Dirk Nannes is the latest overseas star to sign up for next season’s Twenty20 Cup (following Adam Gilchrist’s move to Middlesex and the various other county comings and goings), having been snapped up by Nottinghamshire.
The Dutch-Australian fluent Japanese speaker and skiing enthusiast is widely regarded as a Twenty20 specialist, and given his success with Delhi, [...]
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Nannes the nomad joins Nottinghamshire
Posted in australia, england, netherlands, tagged australia, county cricket, delhi daredevils, england, graeme swann, mick newell, middlesex, netherlands, nottinghamshire, ryan sidebottom, samit patel, victoria on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The slow rise of Doug Bollinger
Posted in australia, tagged australia, burt cockley, dominic cork, doug bollinger, india, mitchell johnson, pakistan, uae on November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Australia’s well-documented injury problems in India have allowed one or two players the chance to break into the side. The man with possibly the most masculine name ever, Burt Cockley, may not have made it into the side, but Doug Bollinger did, and took 3-38 on Monday and 5-35 today to move his way up [...]
India vs Australia: One Day Series Preview
Posted in australia, india, tagged ashes, australia, brett lee, champions league, champions trophy, harbhajan singh, india, ipl, michael clarke, munaf patel, new south wales, virender sehwag, yuvraj singh on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
India are hosting Australia for a seven-match ODI series, which normally would have been hyped for weeks (if not months) in advance, but the Ashes (and its attendent ODIs) blurred into the Champions Trophy which blurred into the Twenty20 Champions League which only finished yesterday, so it’s almost as if the series has crept up [...]
Australia vs NSW?
Posted in australia, tagged australia, brett lee, david warner, india, kieron pollard, nathan hauritz, new south wales, philip hughes, simon katich, stuart clark, trinidad and tobago, west indies, world twenty20 on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Four months after Australia’s poor showing at the World Twenty20, a number of the players involved in the Aussie set-up have managed to claim an international Twenty20 trophy by other means, with Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Nathan Hauritz, Philip Hughes, David Warner and Simon Katich all involved in New South Wales’ victory over Trinidad & [...]
Who will win the Twenty20 Champions League?
Posted in australia, south africa, west indies, tagged australia, cape cobras, champions league, new south wales, south africa, trinidad and tobago, twenty20, victoria, west indies on October 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
With the Twenty20 Champions League now down to the last four, who’s going to win the thing?
Twenty20 Champions League Preview: Part Two
Posted in australia, england, india, west indies, tagged rahul dravid, england, sri lanka, stanford 20/20, australia, ipl, luke wright, trinidad and tobago, dwayne bravo, dave mohammed, kevin pietersen, dale steyn, jacques kallis, marcus trescothick, justin langer, mahela jayawardene, bangalore royal challengers, ajantha mendis, yasir arafat, sussex, champions league, mark boucher, bryce mcgain, twenty20 cup, somerset, ed joyce, michael yardy, craig kieswetter, james kirtley, wayamba, victoria, dinesh ramdin on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Part two of the Twenty20 Champions League Preview:
The Bangalore Royal Challengers have almost as many South Africans in their squad as the sides representing that country (even without the injured Kevin Pietersen). Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn all feature, whilst Rahul Dravid demonstrated in this year’s IPL that there’s a role for him [...]
Twenty20 Champions League Preview: Part One
Posted in australia, england, india, new zealand, south africa, tagged adam gilchrist, andrew symonds, australia, brendon mccullum, brett lee, cape cobras, chaminda vaas, david warner, deccan chargers, delhi daredevils, dillon du preez, dimitri mascarenhas, dirk nannes, eagles, gautam gambhir, graeme smith, herschelle gibbs, india, ipl, jp duminy, nathan hauritz, nathan mccullum, new south wales, new zealand, otago, paul collingwood, rp singh, ryan mclaren, scott styris, simon katich, south africa, stuart clark, tillakaratne dilshan, virender sehwag, vvs laxman, world twenty20 on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Club cricket takes a new turn this week with the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. Here’s a brief run-down of the sides involved:
The Cape Cobras, although without the injured Graeme Smith, will still have plenty of firepower with JP Duminy and Herschelle Gibbs the main threats. The lack of access to the large pool of overseas [...]
Champions Trophy Final Preview
Posted in australia, new zealand, tagged australia, champions trophy, mitchell johnson, new zealand, west indies on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Champions Trophy, even though it’s only the Carling Cup of international cricket tournaments, has – partly due to its timing – taken on a disproportionate significance in many people’s minds with regard to the future of 50-over cricket.
Leaving aside wider questions about whether the format is enjoying a renaissance, whether the tournament’s design (which [...]
Champions Trophy: Group A Preview
Posted in australia, india, pakistan, west indies, tagged australia, brett lee, champions trophy, india, mitchell johnson, mohammad yousuf, pakistan, ricky ponting, shoaib malik, umar gul, virender sehwag, west indies, wicb on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The second most prestigious tournament in everyone’s third-favourite format of the game is nearly here. Can you contain yourself? Here are the Group A runners and riders:
Australia will no doubt have had a confidence boost from driving a steamroller over England over the latter part of the summer, but doubts remain over how they will [...]