Posted in india, tagged hat-trick, hattrick, indian premier league, ipl, lakshmipathy balaji, youtube on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lakshmipathy Balaji has taken the IPL’s first hat-trick (youtube highlights here).
After a long period of dominance of the competition by the batsmen, it seems the bowlers are getting their own back.
Posted in australia, india, tagged indian premier league, ipl, rajasthan royals, shane warne on May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Of all the International stars in the IPL, the one who has arguably profited most (purely in terms of reputation - we all know who’s profiting the most financially) has been Shane Warne.
Warne’s team, the Rajasthan Royals, have been doing pretty well (as I knew they would, of course), and this, combined with the fact [...]
Posted in india, pakistan, tagged india, indian premier league, ipl, pakistan, rajasthan royals, sohail tanvir, twenty20, youtube on May 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sohail Tanvir has taken 6-14 (the best ever Twenty20 bowling figures), to propel the Rajasthan Royals (who I’m supporting) to the top of the IPL.
You can see highlights of this remarkable feat (via youtube) here.
Posted in india, lists, tagged brendon mccullum, india, indian premier league, ipl, twenty20 on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Normally, I might consider it a little impetuous to review a competition a mere two weeks in, but this is 20/20 cricket, where speed, noise and aggression are everything. I feel qualified to offer at least one of those.
So who is right about the IPL? The naysayers (and there are plenty), the cheerleaders (not those [...]
Posted in india, tagged harbhajan singh, indian premier league, ipl, shanthakumaran sreesanth on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
… since Friday (that youtube post was pre-set), and I come back to this.
Holy Cow. I guess that Harbhajan has always had something like this in him, but you’re never really ready to see a grown man cry.
Posted in india, tagged sachin tendulkar, youtube on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Sachin Tendulkar turns 35 today. To celebrate, here are a few words, with youtube links:
Tendulkar’s bowling is often ignored, and (as you can see here) he’s taken a fair few wickets. He’s also not a bad fielder. But it’s his run-making ability that has always marked him out as special.
Most recently, his 117 against Australia in [...]
Posted in india, tagged chennai super kings, deccan chargers, delhi daredevils, indian, ipl, kolkata knight riders, mumbai indians, virender sehwag on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Virender Sehwag’s been in some phenomenal form recently, and he has continued in the same vein by scoring 94 from 41 balls (youtube here) for the Dehli Daredevils in their 9-wicket win over the Deccan Chargers, including 30 runs from the penultimate over.
The result means Dehli are two for two, and hence level on points [...]
Posted in india, tagged harbhajan singh, indian premier league, ipl, matthew hayden, sachin tendulkar, twenty20 on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Both Lawrence Booth and Steven Smart have written this weekend about the challenge the Indian Premier League faces in creating passionate support for its franchises.
The lack of history, or even of geographical cohesion (Harbhajan Singh, for example, is representing Mumbai rather than his native Punjab), will be difficult to overcome. Fan identities can’t be entirely [...]
Posted in england, india, tagged bcci, cricket australia, cricket south africa, david hussey, dimitri mascarenhas, ecb, pcb, twenty20 on April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Following the launch of the IPL, the BCCI (in collaboration with Cricket South Africa, the PCB, Cricket Australia and the ECB) is planning a Twenty20 Champions League for October this year (possibly to be held in England).
On the face of it, given what some people (including a large part of myself) think about the footballing [...]
Posted in india, tagged brendon mccullum, indian premier league, ipl, jacques kallis on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The (snigger) Knight Riders absolutely destroyed Bangalore by 140 runs, with Brendon McCullum setting a new world record by scoring 158 not out.
Given that the Bangalore Royal Challengers were favourites for the whole thing ahead of the match, their collapse to 82 all out (with extras the top scorer) makes them look pretty silly.
The Leading [...]
