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March Madness . . . Cricket Style!
We have now reached the semi-final stage of the cricket World Cup, and as some of our readers may remember, we predicted the final four teams on Day 2: India, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. These teams were so much … Continue reading
The World Cup Quarter Finals: No Surprises
The cricket World Cup has finally moved into the business—i.e., knockout stage—end of the competition, and, so far, the quarter finals have offered up no surprises. Not even the mighty resistance of Kumar Sangakkara could prevent Sri Lanka from being defeated by a South … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Bangladesh, Cricket, England, India, South Africa, Sri Lanka
Tagged A. B. de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Hashim Amla, Ian Bell, Imran Tahir, JP Duminy, Monty Panesar, Quentin de Kock, World Cup
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Kumar’s Vintage Years
This site has already had cause to wax lyrical about Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara. At an age (37) when most players are well into their decline—the muscles tightening, the hand–eye coordination slackening, the hunger gone—Sangakkara has not only had an … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Sri Lanka
Tagged Brendon McCullum, Kumar Sangakkara, Sachin Tendulkar, World Cup
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Move Along, Nothing to See Here. . . .
In 1882, following the England cricket team’s ignominious defeat to a group of plucky upstarts from Australia, an English newspaper, The Sporting Times, published an “obituary” in which it lamented the death of English cricket, and reported that its body … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Cricket, England, One-Day Cricket, Test Cricket
Tagged Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen, The Ashes, World Cup
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Crickball
The Don. The Babe. South Korea. What do all these have in common? According to the Guardian last year, plenty. Martin and I touch on the two 1930s Cricket-and-Baseball Summits in something of a coda to Right off the Bat—minus … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Baseball, Cricket, England, Pakistan, Right Off the Bat Book, Sri Lanka, Stadiums, T20 Cricket, West Indies, Yankees
Tagged Arun Panthers, Asiad/Asian Games, Babe Ruth, Bangladesh, Don Bradman, Graeme Swann, Julien Fountain, Lord's Cricket Ground, Major League Baseball, Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal, South Korea, Sri Lanka, T20, United Arab Emirates, West Indies, World Cup, Yankee Stadium
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Pakistan Accomplish the Impossible
You’d have to have the hardest of hearts not to feel for this Pakistan cricket team. Not only did they make the worst start to an inning in World Cup history, losing their first four wickets for only one run, but they managed … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Pakistan, West Indies
Tagged Hamlet, Literature, Misbah-ul-haq, Polonius, Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, World Cup
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Broad Agonistes
Many years ago, I (Martin) was bowled by Sarfraz Nawaz, the Pakistan fast bowler. This is my greatest claim to fame as a cricketer. Our opposition—a team of modest talents if not attitude—paraded the genial Sarfraz before us with (I thought) an unseemly enthusiasm … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, New Zealand
Tagged Phil Hughes, Sarfraz Nawaz, Stuart Broad, Varon Aaron, World Cup
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Oh, England!
It is now with great regret that we are compelled to talk about the England cricket team—soundly trounced, thrashed, taken to the cleaners (choose your metaphor) by New Zealand in the World Cup on Thursday. Now don’t get me (Martin) wrong; … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Bangladesh, Cricket, England, New Zealand, One-Day Cricket, Sri Lanka
Tagged Afghanistan, Brendon McCullum, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Scotland, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, World Cup
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In the Beginning
To affirm that hope springs eternal, as the thermometer dips to 2 degrees F, a New York City/Right off the Bat HQ record for any February 20, teams are assembling to begin Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues training. Yesterday and today! … Continue reading
Game Changer
As our colleague Parth Taneja notes in this blog, the rivalry between India and Pakistan—fraught with religious, regional, historical, and political overtones—is one of the most passionate and freighted in world cricket. Cricket has been the vehicle for the most bigoted forms of nationalism and yet … Continue reading
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