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  • A nebulous royal family

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:48 am
    The creation of the world's first global cricket franchise is significant for the teams involved, but can the fans be expected to care?

  • Border's unique feat, and the teesra

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:53 pm
    Scoring 150 in both innings, scoring 99 in ODIs, taking 999 wickets, and more

  • Abbamania

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:52 pm
    Twelve years ago, Abdul Qadir, still good enough to turn out for Pakistan, spent a summer playing club cricket in Melbourne. The few who saw him remember it like it was yesterday

  • 'No one holds the bat the way I did'

    7 Feb 2010 | 5:31 pm
    The England batsman on how he almost stayed in the army, what Cardus wrote about him, modern cricketers' propensity to hug and kiss, and more

  • Give Afridi a break

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:46 am
    Ball-tampering is not the heinous crime it is being made out to be; it's time it had official sanction
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  • The Real Test begins!

    mohankaus
    5 Feb 2010 | 5:44 pm
    India take on South Africa (RSA) in a 2-Test series starting today (6 Feb 2010). It is a battle between #1 and #2 sides in the ICC Test rankngs. Having said that, in my view, the ranking system cannot really be that good if it rewards a team that has never won a series in [...]

  • India’s spinning reserves

    blogesh
    2 Feb 2010 | 9:13 pm
    VVS Laxman in Opening Up has mentioned among other things the lack of bench strength as far as spinners are concerned. CricInfo also has an article dedicated to this comment, and hopefully this will help highlight the problem a fair bit. But I am a bit surprised at the attention it is getting. This is not [...]

  • Vijay Bharadwaj?

    smangalam
    1 Feb 2010 | 1:59 pm
    http://www.cricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/engine/current/match/442750.html Cricinfo, at this point, includes “retired” Vijay Bharadwaj in the Board President’s X1 team for their game against SA. They, however, have omitted Sadanand Viswanath, Vinod Kambli, Praveen Amre, Gagan Khoda, Vivek Razdan, Atul Wassan, and Krishnamachari Srikkanth from the side. How did Mr. Bharadwaj get so lucky? -Srikanth Filed under: Cricket [...]

  • A healthy ball.

    10yearslate
    31 Jan 2010 | 5:28 pm
    Dramatis Personae.  Michael Atherton. (Captain) Marcus Trescothick Rahul Dravid. Sachin Tendulkar Andrew Symonds. Shahid Afridi Hansie Cronje MS Dhoni (wicket keeper) Imran Khan Waqar Younis. John Lever. Stuart Broad (12th man) **********  This composite team lines up against a World XI  Act 1. Scene 1.  Dressing Room.  Athers: All right listen up everyone. We’re bowling. On the field in fifteen.  Imran, tossing the ball back and forth with Waqar; “Keep the shine on [...]

  • India team for SA series

    blogesh
    28 Jan 2010 | 4:28 am
    In the previous post, Mohan had speculated what the Indian team would like for the South Africa series, as a number of players were out due to injury. The selectors have named the team and this is what they have come up with  - Virender Sehwag Gautam Gambhir M Vijay S Badrinath Sachin Tendulkar VVS Laxman MS Dhoni/Wriddhiman Saha Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Amit Mishra/Pragyan [...]
 
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  • Reflections on a gripping series

    Adam Mountford (BBC Sport)
    18 Jan 2010 | 7:37 am
    In the end, England were not able to produce a third great escape to win the Test series here in South Africa. But had they held on for a couple of extra hours at the Wanderers on Sunday they might have just managed to do it. Johannesburg was hit by a huge thunderstorm in the afternoon which would have washed out any play after tea - and on Monday the city was hit by heavy rain and dark cloud which may have made conditions impossible on what would have been the scheduled final day. Whether it would have been right for England to win the series is obviously highly debatable although this…

  • Draw can't disguise England frailties

    Ben Dirs (BBC Sport)
    17 Jan 2010 | 12:12 pm
    If, as is often said of Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, a good side is one which manages to avoid defeat while not playing to its full potential, then England's 1-1 Test series draw in South Africa should be considered a success. Soundly beaten in Johannesburg and forced to cling on for dear life in Centurion and Cape Town, future statisticians will pore over the series averages with wonder. While five of South Africa's batsmen averaged between 39 and 61, four of England's averaged in the twenties. And while England's top wicket-taker Graeme Swann took 21 scalps at 31.38, five Proteas…

  • England player ratings for Johannesburg

    Oliver Brett (BBC Sport)
    17 Jan 2010 | 3:57 am
    South Africa put in a tremendous display to thrash England by an innings and 74 runs in the final Test, and as a result retain the Basil D'Oliveira trophy. But no assessment of any England performance is complete without some player ratings. These are my marks out of 10 for the England XI at the Wanderers. I found these particularly tough to do. (It's much easier when they play reasonably well). But as ever I'd like to know what you think. Andrew Strauss - 3 Elected to drop Graham Onions, chose to bat first when bowling looked the more obvious choice, and could not really blame brilliant…

