available to you, and it is up to me to … more →

Tags: ashes

Sometimes like Vishy, sometimes Douglas Jardine2 comments

churumuri wrote 3 years ago: Gundappa Viswanath‘s tenure as captain of the Indian cricket team was shorter than Sachin Tend … more →

Tags: Cricket, Etcetera, Sachin Tendulkar, churumuri, Colin Cowdrey, sans-serif, Ian Botham, Bhimsen Joshi, DNA, Gundappa Vishwanath


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