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Cartoons about Cricket.

• 20th February 1965 -  Facing the West Indies.
   

• 13th March 1965 -  Wesley Hall strikes!
   

• 15th February 1966 -  Rain frustrates Ashes tour.
   

• 6th January 1969 -  Havoc at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference.
      Secondary Keywords: John Gorton, Harold Wilson

• 12th December 1969 -  Riots in India.
   

• 25th May 1970 -  Menzies objects to expulsion.
      Secondary Keywords: Robert Menzies

• 8th March 1972 -  Lawry retires.
   

• 20th April 1972 -  Lost luggage!
      Secondary Keywords: Space Exploration

• 9th October 1972 -  Footy tie delays start of season.
      Secondary Keywords: Australian Rules Football, Richmond Football Club, Carlton Football Club

• 14th March 1974 -  Victory for New Zealand.
   

• 5th December 1974 - Getting some help!
      Secondary Keywords: Sir Alec Bedser, Jeff Thomson, Dennis Lillee

• 16th June 1975 - Surprise!
      Secondary Keywords: Jeff Thomson, West Indies, Prudential Cup

• 26th December 1975 - Nice weather!
      Secondary Keywords: Boxing Day Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Dennis Lillee, Lance Gibbs

• 31st December 1976 - Digging in!
      Secondary Keywords: Pakistan, The Centenary Test

• 5th January 1977 - A massacre...
      Secondary Keywords: Dennis Lillee, Pakistan, Australia

• 7th January 1977 - A new look!
      Secondary Keywords: Robert Menzies, Malcolm Fraser, Dennis Lillee, Phillip Lynch

• 10th March 1977 - A bit hot down under!
      Secondary Keywords: Queen Elzibeth II, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles, Sir John Kerr, Dennis Lillee

• 18th March 1977 - 100 years on, no change!
      Secondary Keywords: David Hookes, England, Australia, Lion, Kangaroo

• 29th December 1977 -  Tassies beats India!
   

• 30th December 1977 -  India faces Australia.
   

• 20th April 1978 -  The World Series begins.
      Secondary Keywords: Kerry Packer

• 1st December 1978 -  Halving the workload.
      Secondary Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Anthony Street

• 11th December 1978 -  Resorting to a legal point.
      Secondary Keywords: Queensland

• 13th February 1979 -  Dull, dull, dull.
      Secondary Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Don Bradman

• 16th March 1979 - Seconds!
      Secondary Keywords: Kerry Packer, World Series Cricket

• 11th December 1979 -  Trouble with spectators...
   

• 13th December 1979 -  Bans on alcohol introduced at the MCG.
   

• 2nd January 1980 -  The aluminium bat affair.
   

• 4th January 1980 -  The aluminium bat affair continues.
   

• 11th February 1981 -  Video cameras arrive.
   

• 31st July 1981 - Can't stop watching!
      Secondary Keywords: Ian Botham

• 4th August 1981 -  Aussies in trouble in England.
      Secondary Keywords: Malcolm Fraser

• 5th August 1981 -  Aussie trouble gets worse!
      Secondary Keywords: Anwar Sadat, United Nations

• 17th August 1981 -  Strike affects TV spectators.
      Secondary Keywords: Power Disputes, English Cricket Team

• 18th August 1981 - The task of protecting a wicket...
      Secondary Keywords: John Howard, The Economy

• 16th November 1982 -  Calling out the fleet for Cricket!
      Secondary Keywords: Margaret Thatcher, The Falklands' War

• 30th December 1982 -  New scoreboard for the MCG.
   

• 31st December 1982 -  Willis destroys Aussie batsman.
   

• 1st February 1983 - That didn't help!
      Secondary Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, BHP, Unions

• 11th September 1984 -  Finals bound!
      Secondary Keywords: Collingwood Football Club, Fitzroy Football Club, Melbourne Cricket Ground

• 26th November 1984 - The hook shot?
      Secondary Keywords: Bob Hawke, Andrew Peacock, The Great Debate, Vivian Richards

• 22nd January 1985 - The bright side...
      Secondary Keywords: Clive Lloyd

• 7th June 1985 - Darkness.
      Secondary Keywords: Bob Hawke, Kim Hughes, Apartheid

• 14th November 1985 -  Trying to get one past...
      Secondary Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, The World

• 18th November 1986 - Batting advice!
      Secondary Keywords: Bob Hawke, John Howard

• 3rd December 1986 -  Getting advice from your elders.
      Secondary Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke

• 30th December 1986 - A broader search!
   