  • 'Bullring' poised for thrilling finale

    Adam Mountford (BBC Sport)
    12 Jan 2010 | 9:58 am
    I am writing this blog from what must be the highest Test Match Special commentary box in the world. Not only are we situated right at the top of the tallest stand at the famous Wanderers Cricket Ground, but being here on the Highveld in Johannesburg we are already about 2000m above sea level. We will certainly get an amazing view of what will hopefully be the exciting climax that this series deserves. This initimidating Wanderers stadium, known as the "Bullring", has often provided moments of high drama down the years. England have certainly excelled at rearguard action during this series,…

  • South Africa under pressure to deliver

    Oliver Brett (BBC Sport)
    11 Jan 2010 | 8:45 am
    What a difference a year makes (well, a year and a few days, anyway). On 29 December 2008 South Africa were celebrating the mother of all Test match victories at one of the world's most intimidating venues, the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Hashim Amla nudged a couple of runs through the on-side off Michael Clarke to condemn Australia to their first home Test series defeat since 1993. It must have seemed to some that Graeme Smith's hardy band would go on to dominate world cricket in much the same way those same Australians they had just beaten had done for so long. A dead-rubber defeat in Sydney…
 
 
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  • Bangladesh are indeed ordinary

    27 Jan 2010 | 12:11 pm
    India were expected to thrash Bangladesh, and when the winning margins are 100+ runs and 10 wickets, it is fair to say Bangladesh were thrashed. Bangladesh had fun for at most 1.5 days - day 1 of the first test and around 50 overs on day 3 of the second test. There was a lot written about Sehwag's comment before the first test on Bangladesh being an 'ordinary' side. Sehwag was perhaps being politically uncorrect, saying such a thing in Bangladesh, especially when the BCCI had played a huge role in Bangladesh getting test status. Yet, the facts are that barring a series win against a West…

  • Mahela: Kotla wasn't a fair wicket for one-day cricket

    28 Dec 2009 | 3:40 am
    Mahela Jayawardene sounded very reasonable, it until he told Cricinfo that his team and the Indian team thought that the Kotla pitch was not a fair wicket to play one-day cricket. I wonder what his opinion was about the Rajkot pitch where 820 runs were scored across 100 overs. Was that a "fair" wicket for one-day cricket? I'm totally on Jarrod Kimber's side when he writes "If these batsmen want to come out with two inches of unprotected space on their bodies, then they can take whatever comes at them". The ICC's monitoring process is bound to kick in now since the assumption seems to be…

  • What were the umpires doing at Perth?

    17 Dec 2009 | 11:26 am
    During the first over after lunch on day two of the Perth test in the Frank Worrell Trophy featuring Australia v West Indies, Suleiman Benn, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson got into a fracas. The sequence of events, which you can see in the video on YouTube, was approximately this: Haddin plays a ball towards mid wicket and sees the possibility of a quick single Benn, bowling from around the wicket, runs across to his right to cut off the single Johnson put his head down and ran, reviving memories of Forrest Gump Benn tries to get to the ball, and ends up looking like he was dragging Johnson…

  • Re-structuring the ICC Future Tours Programme

    10 Dec 2009 | 11:03 am
    The ICC's President, David Morgan, has revealed that the Future Tours Programme (FTP) planned for the period 2012-2020 will relax restrictions around the concept. Teams do not need to play each other home and away over a six year cycle as is the case currently. What is interesting though is that the current version of the FTP only spans 6 years, and was drawn up in 2006. I find it bizarre that the ICC will be coming out with an 8 year schedule (2012-2020) at a time when a lot of folks, including administrators and players, don't even know what's around the corner 2 years from now. In the last…

  • Athers and Kapil are only partly right

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:51 pm
    On the occasion of Sachin Tendulkar completing 20 years in international cricket, Kapil Dev opined in 'The Asian Age' that Tendulkar had under-achieved. It depends on how you look at it. For someone who started off playing so aggressively and making bowlers scared of bowling to him, Tendulkar most definitely doesn't strike fear in bowlers any more. But that's true for pretty much every player who has been around for any length of time. I'm sure that towards the late 80s and early 90s, bowlers were queueing up to bowl to Viv. Murali hasn't been too good over the past year or so and there are…
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    A Cricketing View

  • The stupidest tourists ever to tour India

    Kartikeya
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm
    Tony Greig, the England captain on their 1976-77 tour to India offers an explanation, 34 years later, of the so called vaseline row where England's new ball bowler John Lever was accused by Bishen Singh Bedi of ball tampering. As always, there is an innocent explanation for something that an England player does. Particularly classless from Greig (even 30 years later) is his little comment in the end that "Bishen Bedi was under pressure" - the insinuation being that Bedi was especially vehement about this to draw attention away from the fact that India were losing the series. If the vaseline…

