Monthly Archives: July 2010
Howard has some support on sub continent
ABC.net.au By Sally Sara 1 July 2010 TONY EASTLEY: Cricket Australia says it is astounded by the rejection of John Howard for the role. Rachel Carbonell is speaking here with Cricket Australia’s public affairs general manager Peter Young. RACHEL CARBONELL: John Howard says he won’t be withdrawing his nomination so what now will Cricket Australia […]
John Howard pays price of political past
The Australian By Malcolm Conn 1 July 2010 The Asian bloc flexed it muscles and the former PM missed out. FOR all the misty-eyed nostalgia surrounding the Ashes, cricket is now very much a south Asian game, as John Howard has found to his detriment. The former prime minister’s bid to become president of the […]
Howard snub ‘an insult to Australia’
ABC July 1, 2010 Former International Cricket Council boss Malcolm Speed says world cricket’s governing body has insulted Australia and New Zealand by blocking former prime minister John Howard’s vice-presidential bid. India, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Africa have so far given no reason for their decision to block Mr Howard’s […]
Howard’s innings turns to ashes
The Australian 1 July 2010 By Malcolm Conn THE ICC snubbing of the former PM is a loss for cricket. THE apparatchiks who so swiftly dispensed with Kevin Rudd last week have nothing on the faceless men of the International Cricket Council responsible for John Howard’s insidious demise. The rejection of the former prime minister’s […]