Tag Archives: South Africa

England Crash Out

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

Until this morning, the England cricket team had provided the crowds at the World Cup cricket tournament with heart-stopping, nail-chewing, fingers-in-front-of-the-eyes entertainment for six matches in the row. All well and good, except the team lost almost as many games … Continue reading →

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Favorites Trounced in World Cup

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

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 →

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In Praise of South Africa

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

I fear that I give short shrift to South Africa in Right Off the Bat. Partly this is because during the 1970s and 1980s, when I was growing to love the game of cricket, the South Africans were excluded from … Continue reading →

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The World Cup So Far

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

So, we’re just over half way through the global one-day cricket shindig known as the World Cup, and there have been few surprises. The Associate Member nations—the second-tier cricketing teams that once every four years get to play with the … Continue reading →

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The Color of Cricket and Baseball

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

As we argue in Right Off the Bat, the image of cricket as an English game or of baseball as an American pastime is deeply inaccurate. Both are global sports, attracting people from all corners of the world, whether to … Continue reading →

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Shut me up, fellas.

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Every cricket World Cup, a number of Associate Member (a.k.a. second tier) cricket teams (a.k.a. “minnows”) get to swim with the big fish. This time around, Canada, The Netherlands, Kenya, and Ireland will be duking it out with Australia, India, … Continue reading →

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