England

every day of the week my ass

December 31, 2010

Darren Gough on Thursday said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men are champions only at home and England can beat them “every day of the week” This is the sort of statement which makes you wanna hate certain players and teams. It reminds me of the pre-ashes McGrath claim of a 5-0 win. Where is he [...]

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South Africa’s Kingsmead report card

December 30, 2010

South Africa report card: Alviro Petersen 5/10 Virus, as he is affectionately known, is fairly new to the Test arena, having made his début only in February of this year…oddly against India.  He scored 100 in the first innings of that Test and 21 in the second. With eight matches under his belt and three [...]

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10 Ways Ricky Ponting can save his career

December 27, 2010

1. Retire. Just give up. Just stop playing cricket, do it before you are dropped from the team. 2. Plan your own kidnapping and disappear. People probably won’t care much about you being kidnapped, they’ll probably say good riddance. It’s still better than the current situation. 3. Fix a match. It might not be the [...]

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answer these questions:

December 26, 2010

Fill in the blanks: The atomic number of californium is ________ ______ Degrees was a famous Band The number of sons of Ater in the Census of men of Israel upon return from exile was _______ “The Trail of ____” was a popular 1928 movie The code for international direct dial phone calls to the [...]

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The PaddleShopper: Give that man a Beer!

December 10, 2010

Australia’s selectors have sprung a major surprise by naming the little-known spinner Michael Beer in their 12-man squad for the Perth Test. I’m sure that wasn’t what Ricky meant when he said… “Strewth, I need a beer”.

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Gender test Stuart Broad! (signs that he is a woman)

December 10, 2010

As a female, I admittedly know remarkably little about female things. I don’t know about make up or eyebrow tweezing. I can barely walk in heels and if foul language were a sport, I’d have national colours. I do, however, know when a female specimen is my in presence. This is because I start to [...]

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The PaddleShopper: KP, the not so silent Ashes Assassin

December 7, 2010

Love him or loathe him, KP is back. In one innings and with one ball before the close of play, he dealt a killer-blow deep into the heart of Australia. He is PaddleSweep’s Official Ashes Assassin.

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Vindication, England edition

November 28, 2010

Yesterday, I wrote about what England needs to do to save or win this test match. Mostly, it revolved around 8 hours of batting and I was pretty optimistic about their chances given this Aussie bowling attack and this not being the first day pitch anymore. Turns out I was right. England are 300 odd [...]

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what england need to do

November 27, 2010

Bat. Just bat till the fat lady sings. Show the world the character we keep talking about. There are 10 wickets still left, and all the odds are stacked against them. Even the staunchest of supporters would see the writing on the wall. I refuse to see that. I see two ways for this match [...]

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the ashes

November 25, 2010

It is here, it is now. The battle for the urn starts in less than an hour of this post going live. Are we ready? Are you ready? Here is the backdrop: paddle is supporting the poms while mspr1nt is with the aussies. Believe me when I say that it is going to get bloody [...]

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