October 2009

India vs Australia 3rd ODI LIVE

October 31, 2009

Here we are then, for the third ODI of the Hero Honda Cup between India and Australia, to be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Game starts 09:00GMT. See you then. Be here at that time to participate in a very interactive discussion over the game. Here are a few basic pointers about the [...]

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Australians frustrated by wet practice pitch

October 31, 2009

The Aussies were in a similar state of mind yesterday as is the guy in the picture to your left . Most of them woke up early to catch the 9 AM training session scheduled at the Kotla but were appalled to find that the practice pitches were watered a little while back and were [...]

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Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 3rd ODI Preview

October 31, 2009

It could turn out as a cracker of a game with Bangladesh coming back emphatically in the 2nd ODI to win by seven wickets and level the series. Here are the match details for the 3rd ODI: Venue : Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Day : Saturday 31st October 2009 Time : 14.30 hrs [local] [...]

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India vs Australia 3rd ODI Preview

October 30, 2009

vs  Hero Honda Cup Australia tour of India 2009/10 : 3rd ODI – India v Australia [D/N] Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi (Seats 40k) Date: October 31, 2009 [Saturday] Match starts at : 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST Weather forecast : Sunny, Temperature about 18 – 32°C OCC THREAD

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Test Cricket Draft 1990+ Round 1

October 30, 2009

THREAD ON OCC | MASUD’s WEBSITE FOR THE GAME Test Cricket Draft – Season 1, is an interesting and involving cricket game based on the Player Draft system. Here is how it works: There are 30 Players. There will be 11 + 1 Rounds and players will have to input one of their 11 + [...]

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How this website works

October 30, 2009

Orkut Cricket Community – The Website (Paddlesweep) is a great initiative to collate major and serious cricket discussions happening at Orkut’s premier forum for cricket, so that the web can also participate in the same. It works in a very simple way. We summarise important discussions from OCC for you here on this site, in [...]

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India vs Australia 2nd ODI top tweets

October 28, 2009

Some of you might have noticed that I was tweeting about the game @paddlesweep. This seems to be a totally one sided game on one of the flattest pitches of the world. Here are few tweets which I consider described a major part of India’s innings: now even I hate Ravi Shastri i don’t like [...]

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10 Commandments of the International Cricket Blogger

October 27, 2009

By Guest Blogger Uncle J Rod, the ballsiest blogger in the milky way Thou shalt not use reason, you are not a journalist, you are a blogger, be as unreasonable as you need to be. Respect thy domestic competition, but do not make love to it. Thou shalt always be willing to fall in love [...]

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New South Wales win the Airtel Champions League T20

October 23, 2009

Here is the victory snap: A well deserved victory for the strongest team in the tournament. Yes, there were qualms about less crowd support for them, but who supports them Aussies anyway.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore – Champions League T20 2009

October 7, 2009

Country: India Qualification: IPL Squad: Anil Kumble (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Balachandra Akhil, Rajesh Bishnoi, Mark Boucher (wk), Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Manish Pandey, Dale Steyn, Ross Taylor, Robin Uthappa, Roelof van der Merwe, Vinay Kumar, Jesse Ryder Points Table: Not yet formulated. Is in Group C with Cape Cobra and Otago. [...]

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