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Baseball in Iran
A chance reading of The New Yorker gave pause when I (Evander) noted the growing popularity of baseball in Iran. Baseball has been an organized activity there since 1993. Reporter Jason Rezaian, a dual citizen of Iran working for the … Continue reading
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
The Motherland of Baseball
In Right off the Bat, Martin and I trace the contours of international-baseball competition. Such count the Olympics (including Hitler’s infamous 1936 Games), the World Baseball Classic, and the far older European Baseball Championship. Some of the all-time largest crowds, … Continue reading
Richie Benaud: How Less Was Always More
Our colleague Parth has already told us of the loss to cricket that the passing of cricket legend and commentator Richie Benaud means to the game. I (Martin) thought that I’d my thoughts. As Parth notes, and as Evander and … 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
Philadelphia: Home of Cricket
Philadelphia has been the home of cricket in the United States for 150 years. The Guardian newspaper has a nice story about it. Read it here.
Cricket for Americans
Greg Conley likes sports—a lot. When he discovered that the cricket World Cup is the third most watched sporting event in the world (after the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics) he bought tickets to games in New Zealand and a couple … Continue reading
The Big Thump
If the heart-palpitatingly exciting semi-final of the cricket World Cup—between South Africa and New Zealand—was a battle between two underrated sides who are known for their sportsmanship and a tendency not to get involved in some of the nastier aspects of gamesmanship, then … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, IPL, Right Off the Bat Book, T20 Cricket
Tagged Big Bash, World Cup
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