• 31st December 1986 - Timberrr...!
      Secondary Keywords: Bob Hawke, Logging

• 20th November 1987 - Does it help?
      Secondary Keywords: Apartheid

• 17th February 1988 -  Taking advantage of an overlap.
      Secondary Keywords: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australian Rules Football

• 22nd November 1988 - Falling apart?
      Secondary Keywords: Paul Keating, Inflation

• 20th December 1988 - Facing the change!
      Secondary Keywords: West Indies, Lynnete Larsen

• 24th December 1988 -  A metaphor for politics.
      Secondary Keywords: John Cain

• 26th December 1988 -  A farewell to tinnies...
      Secondary Keywords: Problem Drinking, Melbourne Cricket Ground

• 31st December 1988 - Help!
      Secondary Keywords: Allan Border, Frank Worrell Trophy

• 5th January 1989 -  It was more than just wet!
      Secondary Keywords: Dolphin

• 14th January 1989 -  Cricket with extra features!
   

• 20th January 1989 -  More rain in the one day series.
      Secondary Keywords: Sydney Cricket Ground

• 3rd August 1989 - Changing the shine!
      Secondary Keywords: Paul Keating, Bob Hawke, The Ashes

• 3rd August 1989 - Make sail!
      Secondary Keywords: The Ashes, Allan Border

• 8th May 1990 -  Controversy over new MCG stand.
      Secondary Keywords: Melbourne Cricket Ground

• 13th December 1991 -  The "Fightback" policy.
      Secondary Keywords: John Hewson, The Goods and Services Tax, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 18th December 1991 -  But, but, but...
      Secondary Keywords: Bob Hawke

• 19th December 1991 - That fixes it!
      Secondary Keywords: Paul Keating, England, Australian Flag

• 7th March 1992 - That does it!
      Secondary Keywords: Paul Keating, England, Australian Flag

• 24th March 1992 -  South Africa returns to trouble.
   

• 3rd April 1992 -  If only they knew...
   

• 26th December 1992 -  Rain threatens 92/93 season.
   

• 25th March 1994 -  Allan Border calls it quits.
      Secondary Keywords: Allen Border

• 26th December 1994 -  They're chipping all the wood!
      Secondary Keywords: Wood Chipping

• 7th January 1995 - Discovering a talisman!
      Secondary Keywords: England, Australia

• 22nd January 1995 - A difficult defence.
      Secondary Keywords: Alexander Downer, John Howard

• 29th January 1995 - Changing batsman.
      Secondary Keywords: Alexander Downer, John Howard, Duck

• 1st December 1996 -  Howsthat? (John Howard)
      Secondary Keywords: John Howard

• 22nd June 1997 - It's all about batting...
      Secondary Keywords: John Howard, Tony Blair

• 13th September 1998 -  The third umpire.
      Secondary Keywords: Video Replay

• 31st October 1999 -  Jessie Martin returns to Australia.
      Secondary Keywords: Jessie Martin, Ian Healy, Yachting

• 22nd November 1999 - Priorities!
      Secondary Keywords: Inflation, Paul Keating

• 28th December 1999 -  It's raining again...
      Secondary Keywords: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

• 31st December 1999 -  Y2K Compliance!
      Secondary Keywords: The Y2K Bug

• 27th February 2000 -  Return from East Timor, unruly crowds in New Zealand.
      Secondary Keywords: Peter Cosgrove, John Howard, East Timor

• 10th April 2000 -  Indian Police release cricket tape.
      Secondary Keywords: Hansie Cronje, Sanjea Chawla

• 11ath April 2000 -  Education, or Sport!?
      Secondary Keywords: Education

• 13th April 2000 -  Cronje admits accepting money.
      Secondary Keywords: Hansie Cronje

• 14th April 2000 -  Cronje denies match fixing allegation.
      Secondary Keywords: Hansie Cronje

• 5th January 2001 -  A "Test" of Federation.
      Secondary Keywords: John Howard, Australian Indigenous Peoples

• 1st January 2001 -  The Twenty First Century.
   

• 28th February 2001 -  Sir Donald Bradman dies.
      Secondary Keywords: Sir Donald Bradman

• 22nd June 2001 -  Run out!
   

• 22nd December 2001 -  Terrorizing!
      Secondary Keywords: Boxing Day Test

• 31st December 2001 -  At the top.
      Secondary Keywords: Australia, South Africa

• 3rd January 2002 -  A dry pitch.
      Secondary Keywords: Bush Fires

• 31st October 2002 -  What more can we say!
   

• 17th December 2002 -  Looking for relief...
      Secondary Keywords: English Cricket Team, Shane Warne

• 6th January 2003 -  Waugh!
      Secondary Keywords: Steve Waugh, Iraq

• 7th January 2003 -  Alert but beaten...
      Secondary Keywords: English Cricket Team, Terrorism

• 23rd November 2003 - Cricket perhaps?
      Secondary Keywords: Rugby World Cup

• 3rd December 2012 - Signing off!
      Secondary Keywords: Ricky Ponting, Donald Bradman

• 10th April 2015 - On a different mic.
      Secondary Keywords: Richie Benaud

• 10th August 2015 - In search of a better life...
      Secondary Keywords: Michael Clarke, Kepler, NASA

• 30th March 2018 - A diplomatic blunder...
      Secondary Keywords: Russia, Sergei Skripal

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