Youtube/Taking a break

I’m going to be taking a break from updating this site due to work commitments, so in the meantime, enjoy this yorker from Freddie:

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Weekend Youtube: Sehwag

What words are there? Enjoy:

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Weekend Youtube: Shakib al Hasan

Shakib al Hasan has been putting in notable performances for some time, and he continues to impress despite having a relatively low profile internationally. If you’re not familiar with him, then watch the below and learn something.

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Weekend Youtube: Kieron Pollard owns Moises Henriques

54 runs. In 18 balls. Enjoy:

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Weekend Youtube: Brett Lee Sings

Rain breaks have a habit of throwing up oddities, and yesterday’s washout at Edgbaston has enabled me to discover the below. I’m not sure whether that’s a good thing or not – the first is a video of Brett Lee singing the Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want it That Way’ to Shane Watson (himself a keen [...]

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Weekend Youtube: Dhoni steals it

India looked to be up against it when they needed 34 from the last four overs (and even when they needed 11 from the final over) in yesterday’s Third ODI against the West Indies, but their captain stepped up to ease them home:

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Weekend Youtube: Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh evidently didn’t realise the World Twenty20 was over, smashing 131 from 102 balls for India in yesterday’s ODI against the West Indies. Enjoy highlights below:

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Weekend Youtube: Cricket Songs

Phil Tufnell has recorded an Ashes-themed ‘song’ to the tune of Two Little Boys. It’s not good. Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy) and Thomas Walsh (of Pugwash) have released an album under the name of the Duckworth-Lewis Method, which is better, and also features guest appearances from the likes of Matt Berry, always a [...]

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Weekend Youtube: Dwayne Bravo stuns India

It seems the West Indies don’t just have one player who can go ballistic. There’s Dwayne Bravo, too. Enjoy his 66 not out against India (from a mere 36 balls) below:

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Weekend Youtube: Stop that Pigeon!

Cricket and birdlife have always been natural enemies, as the stuffed sparrow at Lord’s shows, and Jacques Rudolph has continued the tradition by taking out a pigeon in the Roses Twenty20 match last week:

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Christmas Youtube: Boxing Day

It’s Boxing Day, and in Australia that means it’s the Boxing Day Test. The long history of playing cricket in Melbourne on December 26th has thrown up a number of memorable moments, mainly of success for the home side – the Aussies haven’t lost a Boxing Day Test since 1998 – and for Shane Warne [...]

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Weekend Youtube: Stars of the Stanford

With the cash bonanza that is the Stanford Super Series about to get underway, here’s a quick introduction to some of the personalities involved: Middlesex have qualified by grace of their victory in this year’s Twenty20 cup, for which a large portion of the credit is due to Dawid Malan’s rescue of the side from [...]

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