  • Stained by Approach, Steyned towards Defeat

    Kartikeya
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:38 am
    It is unfashionable to comment on a batsman's approach, on the choices that the batsman makes. But Virender Sehwag's innings on the third day at Nagpur was the textbook case study about why this is necessary. You will hear the line "That's the way he plays" countless number of times over the course of the next few days, you may have heard it already. But really, that's not the way he plays. There were two separate Virender Sehwag's on show yesterday - the one who made his first hundred runs in the first innings and the one who made his last 25 runs of the day.The same Sehwag who chose his…

  • A Magic Spell

    Kartikeya
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:08 pm
    If you watched Dale Steyn bowl this morning, you might be forgiven for thinking that it is beyond the capability of the human being to bowl to leg stump. There was no question of a loose ball. Nothing to cut, nothing on leg stump. On a wicket which is still very flat and easy paced, Dale Steyn was able to produce a handful of unplayable deliveries. When he wasn't bowling the perfect outswinger, he was setting the stage to bowl it.This is possibly the finest swing bowling India have faced in a Test Match ever since they face Ryan Sidebottom in top form in England in 2007. Steyn is a great…

  • A solid first day for South Africa

    Kartikeya
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:54 am
    Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla made the most of a placid first day wicket at Nagpur to score a century each and give their team a strong platform from which to reach 550 tomorrow and put India's severely depleted batting line up under pressure. India bowled reasonably well all day - they were accurate, but, if played patiently, posed no sustained threat to the batsman. It was a wicket on which the batsman can feel that he is "in", as they say.Cricinfo now offers Hawkeye maps as part of their ball by ball coverage. While one ought to take Hawkeye with a pinch of salt, the beehive clusters that…

  • Dinesh Karthik reacts to being dropped

    Kartikeya
    4 Feb 2010 | 12:52 pm
    I don't want to belabor my point about Badrinath's reaction to being dropped, but here's another response by a player to being dropped. This was not Dinesh Karthik being dropped per se, as M S Dhoni is still the first choice wicketkeeper batsman, but merely being relegated from his position as M S Dhoni's understudy - a good place to be, given Dhoni's back troubles and the inevitability of him sitting out some games due to the massive responsibilities he undertakes when he plays - wicketkeeping, batting and captaincy.This emerges as a theme in Dinesh Karthik's career. He has invariably…
 
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  • MCC

    Richard Seeckts
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am
    MCC’s latest missive to members begins, “As members will be aware, this year’s match between MCC and the Champion County, Durham, will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.” Without a hint of irony, it continues, “There will be no ground admission charge for the match…..” No mention of the extra 3,397 miles members will have to travel beyond Lord’s, although they thoughtfully offer a MCC Supporters’ Tour for a piffling £1,885 per person (£600 single supplement).  Er…thanks a lot.

  • Test Mach Special

    Will
    3 Feb 2010 | 2:33 pm
    There was a frivolous and fun game on Twitter a few months ago, the hashtag being #radio4minus1letter, and they produced some gems. “lose ends” an invited panel have to find the end of the sellotape roll · A look at Judeo-Roman history through one woman’s obsession with a charioteer: Woman’s Hur The Shipping Forecat – a daily nautical report from a feline stowaway But this is particularly good. Because it’s about cricket. Geoffrey Boycott and Blowers travel supersonic in the world\’s fastest planes – Test Mach Special ! Suggestions…

  • Idiocy epitomised

    Will
    2 Feb 2010 | 12:37 pm
    A couple of weeks ago, a friend went ballistically excited on me having just met Shahid Afridi. She is easily pleased, but nevertheless I began briefly to put aside my cynicism over Afridi. All that talent, bravado and bombast contrasting with, well, his inner demons. Will it go for six or will he sky it? That, in essence, seemed to be the way he conducted his life, not just his batting. Captaincy could have changed him; he’s no spring chicken these days, after all, and Pakistan have a lot of impressionable young players to whom Afridi must be something of a demi-god. And then he bites…

  • Cricinfo now supports Facebook Connect

    Will
    2 Feb 2010 | 12:24 pm
    A little project I’ve been working on. When you go to a Cricinfo story which is commentable, you can leave your thoughts while logged in as a Facebook user. It’s one of a raft of features we have lined up that we hope will make talking with Cricinfo, and our other sites, a lot easier.

  • Good luck, Ottis

    Will
    31 Jan 2010 | 1:32 pm
    Ottis Gibson has left his position as England’s bowling coach to become the head coach of West Indies, according to the UK’s Daily Telegraph. West Indies slay their coaches like a scythe lopping dandelion heads. Another poor mug into the fold, then, for the most poisoned of chalices. Good luck, Ottis.
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  • Parallel lives

    JP
    28 Jan 2010 | 4:15 am
    For the next few days, while I am at the World Economic Forum at Davos, I’m going to be spending my time guesting on the Telegraph blog. My first post went up this morning, and can be found here. Let me know what you think.                         

