This summarises exactly what is wrong with world cricket. We all should know by now that the nomination of John Howard for Vice President and ultimately President of the International Cricket Councial put forth by the joint region of Australia and New Zealand has been vetoed by the true powerbrokers of world cricket. As yet no true rationalisation has been given for Howard's non-appointment.

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Now of course this is completely biased because I'm an Aussie, but I genuinely think the Socceroos can make it out of their "Group of Death" at the World Cup, starting tonight (YAY!). Not only would making the second round be absolutely awesome because we get to right the terrible, terrible wrong done to us 4 years ago (don't mention the war!), but it would most likely set up a tantalising Round of 16 clash with the Old Enemy, the English. Here's why I think they can do it:
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Just a very quick word against the farce that is the World Twenty20 tournament.

Not only is it's exceedingly minimal amount of meaning being astoundingly diminished by this tournament being the 3rd in 3 or 4 years (compared to a proper World Cup every four years), but the peculiar case of the English side has just absolutely destroyed the tournament's credibility.

Yeah, yeah, the English side have carried the hopes of a nation on their shoulders, blah, blah, whatever...

Mark my words: This is going to be massive. Following the discovery of a second set of books on Thursday outlining the illegal salary cap activity conducted over the last 5 years the club considered by many as "Team of the Decade", David Gallop and the NRL board stripped the Melbourne Storm of their 2 Premierships, 3 minor premierships, prizemoney from said premierships totalling $1.2 million, fined them an extra $500,000, and barred them from accruing even a single competition point for...

Now for the next installment of the My Favourite Player series: Shane Warne, the undisputed King of Spin.


There are very few men who have had such an impact on the game as one Shane Warne. But putting records and sheer weight of numbers aside, perhaps what makes his career so outstanding is the context in which he did it. He not only revived the art of spin bowling worldwide,...