Hungary claim EuroTwenty20 title
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*Timothy Abraham*
Hungary clinched the third invitational European Twenty20 title after a
dramatic victory over Russia with one ball spare in the final a...
TWO NEW SECTIONS ADDED TO THE FORUM
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Given the cricketing drought that awaits Australian cricket followers, I
have followed up on a request from Wes and added two new sections to the
Baggy Gre...
Strauss issues social media warning
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England captain Andrew Strauss has issued a warning to his players about
using social networking sites such as Twitter. The comments come after Azeem
Rafiq...
Manufactured Certainty in Hawkeye
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Two Test Matches are being played today. At Colombo, they aren't using
Hawkeye and UDRS, while at Trent Bridge, where Pakistan are playing yet
another ne...
There are only two men in Indian cricket
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Bishen Singh Bedi might have a loose tongue, he might be a publicity monger,
for all his acerbic he was, is and will be a great master of a dying trade.
Th...
A PAIR OF SKEPTICALS
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Nasser Hussain: "Shoaib Malik has been banned from bowling the doosra; his doosra has been ruled illegal." Ian Botham: "Is there a legal doosra?" ~~ England ...
Botham helps Cameron connect
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When the British Prime Minister is visiting India the best way to strike a chord is to talk cricket, the quintessentially English game that now has a distinc...
Batting
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England have won the toss and decided to bat on a dry surface despite
overcast conditions.
My point is even if England would have chosen to bowl the...
Pakistan vs England: where clichés collide
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There’s an article on cricinfo entitled Pakistan’s nature vs England’s
nurture. Obviously I refuse to go near anything like that.
As an Englishman, I have ...
Attributes required for a Test batsman
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Test batsmen need to have a number of attributes. Depending on the
conditions and the opposition, there will be different requirements. Some
are always nec...
Cricket in Leeds, cricket in Columbo
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In Leeds last week, the ninth wicket of the Test fell in the 32nd over.
Australia had scored 86. In Columbo, it's lunch on day four. The ninth
wicket of th...
England's chance to address faultlines
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Despite the Ashes win in 2009, there are faultlines in the England Test
line-up that were evident during the defeat in South Africa, writes James
Lawton ...
England Vs Pakistan 1st test preview
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The first test match between a rising England team and a resurgent Pakistan
team will commence tommorrow at Trent Bridge. England has already announced
the...
Like A Fine Wine...
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... he just keeps maturing.
Yesterday's image of the young master contrasts well with the veteran in
this shot, still doing what he does best.
If Tendulk...
Pakistan series wish list
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Last time I did one of these, England only went and won the World T20 (which
ironically wasn’t on the wish list) – so here’s a list of the things I’d
love ...
batting pitches are shit
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Oh come on. This is complete and utter bullshit. Test cricket, kiddies,
shouldn’t be played on pitches they only way you can get a wicket is by
producing a...
Fraser uncertain on Finn treatment
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Former England bowler Angus Fraser has questioned the decision to remove
Steven Finn from cricket for six weeks following his successful spell in the
Engla...
Chapter 94: Sachin's 48th Test verse
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All the men were in place, for one final act of defiance in the evening
against a 37 year old man who had been labouring on the field for almost
three days...
What Can India Now Do?
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The Test series is fast approaching the mid-point of the series, and the
Indians look to have been beaten in almost all the sessions of the games so
far. T...
It Came From Outer Space
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It seems the universe has something to say.
Quite what is unclear.
A meteorite landed on the boundary yesterday at Sussex.
Was this the universe trying t...
My shirt is Cesc(y)
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The Cesc Fabregas saga is beginning to get on one’s nerves now. Every day
there is an interview with some Barca player who desperately wants Cesc to
join h...
Flawed genius file filling to bursting
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First famous for his elegant play, then for his boozing and temper,
Belfast’s Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins died this weekend. From biographer Bill
Burrow’s int...
The Great Lost Bowler
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The excellent short series in England between Pakistan and Australia was a
contest of contrasts. Pakistan youthful, unavoidably inexperienced, slightly
dis...
Malinga in black and white
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*On closer observation it was obvious that*
*Lasith Malinga’s stiff knee had nothing to do with cricket. *
*On Bored: **Malinga's true colors*
7 Potential Autobiography Gimmicks!
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(P.S. Tendulkar today said the book actually doesn’t contain his blood. Too
late sir, can’t change my post to please you.)
Murli's 800 wickets and all is well with the world!
