Author Archives: marcuscurnow

Compton Crickeeerrrt Club rapping Bondi!

Video of Theo & Issac Hayes rapping about cricket for the Life Guards at Bondi during their recent Australian visit. Also featured in this months Sport and Style (November 2010) in The Age… looking like they could kick Michael Clarke’s butt  (he’s the cool looking shmuck on the front cover supposedly giving the ‘style’ cred.Continue reading “Compton Crickeeerrrt Club rapping Bondi!”

Promoting Indigenous Cricket

Looks like Custard will be doing some work helping Cricket Victoria over the upcoming summer on community cricket, particularly  in indigenous communities around Victoria.  Above is a promo video made for Cricket Australia on indigenous cricket by Carbon Media who produced the doco “From the Ashes” (trailer here) on the recent indigenous Australian Team to tour theContinue reading “Promoting Indigenous Cricket”

Overland bowled over by George!

Had fun catching up with the Police and Fire-ies at Victoria University in Footscray yesterday with cricket the vehicle to promote safety and harmony with international students.  Full Report here. Commissioner Overland had obviously worked on his batting since our last hit out on Australia/Indian Republic Day! Having had some pretty difficult issues to faceContinue reading “Overland bowled over by George!”

Visit to Budj Bim

I had a great trip to Gunditjmara Country in Western Victoria last week, kindly hosted by the long term organiser of the Johnny Mullagh XI Cricket Team , Wayne ‘Swisha’ Bell.   The team carries the tradition and some of the ancestral links to Australia’s “First XI”, the 1868 side to tour England made upContinue reading “Visit to Budj Bim”

Compton Cricket in Oz & on TODAY Show!

Check the video of Laneway Cricket getting a plug on the TODAY Show thanks to the Compton Cricket Club.  A forwarding party are presently in Australia thanks to Hugh Snelgrove with view to a full tour in 2011. Credo Cricketer, Marcus Curnow played with the team in LA in 2009 and Compton regular, John ‘The Rev’Continue reading “Compton Cricket in Oz & on TODAY Show!”

Mohammed Amir: The Folk Ballad!

Credo Cricket… it stands for  ‘cricket you can believe in’… ‘very believable cricket’… for weeks we have not known exactly what to blog in response to the ‘spot fixing’ scandal that has felt like such a kick in the guts for any concept of good cricket all round. In the face of human tragedy andContinue reading “Mohammed Amir: The Folk Ballad!”