SCG stands as ground for all occasions
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
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Surely the absorbing Test match which held the nation in thrall will have put paid to the persistent and surely frivolous talk of Test cricket being moved away from the SCG, writes Mike Coward in the Weekend Australian.
Much more than the match which saw Australia achieve its 11th consecutive victory over Pakistan in a decade, the occasion reaffirmed the greatness of Test cricket and the significance of seeing the traditional game played in its rightful setting. The SCG has a very rich history which its trustees and members must unselfconsciously trumpet as Cricket NSW continues to show intense interest in taking the game west to Homebush nearer the demographic centre of Sydney.
Despite Australia’s win in Sydney, Peter Roebuck says in the Sydney Morning Herald Ricky Ponting and his team will be hard-pressed to recapture the Ashes.
In the same paper Jamie Pandaram speaks to Mohammad Aamir, the left-arm bowler, who has defied death, a frugal upbringing, and now defies the best batsmen in the world.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo