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India vs Australia: One Day Series Preview

Posted in australia, india, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Twenty20 Champions League Preview: Part Two

Posted in australia, england, india, west indies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Twenty20 Champions League Preview: Part One

Posted in australia, england, india, new zealand, south africa, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Is Dhoni the best?

Posted in india, tagged , on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

MS Dhoni has been named the captain of both the ICC’s World Test XI and its World ODI XI, but is he the best player in the world?

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Pakistan clinch a crucial win

Posted in india, pakistan, tagged , , , , , , on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

India versus Pakistan often fails to live up to the hype, usually because there is so much of that hype, but this had twists and turns enough to satisfy even the most jaded 50-over cynic.
Shoaib Malik’s 128 from 126 balls, much of which came in partnership with Mohammad Yousuf (who himself made 87), helped Pakistan [...]

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Champions Trophy: Group A Preview

Posted in australia, india, pakistan, west indies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Mathews sinks India

Posted in india, sri lanka, tagged , , , , , on September 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

India, having very briefly ascended to the top of the ICC ODI rankings after yesterday’s victory over New Zealand, came crashing back down to earth as they were crushed by Sri Lanka in Colombo, with the home side being bowled out for a mere 168, 140 runs short of their target for victory.
Sri Lanka had [...]

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What’s Next for Test Cricket?

Posted in australia, india, south africa, sri lanka, tagged , , , , on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Now that Australia have slumped to fourth in the ICC rankings, what does the future hold for Test cricket?

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