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It has been a very long time, since I last made a post. And no one is more
aware of that fact than me. (I am not sure any one else is even aware.)
So, whi...
Pakistan vs Australia Second Test Day Three
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Today’s over. Ball One – In his bowlers, Salman Butt has a tremendous set of
weapons at his disposal, but, even though Australia were up against it on
the ...
The expected and the unexpected
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Come the first test of a series featuring India, and one can expect a
reasonably incompetent performance, possibly culminating in a heavy defeat.
The Galle...
Final analysis
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[image: Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (C) celebrates taking his 800th
wicket during the fifth day of their first test cricket match against India
in Gal...
The co-efficient of variation
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Gabriel Rogers debuted at It Figures with a post on batsmen's consistency.
The main tool he used was the co-efficient of variation – the standard
deviation...
The best over of swing you'll ever see
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Pakistan's swing bowlers were the highlight of the first day of the first
Test against Australia at Lord's today, dismantling the Aussie order to the
tune ...
Gifted Muralitharan never 'chucked'
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THE retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan from Test cricket marks the departure
of one of the giants of the game, a player who made a difference. He is a
ma...
Sri Lanka squad for test series vs India - 2010
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Highlights:
- Lasith Malinga will return to test cricket after two-and-a-half years
- No Ajantha Mendis in the squad
- Muttiah Muralitharan will return aft...
England Thrash Ireland In 50-Over Warm-Up
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England Women proved to be far too strong for Ireland Women as they
completed a 147-run victory in their final warm-up game ahead of the
five-match ODI ser...
Andy Flower 1, Fabio Capello 0
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By Richard Hobson If there is one thing worse than biennially crashing out of a major football event ahead it is having to suffer the post-mortem afterwards....
To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before …
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It started on Tuesday and carried on till Thursday. It was one of the great
moments of Sport. The match generated a huge amount of interest as it indeed
sh...
India v Pakistan is angry again
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Seriously, did *anyone *enjoy those "Friendship" series a few years ago?
Around that time *India *played *Pakistan *so frequently in a bunch of dull
encoun...
Dr Phil in All Out Cricket
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Our English mate Dr Phil fired through his column about his days at the
Aussie Test with a few of the Beige Brigade hardcore…
Still life in the old dog
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My rant about the futility of the Asia Cup seems to have been ill-timed.
Certainly the performances of the Srilanka-Pakistan match bordered on the
brillian...
Micromax Asia Cup 2010 Full Schedule and Fixtures
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Micromax Asia Cup 2010 Full Schedule and Fixtures Related posts:
1. ICC World Twenty20 2009 England Full Schedule and Fixtures
2. ICC World Twenty...
India in Zimbabwe, 1st T20 Highlights, 12 June 2010
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India beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets, but not as convincingly as hoped. Hare are
the full match highlights: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Share this on
Blinklist...
Every Mother's Son
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"Mum always used to say to me, 'You're gonna blow.''
Mother knows best!
Good interview with Andrew Symonds who, for some reason, has thrown his lot
in wit...
How Bangladesh can crack test cricket
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Bangladesh are slowly improving, that much was clear from their two test
series against England. There is now very little justification in calls to
remove ...
Innate oppo hatred goes too far
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Did anyone else notice that England were playing test cricket? It kind of
by-passed me somewhat. Haven’t we just played Bangladesh? Didn’t we wallop
them t...
Summer's here at last...
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...and Irish eyes are smiling as Eoin Morgan is awarded his first Test cap
on the back of some stunning T20 and ODI performances.
Good luck England for th...
Football World Cup? Who Gives A (Full) Toss?
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The football World Cup starts in South Africa in a couple of weeks and the
papers are already full of stories about how this is Englands year. Just
like th...
Dear Diary
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In the second instalment of our Dear Diary series we afford ourselves an
exclusive sneak peak into the life of a player who has seemingly been in the
news ...
Getting punched in the nuts
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You know how it is when watching one of those shows titled “World’s wankiest
bloopers” or similar. Where people send in video evidence of their attempts
at...
Where from here?
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After another ignominious exit from the T20 world cup, India find themselves
in familiar territory. As if the grilling interviews after the defeat to Sri
L...
Carry on about carry over
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So NZ is out of the World T20. On the field they never looked like they were
going to win it. However, three wins to two losses is not a bad record. And
in...
T20 World Cup – Alternative Commentary
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G’Day All, I’ve been a bit quite around here lately, spending most of my
time on www.greenandgoldrugby.com. I’ve also disabled comments on this blog
as the...
