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The Declaration
The Test match (the international version of the five-day game of cricket) offers a fascinating, strategic option for captains: the declaration. As Ron Kaplan notes of India’s current game against Australia : “Isn’t there the chance that India could have … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, India, Sri Lanka, Test Cricket, West Indies
Tagged David Gower, Graeme Smith, Michael Clarke, Sachin Tendulkar, Steve Waugh
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What Do I Put on the Kindle I Got for Christmas?
It’s a question we know you’re asking. Well, the book on which this site is premised, Right Off the Bat, is available in a Kindle as well as print edition, with over two hundred and fifty hyperlinks that will take … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book, West Indies
Tagged Literature, Michael Holding
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Fire in Babylon
I (Martin) finally got to see Fire in Babylon, the 2010 documentary on the evolution and triumph of the great West Indies sides that dominated world cricket from 1980 to 1995. The documentary affirms what Evander and I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Andy Roberts, Bob Marley, Colin Croft, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Clarke, Wayne Daniel
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The West Indies Return: West Indies v. India—Part III
After almost two decades in the doldrums, the West Indies team is giving signs of coming back to life. The side still has to cope with the Achilles-like sulk of former captain Chris Gayle—waiting until he’s paid enough money and … Continue reading
The Incredible Draw: West Indies v. India—Part II
One of the curiosities of Test cricket (at least to fans of baseball) is the fact that a game of cricket can go on for five days and still end in a situation where no team is declared a winner: … Continue reading
England Reach Number One
By beating India in the Third Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham by an astonishing innings and 242 runs, England is now (according to the rankings) the best Test cricket team in the world. It’s a position that England hasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, India, One-Day Cricket, T20 Cricket, Test Cricket, West Indies
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Fire in Babylon
An article in the New York Times today reports on the opening of Fire in Babylon, a 2010 documentary about the all-conquering West Indies cricket team of the mid-1970s and 1980s. The story of that team and the back-story of … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book, West Indies
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Frank Worrell: Cricket’s Jackie Robinson
Every baseball fan knows the Legend of Jackie Robinson: how he was the first man to integrate baseball; how he was vilified and slandered, and yet maintained his discipline and strength and classiness to the end; and how his story … Continue reading
Lights! Camera! No Ball!
Away from the hurly-burly of the Indian Premier League, the bright lights of Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies, Sri Lanka’s forthcoming tour of England, and any of the professional domestic tournaments, the game of cricket continues to be played … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies
Tagged Indian Premier League, Wray
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England Crash Out
Until this morning, the England cricket team had provided the crowds at the World Cup cricket tournament with heart-stopping, nail-chewing, fingers-in-front-of-the-eyes entertainment for six matches in the row. All well and good, except the team lost almost as many games … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, One-Day Cricket, South Africa, Sri Lanka, T20 Cricket, Test Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Sri Lanka, World Cup
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