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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Dhoni Takes the Helm
The Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh (M. S.) Dhoni is a phlegmatic individual. But then you’d have to be, given that you bear the weight of 1.2 billion passionate fans’ expectations on your shoulders. Unlike many cricket captains today, Dhoni … Continue reading
Rwanda Gets a Cricket Pitch
In a further sign of Rwanda’s tilt away from Francophone to Anglophone cultural norms, a cricket pitch is being built near the scene of a massacre during the devastating genocide of 1994. Naturally, the chap building the stadium and pitch is … Continue reading
Happy Second Anniversary to Us!
Today Right Off the Bat celebrates its Second Anniversary. In the course of two years, we’ve managed to post 417 blogs (including this one), received 281 comments, and had 12,699 bits of spam intercepted by the good people and even … Continue reading
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Putting Downton Abbey to the Sward
Eager fans of Downton Abbey will have noted that the most recent episode (at least in the United States) featured a cricket match, and eager fans of Right Off the Bat are no doubt waiting for this site’s expert analysis … Continue reading
Fighting Talk
According to the BBC, the International Olympic Committee is considering dropping wrestling as a sport for the 2020 Olympics in order to make way for one of seven other sports, including “baseball/softball, squash, karate, sport climbing, wakeboarding, wushu and roller … Continue reading
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One Ball Remaining . . . .
Consider this scenario. Bottom of the ninth; two batters out; one run down. And you’re the Chicago Cubs playing the Yankees. And it’s Game One of the World Series. That’s the baseball equivalent of what just happened in the Women’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, One-Day Cricket, Sri Lanka
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February Frolics
While I (Martin) may have been quiet the last few months on Right Off the Bat, the world of cricket continues to make some noise. Currently going on in India is the Women’s World Cup, which is being televised by … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa
Tagged Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Curt Flood, Dale Steyn, Kerry Packer, Tony Greig
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