  • Walls and bridges: even more on Facebookisation

    JP
    7 Jan 2010 | 1:52 am
    Whatever gets you through the night it’s alright, it’s alright It’s your money or your life it’s alright, it’s alright Don’t need a sword to cut thru flowers oh no, oh no Whatever gets you thru your life it’s alright, it’s alright Do it wrong or do it right it’s alright, it’s alright Don’t need a watch to waste your time oh no, oh no John Lennon, Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, Walls And Bridges, 1974 Note: The song was Lennon’s first and only US solo number 1 during his lifetime. (Just Like) Starting Over, the only…

  • More on the Facebookisation of the enterprise

    JP
    6 Jan 2010 | 4:19 pm
    Note: This is a follow-up post to one I wrote a few days ago, The Facebookisation of the enterprise, given the kind of interest it generated. People seriously interested in the subject may wish to read my nine-part series on Facebook and the Enterprise from 2007. The first part remains my most-read post,  apart from the kernel for this blog: Building Society for the 21st Century, which is a page and not a post. You may also be interested in my Twitter in the Enterprise series, a sample of which is here. If the IT department was made to behave like Facebook, what would an enterprise look…

  • Musing about trust

    JP
    2 Jan 2010 | 2:09 pm
    Everywhere around me I see more and more examples of resources, interactions and even entire marketplaces converted into virtual constructs. Abstracted. Expressed in ways that allow for sophisticated models and simulations. In fact that’s one way of looking at what’s happening at the Singularity University. Everywhere around me I see more and more examples of situations where the core problem people are trying to solve is that of trust. There appears to be a lot of work being done trying to distil trust into something formulaic, data-driven. And this is good. Data-driven is good.

  • The Facebookisation of the enterprise

    JP
    2 Jan 2010 | 6:58 am
    Imagine an “enterprise” world where: You chose your own phone You chose your own portable computing device (which may be your phone) You chose your own desktop computing device (which may be your television) You chose the operating systems you put on these devices In other words, the IT department had “lost control of the device”. Imagine an “enterprise” world where: Your identity was actually yours and independent of the company you worked for Your network of relationships actually described the people you spoke to, spent time with, worked with Your…
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  • Get a Hundred Part 1

    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 to reinvent myself as a front-line legspinner/tailend batsman. It failed miserably. Last season, I adopted Aloof Theory. While it was one of my better seasons, the whole nature of Aloof Theory is to not set goals so, well, it was all a bit wishy washy really. So this season, I'm taking a leaf out of Get A Hundred and setting myself the goal of scoring a maiden club century. Already after one week, I think I may have bitten off more than I can…

  • Why Australia lost the 2009 Ashes

    When Australia lost the 2005 Ashes, the scapegoating and finger pointing was immediate, fierce and frantic. Billy Bowden. Ricky Ponting. Breath mints. WAGS. God. John Buchanan. Gary Pratt. The loss was such a shock, there was plenty of blame to go around too. However, and despite the fact that the pain of this Ashes loss is still fresh, I think it's possible to offer a dispassionate and logical analysis on where blame lies in our 2009 Ashes loss. I don't think Ricky Ponting's captaincy was a contributing factor. Sure, he's defensive and unimaginative. But his conservative captaincy was…

  • 2009 Ashes, 5th Test, Day 4: Daring to care...

    When you get hurt in a relationship, it's tempting to close yourself off to prevent future pain. Similarly, the human reaction for any Australian fan given the state of the 2009 Ashes is to give up hope that we can somehow chase a further 466 runs over the next two days without losing ten wickets. It would be a world record run chase on a wicket that already looked like a 5th day pitch on day 2. It's impossible. Can't be done. But Australia made it to stumps without loss, knocking up 80 runs off 20 overs. Time isn't an issue. There will be no batting for a draw. All that matters is runs. Or…

  • 2009 Ashes, 5th Test, Day 3: Are Australia the new England?

    The 2009 Ashes has swung backwards and forwards so many times, you can get whiplash if you're watching too closely. Australia dominated in Cardiff but couldn't close the deal. England led in Lords and the first half of the 3rd Test. Australia regained the balance for the next one and a half Tests. But now at the moment of truth, Australia had one session so disastrous, we may have just handed the Ashes to England. It was a batting collapse so complete and insipid, it made England's 4th Test debacle almost respectable. Australia are so far behind, it's hard to see them coming back from here.

  • 2009 Ashes, 5th Test, Day 2: Crunch time for the 2009 Ashes

    You get the feeling England just let the Ashes slip through their fingers yesterday. At 1 for 100, they were poised to set an imposing first innings total. Instead, all their batsmen got starts then threw their wickets away. At stumps, they were 8 for 300, a well under par total for such a flat wicket. Their only hope lies in taking lots of Aussie wickets today. If they can dismiss Australia cheaply and achieve a first innings lead, they're still in with a sniff. If Australia bat out 4 or 5 sessions, it's all over. The next two days will decide the Ashes. Bat on, boys!
 
