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England Subside Again . . . and Again
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when England win a Test match against opposition against whom they are “meant” to have lost, there will be much talk of “new beginnings” and “resurgence.” What is less universally acknowledged is that, a few … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, New Zealand, Test Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Literature, The Ashes
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The Big Mo
In 2012, British distance-runner Mo Farah captured not only the 5000- and 10,000-meter gold medals in the London Olympics but the hearts and minds of the British public. His excellence, exuberance, and unabashed commitment to the country to which members of his … Continue reading
The Broad Identity
Among the plaudits being offered following the England cricket team’s trouncing of Australia in the first Test match of the Ashes series, one man, in the humble opinion of this blog, is not getting his due. We agree that it is … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England
Tagged Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Jimmy Anderson, Joe Root, Mark Wood, Michael Clarke, Mooen Ali, Stuart Broad, The Ashes
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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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Test Match Special—Voices of Summer
In the last ten years of my life, I (Parth) have been introduced to BBC Test Match Special. The month of May is the dawn of every English summer season. That means the voices of summer will describe the moments … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, Test Cricket
Tagged Cricket, England, Henry Blofeld, Test Match Special
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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 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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