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 lists, tagged ian bell, jacques kallis, shivnarine chanderpaul on April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
That yellow book (no, not that one) is out again, and with its release come the Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. The selections tend to raise a bit of controversy, and there will be plenty of people who’ll be upset at the choice of, say, Ian Bell - or at the selection of [...]
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 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 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 [...]
Posted in england, lists, new zealand, tagged andrew strauss, england, geraint jones, matt prior, monty panesar, new zealand, tim ambrose on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
With the Test series against New Zealand only days away, there are still a number of key questions which England hope will be answered over the next few weeks. Chiefly, there are the following three:
Should Strauss play? After a series of poor performances, Andrew Strauss was dropped last year. Despite not making many runs since, [...]
Posted in australia, england, lists, tagged ashes, australia, dennis lillee, england, icc, james ormond, mark waugh, merv hughes, mike gatting, robin smith, sledging on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
The ICC today announced that it wants to get rid of sledging.
Hopefully, that means this sort of sledging, rather than this sort, which I find quite amusing.
In honour of the dark art of sledging, here are my three Favourite Ashes Sledges:
“There’s no way you’re good enough to play for England”…”Maybe not, but at least I’m [...]
Posted in lists, tagged dimitri mascarenhas, rain, shoaib malik on February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week, I learnt that:
You can get married over the phone.
You shouldn’t bring on a spin bowler when Dimitri Mascarenhas is at the crease (but then, maybe I already knew).
It actually rains in Australia sometimes.
