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The Reverse
This summer, the Indian cricket team couldn’t buy a win against England, in England. They not only lost every single Test Match, but were swept by England in the one-day series. “Just you wait,” said the Indian fans and players. … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, India, One-Day Cricket
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Passage to India
While the baseball post-season continues, the world of cricket is quiescent. Only the utterly meaningless Twenty20 competition between the best Twenty20 domestic teams in the world provides any form of interest to those into big-league cricket. By “domestic” I mean … Continue reading
England Reach Number One
By beating India in the Third Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham by an astonishing innings and 242 runs, England is now (according to the rankings) the best Test cricket team in the world. It’s a position that England hasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, India, One-Day Cricket, T20 Cricket, Test Cricket, West Indies
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The Unluckiness of the Irish
In a staggering piece of stupidity, the International Cricket Council—the ruling body of the game of cricket—has determined that only the 10 full-member nations will compete in the 2015 one-day World Cup. This means that Ireland, which put up such … Continue reading
It’s India
India are the 2011 World Cup Champions. Amid scenes of sweeping emotion, dancing, and unfettered joy, befitting a game that took place in Mumbai, home of India’s mammoth movie industry, the Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, smote … Continue reading
IPL 2011
If you think for one minute that, following the World Cup final on April 2, there might be any break in the year-round madness that is cricket scheduling, then think again. No sooner have we taken a breath after seven … Continue reading
India versus Pakistan
They’ve fought three wars between them; they both have nuclear weapons; they possess the greatest cricket rivalry outside of England versus Australia; and they’re going head-to-head in the semi-final of the World Cup on Wednesday. On the one side, the … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, India, One-Day Cricket, Pakistan
Tagged Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Virender Sehwag, World Cup
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England Crash Out
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
Posted in Cricket, England, One-Day Cricket, South Africa, Sri Lanka, T20 Cricket, Test Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Sri Lanka, World Cup
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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 Brett Lee, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Shaun Tait, Virender Sehwag, World Cup
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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 Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, World Cup
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Right Off the Bat 