Posted in lists, tagged fawad alam, steve davies on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The last two of my XI to watch:
Steve Davies: A young English wicketkeeper with plenty of promise. Has performed well in domestic cricket, and has been tipped for the England gloves since forever (well,
2006). This could be his season, although it could admittedly not be. It could be someone else’s.
Fawad Alam:Has been batting well in [...]
Posted in lists, tagged nasir jamshed, tamim iqbal, virat kohli on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are some more young guns (although not in the Wham! sense) who will soon be setting the cricketing world alight like wire wool and a battery.
Nasir Jamshed: Already has a decent average in ODIs (even if so far he’s only played against Zimbabwe), and he’s included in a near-full strength Pakistan squad to face [...]
Posted in england, india, tagged england, india, indian premier league, ipl on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
The Indian Premier League (or at least IPL franchises) could be coming to Lord’s or the Oval, according to The Times.
This development is bound to focus the minds on county boards. Surrey’s chief executive is already talking about “rescheduling our own Twenty20 and we hope it will involve franchises” such as “Vodafone London - I [...]
Posted in youtube, tagged richie benaud, shane warne on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Now that Shane Warne has decided to quit First Class cricket, here are some of his finest moments.
Warne, of course, burst into Test cricket’s collective consciousness with ‘The Ball of the Century‘, and it wasn’t long before he was annihilating batting line-ups on a regular basis. He was always a match-winner, and in the One-Day [...]
Posted in australia, tagged australia, england, india, indian premier league, ipl, shane warne on March 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Part-time Neighbours star and former Hampshire captain Shane Warne has announced his retirement from First Class cricket, in order to concentrate on his other interests such as dubiously flogging hair-loss treatment, playing poker and raking it in playing in the Indian Premier League.
The IPL is already changing the way county chief executives think. The money [...]
Posted in lists, tagged ishant sharma, mitchell johnson, tim southee on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After the spinners come the seamers. No real surprises
Tim Southee: I was going to include him anyway, but he tops the list after this. Crazed batting aside, taking 5-55 in your first Test is pretty special in and of itself.
Mitchell Johnson: Won acclaim in some quarters after pulling out of the IPL in order to [...]
Posted in england, lists, tagged andrew strauss, england, monty panesar, tim ambrose on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
So, has England’s first away Test series win for three years answered the questions that I said they were facing a month ago? Not entirely, of course, but things are a little clearer.
Should Strauss play? We had to wait until the 3rd day of the 3rd Test to get any evidence that the Wing Commander [...]
Posted in england, new zealand, tagged england, new zealand, test cricket on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m so late to the party, I may as well direct you to Republique Cricket, Are YOU a Left-Arm Chinaman or The Googly.
What can I say? I’m too busy wondering if my questions have been answered to worry about such events.
Posted in england, tagged dominic cork, england, michael vaughan, new zealand on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Dominic Cork has suggested dropping Michael Vaughan.
At the moment, Vaughan’s captaincy skills are keeping him in the side, but how bad a captain can you be if you have Ryan Sidebottom taking 7-47?
Posted in lists, tagged adil rashid, beau casson, monty panesar, sulieman benn on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was going to do a Top Ten To Watch, but I’m lazy so I’m doing it in installments:
Sulieman Benn: I’ve already mentioned that Benn impressed me during the Stanford 20/20, and he’s currently making his Test debut for the West Indies.
Adil Rashid: Already touted elsewhere as a Young Buck with a fair bit of [...]