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  • Proteas, Windies enjoy extra T20 clash

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:56 pm
    South Africa will play an additional Twenty20 International against West Indies during their tour to the region later this year, the boards of both countries have confirmed.

  • Smith delights in 'outstanding performance'

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:56 pm
    Graeme Smith hailed an "outstanding performance" from his team after they registered an innings-and-six-run victory over India in the first Test in Nagpur.

  • More Twenty20 gluttony on the cards

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:55 pm
    The Rajasthan Royals' formation of Royals2020 - a self-professed 'dynamic partnership of leading cricket clubs' - leaves Peter May to ask a few telling questions of such a contrived league.

  • Gayle rues another defeat and poor crowds

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:06 pm
    Chris Gayle thinks his team's poor form might have contributed to the disappointing attendances in their opening two one-day internationals against Australia.

  • Session-by-session: Day four

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:20 am
    Tristan Holme casts a glance over the fourth day's play of the first Test between india and South Africa in Nagpur.
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    Bangladesh news from Cricinfo

  • Warne accuses Strauss of Test disrespect

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:30 pm
    Shane Warne has accused Andrew Strauss of showing a lack of respect to Test cricket by resting for England's tour of Bangladesh, and has questioned whether Alastair Cook is up to the task of leading the team in his absence

  • Belligerent Taylor seals series for New Zealand

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:36 pm
    Having been kept to 183 by New Zealand's tidy bowling attack, Bangladesh were drubbed by the broad bat of Ross Taylor as they surrendered the series to the hosts

  • New Zealand target another uncomplicated win

    7 Feb 2010 | 8:37 am
    Monday's match presents New Zealand a chance to complete a quick series victory against a struggling Bangladesh

  • Oram onslaught knocks Bangladesh out

    5 Feb 2010 | 1:06 am
    A fearsome assault from Jacob Oram, and his damaging partnership with Neil Broom, helped New Zealand crush Bangladesh by 146 runs in the first ODI in Napier

  • No way but up for Bangladesh

    4 Feb 2010 | 2:03 am
    Bangladesh have had a forgettable 2010 so far, and their record in New Zealand is also dreadful. This is their chance to change that
 
 
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  • Extra matches for England's Ashes tour

    5 Feb 2010 | 2:16 am
    England have got their wish for three first-class warm-up games before the 2010-11 Ashes series after their poor preparation was a factor in their failed defence on the previous trip

  • Stars available for Sri Lanka's provincial tournament

    4 Feb 2010 | 6:06 am
    Sri Lanka's much anticipated 50-over provincial cricket tournament commences on February 6 with 76 cricketers participating

  • Cariah ton gives Windies third spot

    28 Jan 2010 | 11:59 pm
    Sri Lanka set the West Indies a steep target of 292, but Yannic Cariah scored a responsible, unbeaten ton to ease his side past, in the process sealing the third spot in the Under-19 World Cup

  • Kent sign Malinga Bandara

    28 Jan 2010 | 8:34 am
    Kent have signed Malinga Bandara, the Sri Lankan legspinner, as their overseas player for the second half of next season

  • Lasith Malinga to miss Pro20 tournament

    28 Jan 2010 | 8:26 am
    Lasith Malinga, who had signed a short-term contract with the Highveld Lions, will not play in the Standard Bank Pro20 tournament, after a directive from the Sri Lanka cricket board, which had concerns over his fitness
 
 
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  • Crocked Siddle refuses to blame workload

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:07 am
    Peter Siddle says players can be injured at any time, regardless of workload . Australian paceman Peter Siddle says a strenuous workload was not responsible for the back injury which will sideline him for up to five months.

  • Lee unsure about his future, says 'may never bowl again'

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:57 am
    Melbourne His international career derailed by one injury breakdown after another, Australian pacer Brett Lee says he is unsure about his future and may never bowl again.

  • Warne urges Aussies to play in IPL

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:32 pm
    Shane Warne has urged his fellow Australians to play in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League despite threats from an Indian political party.

  • Warne blasts Strauss Test absence

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:06 pm
    Shane Warne has described England captain Andrew Strauss's decision to miss his country's tour of Bangladesh next month as disrespectful.

  • Shane Warne and Rajasthan Royals spearhead global IPL pursuit

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:33 am
    Rajasthan, captained by Shane Warne, have signed an historic link with Hampshire and are in the final stages of talks with Cape Cobras of South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago and an unnamed Australian state side.
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  • Karthik heads recalled India trio

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:20 am
    India have rung the changes for the second Test in Kolkata after an inexperienced team suffered a heavy defeat in Nagpur. Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina and Sreesanth all return to a 15-man squad.

  • Umpires wanted in Oxfordshire

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:47 am
    Have you ever considered becoming a cricket umpire? If you like being close to the action, there is no better seat in the house.

  • Smith delighted with polished Proteas

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:41 am
    South Africa captain Graeme Smith hailed an “outstanding performance” from his team after they registered an innings-and-six-run victory.

