Posted in england, tagged andrew strauss, england, kevin pietersen, steve harmison on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The 29th of February is traditionally a day when ‘unusual‘ things happen, like women proposing to men.
How fitting then, that Andrew Strauss has scored more than fifty runs, and Steve Harmison has taken five wickets on this particular day.
Just to ensure the world that everything will soon be back to normal, Kevin Pietersen made 53.
Posted in england, lists, new zealand, tagged andrew strauss, england, geraint jones, matt prior, monty panesar, new zealand, tim ambrose on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
With the Test series against New Zealand only days away, there are still a number of key questions which England hope will be answered over the next few weeks. Chiefly, there are the following three:
Should Strauss play? After a series of poor performances, Andrew Strauss was dropped last year. Despite not making many runs since, [...]
Posted in australia, india, tagged australia, harbhajan singh, india, matthew hayden on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Matthew Hayden has gone and done something very silly, (and not very Christian) which has obviously made things worse between Australia and India ahead of their three One-Day ‘Finals’ in the Commonwealth Bank series.
This will do nothing to improve Hayden’s reputation amongst the international cricket-loving fraternity, and may indeed worsen it (if that’s even possible).
The [...]
Posted in india, tagged india, indian premier league, ipl, television, twenty20 on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
According to the Guardian, Setanta Sports have”snaffled” the UK television rights for the IPL.
Sky, apparently, weren’t that bothered, as they have quite a lot of cricket on at that time of year anyway.
Posted in bangladesh, zimbabwe, tagged bangladesh, icc, test cricket, zimbabwe on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dileep Premachandran’s piece today on Bangladeshi cricket raised an interesting question about the number of Tests that teams such as Bangladesh should play.
The option of just having them play Zimbabwe every five minutes, which might have had some merit in different circumstances, is obviously unavailable given the current situation. Does this mean, I wonder, that [...]
Posted in west indies, tagged dave mohammed, jamaica, rayad emrit, stanford 20/20, sulieman benn, trinidad and tobago, twenty20, west indies on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Trinidad and Tobago have beaten Jamaica by 9 wickets (with more than half an innings to spare) to claim the $1 million prize.
Despite the fact that it was the final I wanted to see, the match was a bit of a walkover for T&T, with Dave Mohammed (the youngest of TEN children) and Rayad Emrit [...]
Posted in australia, england, india, pakistan, west indies, youtube, tagged australia, dominic cork, england, harbhajan singh, india, irfan pathan, pakistan, shane warne, west indies on February 23, 2008 | No Comments »
This week’s videos are on the subject of that Holy Grail for Bowlers - the hat-trick.
Irfan Pathan’s in the first three balls of a Test match against Pakistan is a classic of the genre, as is one of my personal favourites, Dominic Cork’s ‘Champagne’ hat-trick against a formidable West Indies side.
Spinners’ hat-tricks tend to be [...]
Posted in west indies, tagged barbados, chris gayle, cuba, dwayne bravo, guyana, jamaica, stanford 20/20, trinidad and tobago, twenty20, west indies on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Stanford 20/20 (which will perhaps become a mere historical footnote to its successor, the IPL) is now down to four teams.
Barbados take on Trinidad and Tobago tonight, and Guyana face Jamaica tomorrow, to decide who will make it through to Sunday’s final.
Personally, I’d like to see a Barbados and Guyana eliminated, to clear the [...]
Posted in australia, england, lists, tagged ashes, australia, dennis lillee, england, icc, james ormond, mark waugh, merv hughes, mike gatting, robin smith, sledging on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
The ICC today announced that it wants to get rid of sledging.
Hopefully, that means this sort of sledging, rather than this sort, which I find quite amusing.
In honour of the dark art of sledging, here are my three Favourite Ashes Sledges:
“There’s no way you’re good enough to play for England”…”Maybe not, but at least I’m [...]
Posted in india, tagged ashwell prince, india, indian premier league, ipl, jaipur, mahendra dhoni, mohammad yousuf, twenty20 on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The IPL auction extravangana is now done. M S Dhoni went for the biggest amount ($1.5m), the Jaipur team may be penalised for not spending enough, and no-one wanted Mohammad Yousuf or Ashwell Prince.
If all this has left your head spinning, try here.
