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Australia Forever?
While I was watching Australia desultorily dismantle Kenya in the World Cup a stat was issued by the uninterested commentators: that the Australians’ inevitable victory would be their thirty-fourth consecutive win in the World Cup—a run that has extended over … Continue reading
A Draw Versus a Tie
Some of my baseball-loving friends are still confused over the difference in cricket between a draw and a tie. So, this post is my way to try to resolve that confusion. There are three main forms of the game of … Continue reading
The World Cup So Far
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
Why Irish Eyes Are Smiling
The Irish cricket team have just pulled off the unthinkable. Not only have they beaten England—generally fancied as the much better team—but they’ve done so in style, and staging the largest ever run chase in World Cup history: 328. They … Continue reading
How Can a One-Day Game Have a Tie?
One of the big confusions between baseball and cricket is the lingo. In baseball a pitch is the throwing of a ball; in cricket it’s the thing a ball bounces on before it arrives where the batsman’s standing. In baseball, … Continue reading
Shut me up, fellas.
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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Tagged Bangladesh, Ireland, Kenya, The Netherlands, World Cup
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What Is a Powerplay?
In the last decade or so, the one-day, 50-over form of the game of cricket has been under assault. Too many longueurs, complain critics and administrators, who look at the thirty overs between the first and the last ten and … Continue reading
The Games Have Begun!
So, the 2011 cricket World Cup is underway, and already Australia and India have thrashed their oppositions, and are looking set fair to do very well. Competition minnows, Kenya and Canada, were sadly thrashed, and look out of their depth. … Continue reading
The World One-Day International Cricket Cup Tournament Has Begun
Every four years, the cricket world’s top teams gather to compete in the 50-over form of the game of cricket. Be sure to check in over these next seven weeks as we cover the games, the stories, and try to … Continue reading
Right Off the Bat 