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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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Ally Pally and the Bobby Thomson Word Picture
Martin’s back! I think I drove him nuts making all those fine-tunings in Right Off the Bat second proof. No extra trees will die as a result of these alterations. But the blood pressure may creep up with the (tree) … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, Right Off the Bat Book
Tagged Bobby Thomson, Film Stars, Films, Howie Rose, New York Mets, Oliver Trager, Popular Music, Ralph Kiner, Scotland
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Erin Go Bragh
It’s the second full day of spring and it snowed in the Bronx yesterday, huge flakes. The good news is it didn’t snow down here at World Cricket Central in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, which is obviously south of the snow … Continue reading
India Defeats West Indies
India beat West Indies decisively. Next up is Australia.
Pinch Hitting at the World Cup
In baseball parlance, pinch hitting is when a fresh batter (also known as the hitter) replaces another, always from the reserves on the bench, for the purpose of increasing offense. I have been pinch hitting with one huge difference: I … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England
Tagged Graeme Swann, New York, Popular Music, Scotland
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Maintaining Calm at World Cup 2011
It’s not looking too great for “the home team”. (In baseball, the home team is the one you root for no matter which home they are visiting.) England has been playing nonstop since October, and the fatigue is showing. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, India
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Filling in Admirably for Martin on the World Cup
Ship to shore. Ship to shore. I, Evander, “baseball nut”, will be filling in (I don’t know how admirably) for Martin over the next few days of World Cup 2011 play to report my findings. (Not to worry, serious cricket … Continue reading
Russell Crowe m.i.a. in Cricket Town USA
Writing par’ner Martin hit me with a new concept: maiden. I had foolishly asked him what “m” stood for in what us baseball fans call “the box score.” “I don’t remember this in our book….” “Evander, we just could not … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Canada, Lord's, MCC, Scotland
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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
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