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Pop Quiz: Explain this scene

October 25, 2011

Pure Umpiring error, or is there a story behind this. Cricket always borders on the bizarre. Can you explain why the batsman is out?   Rules: If you go to the video on youtube, you will get the answer in the comments. But let’s be honest here.   The comments section is all yours.   [...]

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India thrash England at Hyderabad

October 14, 2011

The new season thus begins. India had never won a game at this stadium, though a sample space of 3 isn’t flattering at all. Something was surely going to give. Aren’t we the world champions, after all? India won the toss and batted first. Oh wait! At first, there was no telecast at all. The [...]

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Secret Delivery and the Spirit of the Game

September 5, 2011

England had planned to use a ‘secret’ delivery against India during the ongoing ODI series, reliable Indian news channels have quoted the ever so reliable Daily Telegraph this morning. “This delivery is so lethal, that it is against the spirit of the game”, the England Management was quoted as saying. The idea was mooted in [...]

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lords day 2

July 23, 2011

Praveen Kumar was asked after the day’s play whether he had worked on his wrist position, and he didn’t have a clue what was being talked about there. I bet he doesn’t know what the ‘mace’ stands for.  Praveen Kumar’s name will now be on the honors boards at the Lords Cricket Ground. He bowled [...]

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Strauss: Pakistan are a conspiracy to defraud the spirit of the game

March 3, 2011

England captain Andrew Strauss launched a scathing attack against Shahid Afridi and the rest of the Pakistan team on Thursday. England were outclassed by ‘minnows’ Ireland just one day ago and Struass said that Pakistan should have lost their game against Canada too, in order to rebel against the International Cricket Council (ICC). The ICC [...]

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The PaddleShopper: O’Crap!!

March 3, 2011

  He’s lean, he’s green, he’s Kevin O’Brien! O’Brien stunned England with the fastest hundred in World Cup history, bludgeoned a stunning 113 off 63 deliveries. So raise your glass, paint it green and hit it!

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England move for O’Brien, prefix surnames with ‘O’

March 2, 2011

In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, England revealed after their defeat to Ireland that they will be doing everything in their power to get Irishman Kevin O’Brien to join their team.  The minnows also revealed that, with immediate effect, they will be prefixing all their surnames with ‘O’. Andrew Strauss, who was given the [...]

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Steve Davies is gay. So what?

February 28, 2011

Breaking news this morning. A cricketer is gay. Coming out was harder than facing Brett Lee he says, but I’m relieved now. It’s behind me. This was regarded as a big ‘scoop’ by The Sun. In this day and age? A scoop? Really? The puns are endless. He won’t bowl maiden overs. He’d rather field [...]

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The PaddleShopper: The Day South Africa played themselves and WON!

February 23, 2011

The ICC Cricket World Cup, Group B match between England and the Netherlands, featured no less than seven South African born players. If you think most of them were in the Dutch team… think again…

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PADDLESWEEP EXCLUSIVE: Stu Broad reveals gender

February 10, 2011

Last night, Stuart Broad had a live Q & A session on Twitter. Much like the Q & A session we had with @theashes recently, but let’s move along, shall we? I had my pisstake pants on so I thought I’d ask, you know, for the sake of everyone who has always wanted to know, [...]

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