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Pup Becomes the Big Dog
One of the reasons why Australia is back in contention as the best Test cricket team in the world is because of their captain, Michael Clarke, who in the match just completed achieved what no other batsmen—even the great Sir … Continue reading
The Delights of the Draw
One of the main complaints cricket lovers receive about their game is how it can go on for five days and yet no-one wins. What’s the point? is the cry. Evander and I talk about this in our book, Right … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, South Africa
Tagged Faf du Plessis, Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis
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England Trounce India in Mumbai
Having been pummeled in the first Test match in Ahmedabad, England’s cricketers can’t have been too hopeful coming into the second Test match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Not only was Kevin Pietersen, England’s most destructive batsman, utterly at sea against … Continue reading
Semanus Mirabilis in Cricket
It’s been a remarkable week for cricket—one so full of improbable stories, unlikely heroes, and record-breaking achievements that I (Martin) can’t contain them in just one blog. One of the more astonishing facets of the last few days is that, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Bangladesh, Cricket, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe
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Recipe for Success: Add More Cooks
There was precious little cheer for fans of the England cricket team following their nine-wicket loss to India in the first Test match last week. England didn’t bat as well, bowled less penetratively, and fielded slightly worse than the opposition. … Continue reading
Yankees Say YES to Rupert Murdoch
News Corp. is taking a 49-percent-equity share in the Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network. To say this is a significant development would be an understatement. It is impossible to know if the Steinbrenner family is in the process of … Continue reading
Clubhouse Confabulation
We had a terrific time last night at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse in Greenwich Village, curated by the friendly Jay Goldberg. About twenty folks managed to shovel themselves out of the snow to hear us give a talk on the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book
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Hot Stove Cricket
The Major League Baseball season has come to an end. For all those fans of the pastime who dread a desolate few months without the sound of bat hitting ball, may we direct your attention to a winter of fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, India, South Africa
Tagged Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Major League Baseball, Ricky Ponting, Vernon Philander
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The Genius of Cricket
The World Twenty20 cricket tournament is taking place at the moment in Sri Lanka, and you’d be hard-pressed to figure out who are likely to be the winners. England are the current world champions, but South Africa, India, Pakistan, Australia, … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, South Africa, T20 Cricket
Tagged Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Twenty20 2012
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Exit V. V. S. Laxman
Cricket has long been a sport associated with the aristocracy: some were born noble, some achieved nobility after they retired, and some just walk out onto the pitch as to the manor born. V. V. S. Laxman, tall and elegant, … Continue reading