18 days ago by Jason Cave

In 1977, Channel 9 owner Kerry Packer signed up 66 of the world’s best cricketers – many of them in the prime of their careers like Dennis Lillee, Greg Chappell, Tony Greig, Clive Lloyd – to play in a series televised exclusively on the Nine Network called World Series Cricket. It upset many in the ...

The Roar - theroar.com.au · Rank: 6,062 · 17 references

26 days ago by TelevisionAU

Cover: Kevin Costner Is Jennifer set to quit? Tonight Live host and producer Steve Vizard has denied rumours that the show’s resident newsreader Jennifer Keyte will not be with the show when it returns for 1992, although he has conceded that she has not renewed her contract with the show. “I can tel ...

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33 days ago by TelevisionAU

There’s nothing psycho about this shower scene E Street star Kate Raison shares her thoughts on the steamy closed-set shower scene that marks a turning point in the relationship of her character Sheridan Sturgess to Wheels ( Marcus Graham). Although Raison describes the steamy scene as not so much r ...

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35 days ago by Just For Kicks

I don’t often read the “where are you now” columns in the Sunday times – I get bored with the “i’m a second hand car salesman living with my wife, 7 children and 14 grandchildren in a semi detached on the wrong side of Pofadder, all because I missed the professional era, but gave my life to the game ...

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40 days ago by TelevisionAU

Goodbye E Street Alyssa-Jane Cook (pictured) says that now is the best time to leave E Street after the string of tragedies that have struck her character, Lisa Bennett. “After everything the character has been through she definitely needs a break, so she heads to Queensland to contemplate life,” Co ...

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56 days ago by TelevisionAU

The Great End of Year Exit! Home And Away and E Street have both been hit by a number of significant cast departures. Network Ten’s E Street is going to lose original cast member Alyssa-Jane Cook and co-star Marianne Howard. Their characters, Lisa and Alice, head to Queensland to visit Alice’s mothe ...

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60 days ago by TelevisionAU

An old affair rekindled In a surprising move, the Nine Network has announced that former A Current Affair and Willesee host Mike Willesee will be hosting A Current Affair for three weeks in January while regular host Jana Wendt (pictured with Willesee) takes a break over the summer non-ratings perio ...

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63 days ago by Murtaza Ali

Few modern day bowlers can terroririze opposition batsmen like Jeff Thompson did. The world of cricket is fast getting depleted of its most majestic breed of species: Fast Bowlers. The sport is beginning to forget about its most potent tool that once adorned its armory. It seems an almost ancient ma ...

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178 days ago by Samir Chopra

One of my biggest regrets with regards to the ICL fiasco was that the ICL didn't long last enough to trigger a court case or two. It would have been interesting to see what courts (in any jurisdiction) would have made of the various national boards' actions during that sorry mess. The Indian Monopol ...

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214 days ago by MairaS

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, more popularly known as Viv is quite a recognized figure in the list of former West Indies cricketers. His fearless demeanor and determined performance earned him a lot of fame. At the same time, he enjoyed the intimidating aura he possessed against bowlers from ...

Cricket Freaks - cricket-freaks.com · 5 references