Tristan Lavalette

This is where you will find all The Cricket Paper’s Tristan Lavalette columns, opinion and content.

BRING ON THE BIG GUNS, ENGLAND!

26 September 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavalette Iwrote in these pages last month that Australia – both the national team and the country itself […]

KOHLI’S MEN RANK AMONG THE GREATS

19 September 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavalette It’s just too bad the riveting, potentially era-defining Test series between India and England ended farcically. Look […]

RAMIZ NEXT ABOARD THE PAKISTAN TRAIN

12 September 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavalette YOU can always bet on Pakistan being entertaining – on-andoff field. Ahead of a crux T20 World […]

ICC must step in to support Afghanistan | Tristan Lavalette

5 September 2021 0 comments

I’ve been fortunate to spend some time around the Afghanistan cricket team over the years. The first time was in […]

‘LUCKY COUNTRY’ IN A RIGHT OLD MESS!

29 August 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE Battling on: Australia’s David Warner bats at the Sydney Cricket Ground but such a sight is under threat […]

CRICKET BIDS FOR AN OLYMPIC BOW IN LA

22 August 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavalette Of course, the ICC waited until the world was in the midst of Olympic fever to launch […]

Did Tigers taming actually happen? | Tristan Lavalette

15 August 2021 0 comments

IT’S NEVER a nice time to be utterly humiliated, but an embarrassed Australia at least mostly escaped the wrath of […]

Filling Hohn’s shoes will be no easy task | Tristan Lavalette

8 August 2021 0 comments

In late 2016, I covered India A’s tour of Australia during cricket’s quiet off-season Down Under. But as a reporter, […]

Olympics aim united hopes of ICC chiefs | Tristan Lavalette

1 August 2021 0 comments

PERHAPS it shouldn’t have been surprising knowing cricket’s decision makers seem to have a knack for lethargy, but even so […]

From scrapheap to Singapore Slinger | Tristan Lavalette

25 July 2021 0 comments

Australia’s strict measures mean the country is still essentially shut from the world with its borders closed even for its […]

Abrasive Justin Langer must smooth the mood | Tristan Lavalette

18 July 2021 0 comments

There’s a popular anecdote that often gets shared around Western Australian cricket circles. In 2013 on a mid-winter’s day in […]

Test cricket will begin fiery debate | Tristan Lavalette

11 July 2021 0 comments

The fun and games are about to begin when the suits and ties in cricket gather together for a slew […]

Steve Waugh piloted the Golden Era | Tristan Lavalette

4 July 2021 0 comments

SORRY loyal readers but I’m going to dredge back two decades when the hapless England cricket team was a worldwide […]

Oman opening their arms to the world | Tristan Lavalette

20 June 2021 0 comments

India will surely not host this year’s T20 World Cup due to the Covid-19 crisis, which prompted a postponement of […]

When Cameron Bancroft hit back at Butthead | Tristan Lavalette

13 June 2021 0 comments

There has been much debate over tennis star Naomi Osaka’s refusal to speak to the Press at the French Open. […]

NOW ALL EYES ARE BACK ON BANCROFT

23 May 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavalette What’s occuring? Umpires Nigel Llong and Richard Illingworth confront Cameron Bancroft during the Sandpaper-gate scandal, which left Australia captain Steve Smith […]