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A Singed Phoenix
To England fans of many years (such as Martin), the team’s 3–2 victory over the Australians in the 2015 Ashes bears all the hallmarks of a very English success story—partial, inconsistent, worryingly incomplete: the eggiest of curate’s eggs. All the narratives proclaiming a resurgence … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Test Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Alastair Cook, Brendon McCullum, Ian Bell, Johnny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Kevin Pietersen, The Ashes, World Cup
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Bully for Brendon
I (Martin) write this blog a day after England have beaten Australia in the first game of the 2015 Ashes competition. A few months ago, the sentence “England have beaten Australia in the first game of the 2015 Ashes competition,” although (almost) … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, New Zealand
Tagged Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Kevin Pietersen, The Ashes, Theodore Roosevelt
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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
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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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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The Cricket World Cup: A Preview, Part 1
Every four years, the world’s top cricket teams gather to play a series of one-day internationals (ODIs)—the 50-over form of the game—to determine who is the best. It’s the nearest thing that cricket gets to a competition that the entire … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, New Zealand, One-Day Cricket, Sri Lanka
Tagged Angelo Mathews, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Williamson, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Rahul Dravid, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ross Taylor, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Watson, Steven Smith, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, World Cup
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Brendon Goes Big
New Zealand’s cricket side has always punched above its weight—putting in performances that belie its small population and lack of financial resources relative to Australia. It currently ranks a lowly eighth (out of ten) in the ICC World Test Rankings, … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, India, New Zealand, Test Cricket
Tagged B. J. Watling, Brendon McCullum, Jimmy Neesham
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Clash of the All Too Human
After some last-day heroics from Matt Prior, about whom we’ve already waxed lyrical on these pages, the England cricket team managed to draw their three-Test series with New Zealand, 0-0. It wasn’t meant to be this way: England are currently ranked … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa
Tagged Alastair Cook, Brendon McCullum, Graeme Swann, Matt Prior, Michael Clarke, Peter Siddle
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Florida: Future Home of Cricket?
After hosting a couple of Twenty20 games (New Zealand versus Sri Lanka) in the aftermath of the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup, Florida will be hosting a couple more: this time between West Indies and New Zealand. The two teams contain … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Tagged Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard
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