Season 3 of Bluey features an episode called Cricket, in which Bandit explains to Bluey why cricket is much more than just hitting a ball around the grass
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The laws by which the game is played are laid out in black and white. The ‘spirit of cricket’, however, is a much more nebulous concept.
We found that class prejudice is extensive in cricket. Racism is still entrenched. Women are marginalised and routinely experience sexism and misogyny.
The ‘nervous nineties’ captures the idea that batters with 90 or more runs become anxious as get close to scoring a century. But is it true?
Bazball is aggressively attacking, highly entertaining and piles pressure on opponents by scoring runs quickly.
It is time, combined with an uncertain outcome, that leads us to experience anxiety.
While playing the old enemy for the Ashes is for many the pinnacle of Australian cricket, Australia-India is developing as a modern rivalry.
Cricket was a significant bridge between England and ‘home’ in the Caribbean, making the sport an important part of the black Atlantic cultural exchange.
Michelle Grattan and politics editor Amanda Dunn discuss the latest interest rate rise, the polling reaction to the Super tax hike, the PM's visit to India and the Monique Ryan/Sally Rugg court case
The Bodyline summer of 1932-33 tilted the cricket world off its axis. Cricket’s reputation was well and truly tarnished. And these teams of women were the good news story that fixed it.
Disturbing findings of a new report reveal the extent of racism in Scottish cricket.
Sports can help prevent the involvement of youth in violent extremism.
Great sporting feats are often achieved when an elite athlete is ‘feeling the flow’.
Record attendance of professional women’s matches show support is higher than at any time in history.
First staged in 2008, Shane Warne: The Musical is an overwhelmingly faithful rendering of Warne’s life, staging both his triumphs and his downfalls.
Shane Warne’s untimely death from a suspected heart attack has prompted some people to consider their own heart health and what improvements they can make.
The sudden death of one of the country’s greatest sportsmen has come as a shocking blow because in Shane Warne we found a brilliant but flawed character we couldn’t help but love.
It’s hard to play cricket in sweltering conditions or amid bushfire smoke. Is it time for Cricket Australia to cut ties with fossil fuel sponsors?
Corporate and public bodies often try to neutralise uncomfortable claims of institutional racism.
Australian fans certainly won’t be complaining, but some critics say T20 world cup matches can be “won on a coin toss”, such is the apparent advantage of batting second. What to the stats really say?
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Journalism, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Sport Ethics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University
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Reader in Sport Psychology, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University., Loughborough University
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Lecturer, James Cook University
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Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
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Distinguished Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Visiting Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University