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Bully for Brendon
I (Martin) write this blog a day after England have beaten Australia in the first game of the 2015 Ashes competition. A few months ago, the sentence “England have beaten Australia in the first game of the 2015 Ashes competition,” although (almost) … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, New Zealand
Tagged Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Kevin Pietersen, The Ashes, Theodore Roosevelt
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Heee’s Baaack!
Kevin Pietersen—the perennial thorn in the flesh in English cricket, the man whom everyone thought we’d moved on from, the busted flush, the bloke from a bygone era, the no-longer-under-consideration-under-any-circumstances chap—refuses, like Freddy Krueger, to go away. He’s just scored … Continue reading
Good-bye, Richie!
Cricket is as much a game about the players as it is about the people who “call the plays,” as it is so beautifully said in baseball. Richie Benaud died today. He was without a doubt one of the best … Continue reading
A Boring Cricket World Cup in the End—Possible Changes?
I (Parth) write this as I watch the first half of the 2015 World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand. As the sands of time play tricks on our memories in the future, we will remember this world cup … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, Right Off the Bat Website, South Africa
Tagged Champions Trophy, Kumar Sangakkara, Martin Crowe, Wahab Riaz, World Cup
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On Bell-Ringers and Cricket
In the wake of England’s ignominious, deeply embarrassing, nay humiliating exit from cricket’s World Cup—won this last weekend by a resurgent Australia—I (Martin) find myself reading Can We Have Our Balls Back, Please? How the British Invented Sport (And then … Continue reading
The Big Thump
If the heart-palpitatingly exciting semi-final of the cricket World Cup—between South Africa and New Zealand—was a battle between two underrated sides who are known for their sportsmanship and a tendency not to get involved in some of the nastier aspects of gamesmanship, then … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, IPL, Right Off the Bat Book, T20 Cricket
Tagged Big Bash, World Cup
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March Madness . . . Cricket Style!
We have now reached the semi-final stage of the cricket World Cup, and as some of our readers may remember, we predicted the final four teams on Day 2: India, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. These teams were so much … Continue reading
The World Cup Quarter Finals: No Surprises
The cricket World Cup has finally moved into the business—i.e., knockout stage—end of the competition, and, so far, the quarter finals have offered up no surprises. Not even the mighty resistance of Kumar Sangakkara could prevent Sri Lanka from being defeated by a South … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Bangladesh, Cricket, England, India, South Africa, Sri Lanka
Tagged A. B. de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Hashim Amla, Ian Bell, Imran Tahir, JP Duminy, Monty Panesar, Quentin de Kock, World Cup
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Broad Agonistes
Many years ago, I (Martin) was bowled by Sarfraz Nawaz, the Pakistan fast bowler. This is my greatest claim to fame as a cricketer. Our opposition—a team of modest talents if not attitude—paraded the genial Sarfraz before us with (I thought) an unseemly enthusiasm … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, New Zealand
Tagged Phil Hughes, Sarfraz Nawaz, Stuart Broad, Varon Aaron, World Cup
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Oh, England!
It is now with great regret that we are compelled to talk about the England cricket team—soundly trounced, thrashed, taken to the cleaners (choose your metaphor) by New Zealand in the World Cup on Thursday. Now don’t get me (Martin) wrong; … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Bangladesh, Cricket, England, New Zealand, One-Day Cricket, Sri Lanka
Tagged Afghanistan, Brendon McCullum, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Scotland, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, World Cup
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