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Tag Archives: Australia
An Ordinary Evening in Boston
Cricket fans ought to realize the greatest rivalry outside England versus Australia is the Boston Red Sox versus the New York Yankees. The Sox have their home opener tomorrow, Friday, April 8. They are hoping for sunny skies in New … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, Yankees
Tagged Australia, Boston Red Sox, England, Literature, New York Yankees
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Favorites Trounced in World Cup
A day after the much-fancied India beat the current world champions Australia, comes the shocking defeat of the equally fancied South Africans by New Zealand, perennial underdogs but smart one-day outfit. Defending a very modest total of 221, the Black … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, New Zealand, South Africa
Tagged Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, World Cup 2011
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Australia versus India: The Big One
It was meant to be the final: the Australians, reigning champions and looking to win for a world-record fourth time in succession, versus the Indians, a team packed full of superstars, who have 1.2 billion people rooting for them and … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, One-Day Cricket
Tagged Australia, Brett Lee, India, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Shaun Tait, Virender Sehwag, World Cup 2011
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Go, Go Pakistan
First of all, thank you to Evander for his sterling work in keeping up with the dizzying merry-go-round that is the 2011 Cricket World Cup. We’re now in the knockout, quarter-final stages. The usual eight suspects went through, and now … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, One-Day Cricket, Pakistan
Tagged Australia, India, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, West Indies, World Cup 2011
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Australia Forever?
While I was watching Australia desultorily dismantle Kenya in the World Cup a stat was issued by the uninterested commentators: that the Australians’ inevitable victory would be their thirty-fourth consecutive win in the World Cup—a run that has extended over … Continue reading
The Hat Trick
It’s no big deal for a pitcher to strike out three batters in succession in baseball. However, to get three batsmen out in three successive deliveries in cricket is, and it’s called a hat trick. It occurs about as often … Continue reading
The Games Have Begun!
So, the 2011 cricket World Cup is underway, and already Australia and India have thrashed their oppositions, and are looking set fair to do very well. Competition minnows, Kenya and Canada, were sadly thrashed, and look out of their depth. … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, One-Day Cricket
Tagged Australia, Canada, England, Kenya, The Netherlands, World Cup 2011
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