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Geoff Lemon

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9 days ago

Australia get too clever and pay the price for batting order jumble | Geoff Lemon

Failure of top three meant holders did not have enough runs when South Africa benefited from pitch flattening out

At a little before 1pm on a Saturday afternoon in London, a group of Australian cricke…

11 days ago

Cummins and Rabada lead from the front on a breathless second day at Lord’s | Geoff Lemon

Australia and South Africa had plenty of reasons to be grateful to their respective spearheads as the WTC final progressed at a rapid pace

You would have to call the combination incongruous. In one of…

12 days ago

Incongruity of World Test Championship final fails to dampen Australian excitement | Geoff Lemon

It may be a strange time of year for an Australian, and a strange tournament structure, but the decider is vindicated further each time it is played

In Australia it is winter, and it is footy season. …

3 months ago

Washout leaves Australia set for last four but potentially short of game time | Geoff Lemon

They should beat Afghanistan to progress, but the batters would have benefited from a hit-out against South Africa

If you were an Australian supporter of a certain pragmatic bent, you might be quite p…

4 months ago

Champions Trophy 2025: Australia’s second tier up against it in absence of bowling big three | Geoff Lemon

Their attack has a distinctly Sheffield Shield flavour to it but the main thing in the two-times winners’ favour is the relative weakness of their group

For a long time, a strange situation continued …

Bigger challenges than a debut with nothing to lose await Sam Konstas in Sri Lanka | Geoff Lemon

The teenage prodigy who scooped his way into national consciousness on Boxing Day has a lot to prove on Australia’s upcoming tour and beyond

If you’re Sam Konstas, you’re used to things moving quickly…

6 months ago

Familiar problem surfaces with Virat Kohli closest of fading Fab Four to the end | Geoff Lemon

The once dominant batter is experiencing a Groundhog Day which suggests a mind that is tired of finding solutions

A little over a decade ago, cricket writing became all about the Fab Four. Steve Smith…

Australia’s fortress has lost its aura but history weighs heavy on the tourists | Geoff Lemon

The hosts were unbeatable at the Gabba until India broke the spell but a series of changes mean they can start to rebuild the record in the third Test

It’s passing strange. In town ahead of the Austra…

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