  • Proteas demolish sorry India

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:40 am
    South Africa completed an innings-and-six-run victory over India with a day to spare in Nagpur to take a crucial lead in the two-match Test series.

  • Lord's leader Finn adds to armoury

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:41 am
    Steven Finn already feels closer to England recognition than ever before - now the Middlesex and Lions fast bowler is targeting a sustained year of wicket-taking in order to make the next step.
 
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  • Afghans get off to a flying start

    Patrick Kidd
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:25 am
    There will come a point when we are sick of the Afghanistan cricket team. Probably shortly after they have won their fifteenth consecutive game against England and when Australia cancel the Ashes because they would rather have a proper test of their skill in Kabul. Until then, we can keep our childish wonder at cricket's fastest-improving nation. Remember that it was only two years ago that they were playing in World Cricket League Division 5 against the likes of Vanuatu. Last year they came within one win of qualifying for the 2011 World Cup and they are now competing in the World…

  • Royalty card

    Patrick Kidd
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:11 am
    The Warnification of world cricket began today with the announcement that the Rajasthan Royals, captained by Shane Warne, are striking partnerships with other Twenty20 sides around the globe. Hampshire, Trinidad & Tobago, the Cape Cobras and, it is hoped, Victoria will all form part of the Rajasthan brand and will compete domestically under the nickname Royals. Even as I type, they are changing the logos at the Rose Bowl, replacing Hampshire's Hawks brand with what they call "an exciting new range of merchandise", although one assumes it is not much more exciting than some…

  • Making a meal out of ball-tampering

    Patrick Kidd
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    As the Pakistan Cricket Board chews over whether to slap an additional punishment on Shahid Afridi, who is serving a two-match ICC-imposed ban for chomping on a ball, the errant captain has already been served up as the subject of an advertising campaign by Nando's in Australia (thanks to Faras Ghani for sending this in): Afridi joins a long line of sportsmen whose misdemeanours have been used to sell food. Well, actually, I can only think of Gareth Southgate and the "Excuse me, miss" adverts for Pizza Hut after his penalty failure in 1996, but there must be others. Did…

  • Steyn blitzes India

    Patrick Kidd
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:19 am
    Who said that South Africa were floundering? Who said that Indian pitches produced perfect batting tracks and high-scoring boreathons? Well, we all get it wrong. When I tuned into day 3 of the first Test between India and South Africa this morning, it was heading for stalemate. South Africa had declared on 558 for six, India were 200-odd for four and while the Proteas had the upper hand, I did not expect them to be in such command by stumps. The lack of Dravid and Laxman proved costly. 221 for four became 233 all out as Dale Steyn produced a gobsmaking spell of five wickets for one run in 22…

  • Here comes another one

    Patrick Kidd
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:19 am
    Craig Kieswetter, the South African-born Somerset wicketkeeper, qualifies for England on residency grounds on February 17 and is expected to be challenging Matt Prior for the gloves soon. Cricinfo has an interview with him in which he says: "I feel as English as anyone else does." I guess a sub-editor must have cut what Kieswetter said next: "No one is more English than me. Except for Kevin. And Trotty. And the coach of course." As usual, I am relaxed about what Peter McGuinness calls Schminglishmen. It is a compliment that they want to play for this country. What is…
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    Tour Diaries

  • The sacred cow that is Australia

    20 Jan 2010 | 2:52 am
    Sport is the most visible way in which Australian-ness seems to be expressed © Getty Images   Does Australia matter? The topic came up over lunch with two Australian journalists in Melbourne at the very start of this trip. To be fair the question barely came up again unless I raised it, so it isn't as if that is such a thing to worry about. But now, as we leave, is as good a time as any to revisit, maybe broaden it. We were talking of sacred cows in various countries; most nations have a few. One of the journalists said the matter of whether Australia matters to the rest of the…

  • Meeting Marais Erasmus

    16 Jan 2010 | 8:28 am
    Marais Erasmus is all geared up for his first Test © Cricinfo Ltd   At least four people in Cape Town will be tuning into the India-Bangladesh Test in Chittagong. A father, a wife and twin sons. Marais Erasmus is making his debut as a Test umpire tomorrow. He is chubby, friendly and slightly nervous. “Butterflies are good. I mean you should get them in your tummy, otherwise what’s the point? It is a big match for me,” he said with a laugh. His father, who thinks his son can do no wrong, is crazy about the game and watched the first Test in Cape Town after the Second World War.

