Posted in lists, tagged ipl, champions league, new south wales, kieron pollard, herchelle gibbs, facebook on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
No IPL sides have made the last four, possibly resulting in a serious downturn in marketing synergies and the value of cricketainment assets everywhere. It seems home advantage and the first pick of everyone else’s players wasn’t enough.
New South Wales, who had probably been the best team in the competition up to that point (and [...]
Posted in lists, tagged australia, dale steyn, devon smith, ireland, kenya, mark gillespie, new zealand, pakistan, shahid afridi, south africa, t20I, twenty20, umar gul, umer gul, west indies, world twenty20, youtube on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In honour of Umar Gul’s remarkable 5-6 yesterday (youtube here), here are four more of the best-ever T20I bowling performances:
Mark Gillespie’s 4-7 against Kenya in 2007, taken in less than three overs. Gillespie’s bowling, a record at the time, condemned Kenya to their worst-ever total of 73 all out (although they managed to post an [...]
Posted in lists, tagged india, england, west indies, shahid afridi, australia, new zealand, ishant sharma, ricky ponting, pakistan, sulieman benn, bangladesh, monty panesar, tim ambrose, misbah-ul-haq, adil rashid, beau casson, tim southee, mitchell johnson, nasir jamshed, virat kohli, tamim iqbal, fawad alam, steve davies on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s more than a year now since I named my 11 to watch, so it’s probably time to weigh up (briefly) who’s lived up to their potential and who hasn’t:
Nasir Jamshed is still under 20, but had little chance to impress this year given Pakistan’s effective exile from international cricket; Virat Kohli made some waves, [...]
Posted in lists, tagged 2009, afghanistan, andrew flintoff. ajantha mendis, ashes, australia, indian premier league, ipl, kevin pietersen, pakistan, south africa on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, that was 2008, then. Pretty exciting, by all accounts. As for 2009, there’s quite a bit to look forward to:
The possibility of a new number one team in the world, if Australia lose the Third Test in Sydney.
Australia’s revenge tour of South Africa – with a depleted bowling attack and the strange taste of [...]
Posted in lists, tagged ajantha mendis, dale steyn, Darrell Hair, mahendra dhoni, ryan ten doeschate, shivnarine chanderpaul, simon taufel, vernon philander on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The ICC handed out their awards today, in a ceremony a bit like the Oscars, but with fewer tears and less photogenic winners:
Shivnarine Chanderpaul won Player of the Year, an accolade that nicely complements his enduring status as Lord Megachief of Gold. Dale Steyn and MS Dhoni won the Test Player of the Year and [...]
Posted in australia, lists, tagged australia, cult figures, david boon, jason gillespie, merv hughes on July 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
More cult figures, this time from A Land Down Under:
David Boon, aka the ‘Keg on Legs‘, is perhaps most famous for drinking 52 cans of lager on a flight from Syndey to London (a record, in case you were wondering). He was also the Player of the Match in the 1987 World Cup Final, and [...]
Posted in lists, tagged billy bowden, cult figures, david shepherd, dickie bird on July 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Another batch of cult heroes, this time of the umpiring variety:
Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird is, in many people’s opinion, quite simply the finest Barbara Streisand-loving Freeman of Barnsley that ever umpired. Still outspoken on issues from Steve Bucknor to switch-hitting, Bird remains much loved within the game.
David Shepherd, perhaps best known for his superstitious and celebrated [...]
Posted in lists, tagged adil rashid, australia, bangladesh, beau casson, champions trophy, england, fawad alam, india, ishant sharma, misbah-ul-haq, mitchell johnson, monty panesar, nasir jamshed, new zealand, pakistan, shahid afridi, steve davies, sulieman benn, tamim iqbal, tim ambrose, tim southee, virat kohli, west indies on July 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s been four months since I plucked these eleven young cricketers from various levels of obscurity and cursed them with the tag ‘ones to watch’. How have they been getting on?
Nasir Jamshed is on Pakistan’s probables list for the Champions Trophy, and made an unbeaten fifty against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup. He’s also earned [...]
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