Tag: Ashes

• The Other Game of Leadership

  Much like two million viewers, I didn’t move until it was all over. No it wasn’t Nadal nor Barty in the tennis. Nor Nick and Theo either. What stopped my pulse was the last-gasp heart-stopping draw in the women’s Ashes cricket Test. And despite the non-result, I saw an incredible example of leadership. In a…

  Andrew Whalan

  January 31, 2022

  Opinions

  Ashes, Australian Womens Cricket, coaching, Cricket, England Womens Cricket, Leadership, mentoring, womens ashes

• Michael Clarke : Three Moments

  Michael Clarke is about to play his last cricket Test. Sadly, he will leave the game as an Ashes losing Test captain regardless of the result. For many people that will be his legacy. For some, this is the time to criticise and to bring up the past.  But not for me. Here are the three…

  Andrew Whalan

  August 13, 2015

  Opinions

  andrew symonds, Ashes, australian cricket captain, Cricket, cricket Test, matthew hayden, Michael Clarke, one day cricket, phillip hughes, t20, Test cricket

• Australian Institute of Sledging?

  As a cricket lover I’m following the current Test series. My hope is that one more Aussie win will return the Ashes to us.   Yet cricket is not a predictable game. And it can be overshadowed by outside issues. Such as sledging.   Sledging is sustained verbal banter (truthfully outright verbal abuse) designed to…

  Andrew Whalan

  December 15, 2013

  Opinions, Personal

  Ashes, Australia, Cricket, England, Michael Clarke, Sledging, Test cricket