  • An Ava Gardner in Hobart

    13 Jan 2010 | 9:15 pm
    Boating on the Derwent River © Getty Images   If Hobart were in England, there would be no word for it other than quaint. But quaint seems as misplaced a concept in Australia as not having a nickname. When we first arrived here a few nights ago, it seemed as if we had walked into Northern Exposure, that early to mid-90s US series about a New York doctor moving to a town in Alaska. Isolation is instantly felt, befitting of a town at one edge of the world, but not that of an underdeveloped one. Hobart is fine and functional. It just moves to its own pace, one similar to other small,…

  • Collingwood's broad bat

    12 Jan 2010 | 8:33 am
    Paul Collingwood admires his massive equipment © Getty Images Cricket bats have become bigger and bigger in recent years to the extent that they are like railway sleepers. However, Paul Collingwood has taken it to the extreme by using one that really wouldn't look out of place on the West Coast Mainline. He has been using the extra-large bat, which weighs around four-and-a-half to five pounds compared to the normal weight of just under three pounds, during nets on the South Africa tour. "It's something the Durham second-team coach Jon Lewis came up with about six months ago,” he said.

  • Tuned in at the Sydney Festival

    9 Jan 2010 | 10:32 pm
    The Manganiyar Seduction though, was as much a visual piece as it was aural © WireImage Last night I saw a kid breakdancing to some Rajasthani folk music. As an image it worked better than I thought it might. The occasion was the opening night of the Sydney Festival, a three-week affair, the first night of which is always free. The festival is a sprawling one, showcasing theatre, art, dance, comedy and much music from all over the world. It reminds me of the Edinburgh Arts Festival, though only if that had been cross-bred with some music festival from the UK summer. We arrived at Hyde…
 
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    The Nightwatchgirl™

  • Shane: Your Mouth Is Too Big For Your Face

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:33 am
    Yes. The mighty one has spoken. You remember: he used to play a bit of cricket for Australia. Liked the girls. Liked his food a bit too much. NWG thinks he may have got a few wickets to his name too.And now he sticks his oar in precisely where it's not welcome.Andrew Strauss shouldn't be missing the Bangladesh tour, he says. It won't help him or the England team for the Ashes, he says.Don't remember you saying that to Ricky Ponting when he went home during the ODI series last summer. Or is that because Australia are exempt from criticism?Shane: stick to your day job - promoting hair…

  • Oh No Not Another One

    4 Feb 2010 | 3:24 am
    Just in case anyone was in any doubt as to the nationality of the England team set-up, it seems the ECB are bringing in another South African.Because England just don't have enough of them.Yes, Allan Donald is being lined up as the bowling coach.NWG thinks this is an inspired choice, as he was a frightening bowler. But she can't help thinking that the England side is being taken over by South Africans.Is this a conspiracy?

  • No Cricket Makes NWG Sad

    1 Feb 2010 | 5:47 am
    OK. So there's no England cricket on the horizon for ages. And this leaves NWG thinking about future series.Namely the Ashes.Namely NWG wants to go.Namely, she can't decide if by going she will just be watching England get slaughtered.Namely, she's worried that by going she will just witness a bad England display and thousands of Australian fans jeering.But she still wants to go.Really badly.But should she?

  • Balls

    28 Jan 2010 | 3:45 am
    They started off red. Ish. Then came the white ones. Ish.Now they want pink ones.NWG wants to make a suggestion:How about a ball that changes colour throughout the game? Maybe even changes colour as to how fast it's going. Maybe one that glows in the dark. Or a multi-coloured one. Or one that matches the batting team's colours? Or a really smart one that knows if there was an inside edge and it changes colour to save the umpire an embarrassing mistake.

  • The Court Of Cricket

    25 Jan 2010 | 5:01 am
    Now that things don't matter and the time has passed, the ICC have decided to formally investigate volume knob gate.Bit late now, but perhaps Daryl Harper can be shamed in to becoming a better umpire (chances are very slim).The referral system is supposed to prevent bad decisions. Actually all it does is make everyone question the umpires. When a bad judgement was made before referrals were brought in, you just dealt with it. These things happen. Quite often. They're only human. But now they have super powers of replay, hot spot, snicko and hawkeye. Some clever man once said: "With great…
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  • Ind vs SA - South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:54 am
    India vs South Africa - South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs

  • Team India loose the No. 1 tag

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:04 am
    If there is one team which has always made India bite the dust at home, it has to be South Africa. And the Proteas did it once again at the first test at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur. They

  • Steyn sails Proteas to an innings victory

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:50 am
    Nagpur: South Africa take a 1-0 lead in the series as India losses by an innings and 6 runs. Dale Steyn took 10 wickets in the match as he cleaned up the tail for India to fold for 319 on the

  • Bollinger bowls Aussies to a stunning win

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:24 am
    Sydney: Doug Bollinger bowls Australia to a thumping win by 8 wickets against West Indies in the 2nd ODI here at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.Earlier, Windies were bowled out for 170 in 39.4 overs after slumping to 16-4 at the

  • Bollinger snares as Windies humbles

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:11 am
    Sydney: Doug Bollinger snared 4 for 28 from eight overs as Windies post a lowest total of 170 runs against Australia here on Tuesday at Sydney Cricket Ground.Doug Bollinger wreaked havoc with the ball, removing skipper Chris Gayle with the first
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  • Brute Force Vs Deft Touch

    2 Feb 2010 | 3:52 pm
    So, yet another win of brute force over deft touch, or rather 2 more wins. Justin Henin played the beautiful game, but Serena Williams walked away with the honors. Arsenal had the technique, the passing, the footballing skills, but it was Darren Fletcher (Anti-football? No, not this time) and AF's (Alex Fergusson, for there is only one Sir Alex, Sir Alex Song!!!!) red devils who had the last laugh!! Henin had the drop shots, the pace, the nimble-footedness, the volleys, hell she even had the BEST ONE-HANDED BACKHAND ever but lacked Serena's MUSCULAR STRENGTH. I am taking nothing away from Man…

  • Pakistan to Panicstan!