A little like home
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After a long journey from Australia it’s been great to be in the Caribbean,
it reminds me a lot of Australia all the beaches and sunshine, it’s a cool
pl...
Duckworth Lewis and Twenty20
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In the World Twenty20 Sri Lanka won their game against Zimbabwe – a result
that was a fair reflection of the match. England scored a massive 191 which
woul...
India vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Streaming
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India will play its first match of the ICC World Twenty20 Cup today at the
Beausejour Stadium in the island country of St Lucia. The India vs
Afghanistan m...
Silence...
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Dear Readers,
As some of you might have noticed, I haven't been posting much lately.
Not because I am not interested in cricket anymore (as if! BTW I am sti...
Myopic journalism
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Lionel Messi is being hailed in the English media. Turns out that he's a
good footballer. The evidence of this? He scored a goal against Manchester
United,...
I done did the stuff.
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How queer, a lift to Lanchashire.. This is the first draft of my journey.
There are large gaps in the schedul due to 20/20 and Pr0 40, as I wanted to
keep...
Taking Fitness to New levels
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For those who are interested to reach pinnacle in the fitness, you might
want to consider some of the Karate or Taekwondo sessions. Check out these
White L...
New IPL franchises announced
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Pune and Kochi have been announced as the two new franchises in the Indian
Premier League.
Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370m (£2...
TED Talk: The rise of cricket, the rise of India
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The tale of a major global cultural phenomenon: Cricket commentator Harsha
Bhogle describes the spectacular arrival of fast-paced 20-20 cricket as it
paral...
3 (superstitious) Idiots: Sourav, Aamir, Sachin
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In addition to cricket, I am also a big fan of Aamir Khan, an innovative and
phenomenal Bollywood actor/director/producer, and the only one, IMO, who’s
mai...
Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting
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Sometime back, I tried to analyze whether Ricky Ponting could overtake
Sachin Tendulkar in Tests. At that time, the stats stood at Player Tests
Runs Avg 10...
No highlights only casino spotlight
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The ongoing second test between India and South Africa is bound to get over
in at the most a couple of days later. And from then onwards, the one day
serie...
Change of Nickname
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Well, with the CA & NZC contemplating the possibility of nominating John
Howard as the President of the ICC after 2011, I’ve decided to shed my
nickname of...
harper is stranger than fiction
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Darrel Harper is in a weird mood these days. It’s almost as if he is aware
of how much the world hates him, and he is out on a mission to piss the
world of...
Enlightenment
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When I first started this blog a year or two back, my primary aim was to
vent to no-one in particular my frustration about the series between
Australia and...
Enlightenment
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When I first started this blog a year or two back, my primary aim was to
vent to no-one in particular my frustration about the series between
Australia and...
Come On Windies!
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Coming into this test match, this was possibly the best chance Windies had
altogether. Now they are facing a tough task ahead with 51 runs more needed
and ...
A new spin on Australian-Idol
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http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26468065-952,00.htmlSo who would judge this?I don't care as long as Ritchie Benaud is there!Update:Matthew H...
INDIA VS SRILANKA 1ST T20 2009
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ANGAKKARAS KNOCK PROVED TO BE A BOON FOR SRILANKA_ Sri Lanka on this
wednesday manage to register their first win of the tour by winning the
first twenty20...
'I want to do something special'
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Not good enough, simple as that.
I can say though, tonight, I was ‘balls out’ going for it, and I felt great.
I’ll be going ‘balls out’ tomorrow too. I ...
http://iainobrien.co.nz/
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If you didn't know, this blog has moved.
*http://iainobrien.co.nz/*
It contains the usual blog as well as some photos that I've been taking.
Get across...
A shot across the bows
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In a development that slipped unnoticed past the radar of the mainstream
cricket media in India, the international players’ association has trashed
the lat...
Get a Hundred Part 1
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Our summer club season just began last week. Now at the beginning of each
season, I set myself some sort of goal. Two seasons ago, I began an experiment
...
Get a Hundred Part 1
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Our summer club season just began last week. Now at the beginning of each
season, I set myself some sort of goal. Two seasons ago, I began an experiment
...
Silly Maid Is Movin'
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Yessir...I have been charmed by Wordpress and the idea of having my own
domain name.
You can find me at www.sillymaidon.com now. Please update your feeds a...
James Anderson, wrong.
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Anderson describes 6-0 scoreline in favour of Australia as ‘flattering’. I
describe James Anderson as ‘missing the point’. Perhaps he thinks 5-0 would
be a...
