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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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The Cricket World Cup: A Preview, Part 2
Hot on the heels of the The Cricket World Cup: A Preview, Part 1, here comes the second installment, featuring the four other top teams. South Africa It’s fair to say the biggest hurdle that South Africa has to overcome is … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, One-Day Cricket, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies
Tagged Alastair Cook, Chris Gayle, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy, David Miller, Dwayne Smith, Faf du Plessis, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Ian Bell, Jacques Kallis, Joe Root, Mohammad Irfan, Mooen Ali, Morne Morkel, Shahid Afridi, Steven Finn, Stuart Broad, Vernon Philander, World Cup
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The Supremacy of Dale Steyn
One of the perennial questions that baseball and cricket fans like to ask themselves is how to measure the greatness of a player. In the case of pitchers, does their greatness lie in a low earned-run average, or the number … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, South Africa, Test Cricket
Tagged Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, WHIP
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South Africa Resurgent
The English team has been crushed; the Indian side are rebuilding; and the Australians are seeing some light at the end of their long, dark tunnel. For the general-interest fan, these make for interesting times about the also-rans of international … Continue reading
Reverse: the Curse
It’s now time to talk about reverse swing. No, it’s not the latest dance craze from California. It’s a relatively new phenomenon in cricket that entails the ball doing funky things previous unknown in the laws of physics. Unlike in … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, Pakistan, South Africa
Tagged Dale Steyn, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram
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Sunrisers Hyderabad: A New Dawn
Being a new franchise and possessing a batting line-up short of destructive power (apart from the always-classy Kumar Sangakkara and Australian Cameron White) hasn’t stopped the much-unfancied Sunrisers Hyderabad from being the Little Engine that Could of the Indian Premier … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, IPL, T20 Cricket
Tagged Amit Mishra, Cameron White, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Kumar Sangakkara, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Tom Moody
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The Curious Simplicity of Cricket and Baseball
As I (Martin) watched Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants plying his trade against the Los Angeles Dodgers the other night, one thought kept running through my mind: baseball is such a simple game. A ball, a bat, and some … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, IPL
Tagged Dale Steyn, Literature, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pune Warriors, San Francisco Giants, Sunrisers Hyderabad, T. S. Eliot, Tim Lincecum
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February Frolics
While I (Martin) may have been quiet the last few months on Right Off the Bat, the world of cricket continues to make some noise. Currently going on in India is the Women’s World Cup, which is being televised by … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa
Tagged Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Curt Flood, Dale Steyn, Kerry Packer, Tony Greig
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South Africa Ascend to Number One
It was only a matter of time before a team of such quality would take the top position among Test-playing nations, and when South Africa defeated England in a gripping final Test match at Lord’s in London, to take the … Continue reading
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