    6 Jan 2010 | 12:40 pm
    I was really excited to finally watch a test match. Its always fun and interesting to see Australia lose. (even if its against pakistan!!). So, I got under my 'razai', found a good link(to a website) to watch what I hoped for a Paki voctory over the OZ's. But, it was Pakistan, after all. They have not won till they have won (and they have not lost till they have lost. Martin Crowe will testify that. Remember WC 92!!).Mohd. Yousuf said "We lost the match because of me. My shot was pathetic" after the match. Well, I am not sure about the second part, I concur with the first part though. For me,…

  • Zoom Barabar Zoom

    31 Dec 2009 | 7:53 am
    Here is a look back on the top few sporting moments in this decade2001- Laxman's 281 and India's victory over Australia in Kolkata after following on. This series was played around the Feb-Mar season. Despite board exams, and all those Engineering tests hovering, for the last 3 days of this test everything else was switched off.2001- Goran wins Wimbledon. First Croat,First Wild card entry and the only wild card entry to date to win the men's grandslam,200 + acesBeating Rafter in the FinalsEspn/Star Sports Did not broadcast this match live2003- Sachin hits 19 off Shoaib's first over. A Six…

  • World Cup Pots

    2 Dec 2009 | 9:24 am
    So, FIFA announced the 4 "pots" of next year's world cup. The 8 pools will be decided this Friday with one team coming from each “Pot”.Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa (Group A), Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, SpainSA, because they are the hosts are in Pot 1. Obviously, they are the weakest in Pot 1. Everyone else looks strong except Italy. Brazil and Argentina, with their South American flair and also histroy/mathematics favoring them. For the last 40 odd years, the world cups have been won alternately by a South American and a European Nation. (Italy 06, Brazil 02,…

  • Sachin Tid Bits (1)

    30 Nov 2009 | 10:06 am
    Sachin was the first overseas player to be contracted by Yorkshire. Before he was signed in 1992, Yorshire had this policy of not allowing 'outsiders' in their team. There were claims that the Yorks were Racists. But, seeing the plight of Yorshire cricket, Geoffery Boycott, who was in the Yorkshire's cricket council, desperately wanted Sachin in the team. So, it was not easy for Sachin to play in the team, as there were lot of oppositions to his contract-signing at Yorkshire. But, the great man won the hearts of the Yorks. Even though, his performance was not as outstanding (a mere average of…
 
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    IPL 2010 | Cricket

  • Pawar urges Bal Thackeray not to oppose Australian players in IPL

    IPL Cricket
    7 Feb 2010 | 1:51 pm
    Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray to urge him not to oppose the participation of Australian cricketers in the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL). Specially flying down to Mumbai from Aurangabad, Pawar called on Thackeray at the latter’s residence Matoshri, where they were closeted for over two hours. While Pawar [...]

  • FICA sweats as IPL 2010 faces terror threat from Taliban

    IPL Cricket
    7 Feb 2010 | 8:24 am
    The Federation of International Cricketer’s Association (FICA) once again raised the issue of security during the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL). FICA president Tim May, a former Aussie cricketer, said on Saturday that foreign players urgently needed information on security arrangements during IPL because independent Australian security experts have told FICA that the T20 event faces [...]

  • Lord’s owner MCC looking to buy new IPL Team?

    IPL Cricket
    7 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    Is the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the game’s most hallowed institution and the owner of Lord’s, set to become part of the Indian Premier League? With just over a month left for bids to be invited for two new teams at IPL, top sources say MCC is keen on owning a squad. According to the sources, [...]

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    IPL Cricket
    4 Feb 2010 | 10:01 am
    Become a fan of IPL Pulse on Facebook to receive the latest updates on Indian Premier League Twenty20 Cricket. Join IPLPulse Facebook Fan Club IPL Pulse  provides complete information on Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 Cricket and Champions League Twenty20. IPL Pulse covers live updated scores, cricket news, articles, player profiles, features and forthcoming IPL Editions. Every week, [...]

  • ACA expecting to get security plans of IPL 2010

    IPL Cricket
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:46 am
    The prospect of Australian players participating in the Indian Premier League 3 next month has brightened up with the country’s Cricketers’ Association (ACA) saying it is close to getting the security details from the IPL authorities. IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has said that he will not share the security plans with palyers’ unions but ACA chief [...]
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