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Lloyd said the Windies is made up of 15 nations. It's 10 sovereign states and 5 territories. If there are 8 cricket teams in the Olympics the Windies will miss out, but Jamaica or Barbados might represent The Americas, especially in Brisbane as USA probably will not qualify and they have an...

A bit more from Clive Lloyd on 2 tiered system. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/07/west-indies-great-clive-lloyd-disturbed-by-two-tier-plan-for-test-cricket Lloyd warned that being banished to the lower tier with a corresponding drop in funding could lead to the disintegration of...

Clive Lloyd has come out against it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-08/two-tier-test-plan-seen-as-terrible-greedy-and-inevitable/104794614 West Indies great Clive Lloyd said he was "very disturbed" by the idea. "I think it will be terrible for all those countries who worked so hard to get...

Another Robbo classic

The following thread and parts 1 and 2 on the Footy Fourth Estate board, is one of the best (ongoing) threads on Big Footy. https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/the-cult-of-robbo-volume-3.1191084/page-159

Spurs have lost a lot of winnable games at home, and won when they have been underdogs away from home, a number of times this season. They are schizophrenic, so I wouldn't put it past them to win, but yeah they probably wont win at Anfield.

Spurs beating Liverpool at home 1-0 in leg 1 of SF of League Cup keys the wolves from Ange's door. Its also keeps his boast alive - Postecoglou claimed earlier this season that he always wins a trophy in his second season at a club but recent results have heaped pressure on the Australian. But...

Cummins has said he might go to Sri Lanka, depending on when his baby is born, and even though he isn't in the official squad, it could mean he makes himself available for the Champions Trophy tournament.

I reckon Mitch Marshall will go to Pakistan. He is our current ODI Captain.

Its more because we are going to Champions Trophy in Pakistan a week after we play the 1 ODI game and they want most of the guys going to Pakistan in Sri Lanka training together. He was in the 2023 WC squad that won in India, and I think he played a couple of games.

16 players for 2 tests and 1 ODI is a bit much, but the Champions Trophy is in Pakistan a week or so after the ODI game, so I think that is the thinking behind such a big squad, some of the players that will go to Pakistan will train in similar conditions. I have bolded who I think will go on...

Trump says he will invade Greenland if the Danes don't hand it over to USA. I assume that triggers the NATO clause that if 1 member is attacked, all come to its defence. USA v NATO war would make Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang etc happy.

It's in one of the Seventh Avenue houses' lounge room. That's about how wide he played.

I was thinking of the long term implications of Konstas and also Will Pukovski on Oz's future batting fortunes between the 4th and 5th test. Since Greg Chappell's debut in 1970, where he became the 2nd Aussie batsmen to average 50+, if they have made 2000 test runs or more, about every 7 or 8...

I hope Trump puts tariffs on everything like he said he plans to, and inflation goes thru the roof and then the Idiot has to justify himself to all those people who voted for him, because they couldn't handle the cost of living crisis post covid/Ukraine invasion.

I'd put my money on the new stand being The Russell Ebert Stand. When he passed away, the club said they would do something to properly honour his memory at Alberton Oval. Plus he was involved with the Bowling Club.

I know rules change over 20+ years ago, but Brett Ebert was ignored by 16 clubs in 2001 draft, then we nominated him for father-son in 2002 draft. A son of an eligible father should always be able to be nominated by the father's club, if they believe he is good enough and will pay the...

True, but just let Konstas open and stop trying to be too clever by half. If they are planning for the Ashes and longer term for tour of India in early 2027, then getting Konstas to play in Sri Lanka is excellent experience.

Dont blame Crash, blame the dopy selecrors They were close to having Head open against India before the first test. The fact McSweeney did well in 2 games against India A and 2 shield games changed that. Remember the BS in India 24 months ago by selectors? Drop Head because we had too many...

Sports minister gushing about the government's $17m contribution. https://omny.fm/shows/the-fiveaa-sports-show/interview-katrine-hildyard-07-january-2025

Yeah its BS. I heard on SEN, that it was going to be split into a 7 team comp and a 5 team comp. It just means that the big 3 play each other more often, as I picked up yesterday when I saw the Future Programming schedule for Oz I assume the 7 team will be Oz, NZ, Ind, Eng, SAF, Sri Lanka and...

I was looking at the article about the next stage of development at Alberton Oval and noticed on the renders and specs that Brown Falconer are the architects, so I went to their projects page to see if the Alberton Oval development is there. Didn't see that, but saw they had done The Port...

We might be aiming to piss off Norwood and the SANFL. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/alberton-oval-capacity-to-be-increased-after-receiving-17-million-in-funding/news-story/57166fb2262880a00672897095d0d875 Alberton Oval capacity to be increased after receiving $17...

More Magpies than Power, but Ollie is wearing a Power top not a Magpie one.

Just heard part of interview with Minister for Sport Katrine Hildyard, on AA sports show and she was a gushing Port supporter and gushing supporter of women's sport. Then Wayne Phillips read out some texts from whingeing crowies about Port always getting hand outs and where is the crows grants...

I was talking in general about government's subsiding stadiums. I didn't read the 170 page report into Tassie stadium review. It wasn't a thing in Oz until Sydney won Olympic hosting rights in September 1993. Prior to that the only time governments chipped in significant funds, and paid for new...

https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/in-depth/2025/01/07/crows-considering-midas-touch-administrator-for-board Neil Balme is ready to join the Adelaide Football Club board, replacing – and taking the football director portfolio – from long-serving club great Mark Ricciuto. Balme, 72, is finally...

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