Amy's last post
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Amy had begun writing a post a few days before she passed away. It was a few
words long and uncompleted, as it spoke of creating a Wordle, a graphical
repr...
The Hometown Umpiring Advantage - Why?
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OK, a quick question; why do home teams get such an advantage in 50/50 calls
from the umpires?
If we look back over recent series, almost every time the ho...
Kevin Pietersen’s recovery delayed
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England’s key batsman Kevin Pietersen’s who was earlier dropped out of the
Ashes series after the second test due to Achilles injury is suffering from
post...
Uncommontators
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There used to be a time when Henry Blofeld and Tony Greig were primarily the
only ones who'd get behind the microphone even during matches where teams of...
South Africa - Continues….
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History is going to repeat for SA once again, or what??? Won all the
previous matches and lose semi or final…. 1st semi…PAK Vs. SA. PAK is in
commanding po...
Wake up call went unanswered
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Hardly a word was spoken in the team coach last night. Other than Prince who
was grumbling about going in too late to bat. He was mostly talking to
himself...
In the International Spotlight...Panama Cricket
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[image: Photobucket]
The Panamanian cricket team is the team that represents the country of
Panama in international cricket matches. They became an affilia...
Change of address
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It’s happening all over Bombay and other metros: old buildings being torn
down and replaced by towering new structures. Now it’s the turn of my online
ho...
Who Can Beat India?
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Its difficult to repeat. Which means someone has to beat this Indian side.
Who can beat a side that has Sehwag, Praveen Kumar and RP Singh on the
bench?
...
Please excuse my bragging
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But how can I help myself? Deccan won.
They won.
They won.
They won.
THEY WON!!
OMG, OMG, OMG. I told you so!!
In the 2008 season, they were last. But ...
We can defeat England in ODIs
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*Chris Gayle*
Hi everyone,
We’re all very disappointed we lost the Test but looking back we can see
where we went wrong. We let ourselves down in the fi...
KKR's team management is an ass
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Filed under: India, Domestic Cricket
Let me first emphasize that I don't find the concept of multiple captains to
be ridiculous. I think that as more ide...
IPL 2: Un-performances: Games 21 to 40
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*Game 21: Deccan Chargers vs. Delhi Daredevils*
DD make heavy weather of their chase, but manage to bring the requirement
down to 38 off 24 balls. Not i...
Bottoms up to the Panamanian Women Cricket team
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Having thrown my lot with Chennai Super Kings openly, I have often wondered
what to do if they fail to reach the semi-finals.
The most obvious thing would ...
England's "New" Coach
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I know this is a bit late but I thought I'd add my thoughts on Andy Flower's
appointment as England coach. It initially appeared to be a somewhat
last-ditc...
White Mischief Gals to cheer Pietersen in इप्ल!
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"Necklines plunging, hemlines rising, they are all set to let the mercury
soar, higher than any of the sixes that come from the blades of Kevin
Pietersen...
Better than 05
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Move over 2005 Ashes, we have a new "best series ever".
Three wins apiece. Each won two away Tests and one home Test. The scoreline
sums it up brilliantly,...
World Cup Education Program
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The ICC Women's World Cup Education Program aims to promote the game of
cricket to boys and girl across Australia through schools.
This free of charge reso...
Ben on...my new cricket blog
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Uh oh! Mike's back to reclaim his blog. I'd better get out here.
I've now set up my own cricket blog:
[image: Crucket: www.crucket.co.nz]
You'll find it a...
Ifs and Buts
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What could have happened.
Ponting could have bowled Watto with Krazzo. India would have set Aus a
target of 269 instead of 369, and Aus would have chased it...
Of Milestones and Missed Chances....
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On any other day, Mohali should have been a perfect venue for any speedster,
if at all it came to making his debut in India. For Peter Siddle, the first
de...
Greetings
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We've been away a while.
We know it's distressed some of you, and for that we are sorry.
Especially to you Calum, because we forgot your birthday as well, a...
Asia Cup 2008: Meet TheVVinners (MTVV)
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The winner of the Asia Cup 2008 Edition of Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket is
BigBrown and The Coolies. How politically incorrect is that? You gotta
admit, though...
Why Australia should reject Warne
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IF Jeff Fenech and The Pixies can do it, it shouldn’t come as a shock that
Shane Warne is planning a comeback. Still, hearing the…
The Googly - slip, sliding away...
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[image: Thelonggoodbye] After a good couple of years today is the day that
we reach the end of our road (for now). I have thoroughly enjoyed every
minut...
