Posted in west indies, tagged icc, marlon samuels, west indies on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Marlon Samuels, the West Indian batsman who some say may have been molested by cricket as a youngster, has been banned from cricket for two years for breaching the ICC code, specifically committing offence C4 (ix)- receiving “any money, benefit or other reward (whether financial or otherwise) which could bring him or the game [...]
Posted in sri lanka, west indies, tagged shivnarine chanderpaul, sri lanka, twenty20, west indies on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit 10 runs off the last two balls to win a corker of an ODI for the West Indies against Sri Lanka by a single wicket.
With all the talk of IPL this and ICL that, the match was a welcome reminder that 50-over cricket, although probably doomed, can provide its share of drama.
It [...]
Posted in west indies, tagged allen stanford, indian premier leage, ipl, stanford 20/20, twenty20, west indies on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The Observer has a ‘Big Interview‘ with Allen Stanford today. It’s interesting that he doesn’t envisage his competition as competing for players with the IPL, instead seeing the closed off, inter-island element as a USP.
In reality, though, the tournament’s future is likely to rest on the quality of the cricket as much as the ‘entertainment‘ [...]
Posted in west indies, tagged dave mohammed, jamaica, rayad emrit, stanford 20/20, sulieman benn, trinidad and tobago, twenty20, west indies on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Trinidad and Tobago have beaten Jamaica by 9 wickets (with more than half an innings to spare) to claim the $1 million prize.
Despite the fact that it was the final I wanted to see, the match was a bit of a walkover for T&T, with Dave Mohammed (the youngest of TEN children) and Rayad Emrit [...]
Posted in australia, england, india, pakistan, west indies, youtube, tagged australia, dominic cork, england, harbhajan singh, india, irfan pathan, pakistan, shane warne, west indies on February 23, 2008 | No Comments »
This week’s videos are on the subject of that Holy Grail for Bowlers - the hat-trick.
Irfan Pathan’s in the first three balls of a Test match against Pakistan is a classic of the genre, as is one of my personal favourites, Dominic Cork’s ‘Champagne’ hat-trick against a formidable West Indies side.
Spinners’ hat-tricks tend to be [...]
Posted in west indies, tagged barbados, chris gayle, cuba, dwayne bravo, guyana, jamaica, stanford 20/20, trinidad and tobago, twenty20, west indies on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Stanford 20/20 (which will perhaps become a mere historical footnote to its successor, the IPL) is now down to four teams.
Barbados take on Trinidad and Tobago tonight, and Guyana face Jamaica tomorrow, to decide who will make it through to Sunday’s final.
Personally, I’d like to see a Barbados and Guyana eliminated, to clear the [...]
Posted in australia, india, west indies, tagged donald bradman, garfield sobers, gordon brown, noel gallagher, sachin tendulkar, tony blair, viv richards on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Admittedly, this news is from a month ago, but apparently Gordon Brown wants Sachin Tendulkar to be knighted. Who knew the PM was a fan of the Little Master?
If Sachin were to become a Sir, he’d be in good company, with Viv Richards, Garfield Sobers and, of course, The Don all having been awarded the [...]
Posted in england, west indies, tagged baseball, england, jane austen, stanford 20/20, twenty20, west indies on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The Stanford 20/20 has now reached the ‘Super Eight’ (or quarter finals, as they used to be called) stage, and is proving far more entertaining than watching England playing cricket about as well as I play the piano (that is, one-note and off-key).
No news yet on whether the Yanks have taken to it, though. They [...]
Posted in west indies, tagged russell brand, stanford 20/20, twenty20 on February 9, 2008 | No Comments »
It seems even Russell Brand cannot escape the brilliance of the Stanford 20/20.
Incidentally, videos can be found here (thanks to The Corridor for the heads-up on that).
Posted in west indies, tagged harbhajan singh, shane bond, shaun tait, stanford 20/20, twenty20, west indies on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Shaun Tait’s given up cricket indefinitely, Harbhajan Singh has controversially been cleared of making racist remarks to Andrew Symonds, and Shane Bond has traded in his International career for the ICL. So what am I moved to write about? The Stanford 20/20, of course.
The tournament is perhaps the brashest, boldest and most exciting 20/20 tournament [...]
