September 2010

Which over was fixed now – exclusively made up emails

September 21, 2010

Admittedly, the style of writing was inspired by our very good friend @Dustbincricket who blogs over at thoughtsfromthedustbin.blogspot.com From: ijazbutt@iamtotallycrazy.net To: gilesclarke@thisshitpaysyoursalarybitch.co.uk Subject: This is what you wanted? Hello dear, See, I told you it was a good idea to throw that third game. We have caused so much controversy in the past two months, [...]

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We’re going to London, actually, just the SA Blog Awards

September 20, 2010

Yeah, not quite London but  I just love that line in Snatch. We are going to the SA Blog Awards ceremony . We are in the top 2 of the best Sports Blog category, unfortunately my post didn’t make it but being in the top 2 of best sports blog is still pretty rad especially [...]

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Cricinfo Please Decide

September 19, 2010

Today has been a really exciting day, and a wonderful piece of news has gone beyond a few happiness thresholds. Some of you might already know, but I would wait for @mspr1nt to break the news, she deserves to. Wait for her post. All right, back to this one. Was just going to switch on [...]

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Fixing allegations at The Oval? Who’s surprised?

September 18, 2010

It’s a good thing I kept my piece of praise as a draft this time. The last time allegations rocked Pakistan I’d just finished a post of praise for Test cricket. I had this all lined up and ready to go: “As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a bowler’s girl. A swinging delivery that sends wickets [...]

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Cricket ball kills Matthew Prior

September 17, 2010

Not that Matthew Prior. A 13-year-old boy a private school in the Lowveld in South Africa died on Thursday afternoon after he was hit in the chest by a cricket ball. While he was batting, he was hit in the chest by a full toss, collapsed and was rushed to hospital.  They reckon that the [...]

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Top Honours for Fred: Knob of the Week

September 16, 2010

I’ve always been a fan of Andrew Flitnoff, or Fred Flintoff as he is affectionately known. There is just something about his bad boy demeanour, his gingerness and his complete chav-likeness that made him stand out. So then, when he announced his retirement from all forms of the game today I was a little bit [...]

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Four year Test league? Try another one, mate

September 15, 2010

The ICC want to ‘provide a context to all Test matches by recommending the introduction of a four-year league’. A FOUR-YEAR LEAGUE. Please, ICC…let’s just think about that for a second? I know you really want to ‘determine who the best Test team is” but is it really necessary to implement a FOUR YEAR league? [...]

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It’s official, nobody likes Stuard Broad

September 15, 2010

It’s official. Stuart Broad is the most hated cricketer, as judged by Paddlesweep readers, bots and compulsive voters. After the big hoo-haa about my dislike for Kevin Pietersen, we decided to run a poll. At first it was Shane Watson who sprung into the lead like the Mumbai Indians in their second clt20 but then, [...]

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Are you a Royal Challengers Bangalore Fan?

September 13, 2010

Another contest has popped out of the RCB stable, and there is nothing we can do to deny this fact that it is a very easy way to get a free ticket to watch the Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore game at Durban on the 19th of September. All you have to do is: [...]

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Rahul Dravid is an honorable man

September 13, 2010

Another mini contest. A couple of days ago, it happened. Rahul Dravid was chatting with a few people on the phone, and this was what he was chatting about: He also discussed the pitch and weather conditions, telling them what they can expect in the match against Guyana Pity the News of the World did [...]

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