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Some of you might already know this but Jacques Kallis is set to get married after porposing to long-time girlfriend  Shamone Jardim. I know girls, terrible news, suck it up there’s a whole Cute XI cricket team on the pitch. That’s cool. Happy for you dude. The biggest positive we can take from this propsal [...]

A prayer for Bafana

by mspr1nt on June 22, 2010 · 2 comments

Our Bafana Bafana, who art in Bloemfontein, hallowed be thy goals, thy World Cup come, thy will be done in Bloem as in Gautamala, give us France our daily bread, forgive Mexico as we forgive Uruguay for beating us, and lead us into 2nd round but deliver us from being beaten, for I am the [...]

Just testing something

by paddle on April 7, 2010 · 0 comments

please bear with me

Interblogactic IPL Battle Chennai SuperKings vs Deccan Chargers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Deccan step it up…

by mspr1nt on March 15, 2010 · 7 comments

…against a remarkably average Chennai. I must admit, after Friday I was concerned. I thought Chennai were a pretty good team. Having the captain of India in your side probably adds to your intimidation level. I was worried nonetheless. But Deccan managed to find their balance as the batsmen sparked and the bowlers followed up. [...]

Sit down, breathe and imagine this: ODI: 54 all out. Top score: 11. Win  by 245 runs. When was the last time you witnessed such beauty? I can think of a Test match. The score was 51 all out. And that was a Test. We all know that Test cricket is superior. The big problem [...]

First of all, here are the final shortlisted players for the auction to be held for the Indian Premier League, preceding its third season: Mohammad Aamer, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Rana Naved-ul Hasan, Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq (all Pakistan), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Daren Ganga, Wavell Hinds, Kieron Pollard, [...]

This is part 1 of a 3 part series on why both Modi and Cairns are right in this public altercation. Despite all this, it isn’t exactly a win-win. Part 1: Why Christopher Cairns is right. Lalit Modi had an interesting tweet fly out of his twitter account yesterday. It was to the effect that [...]

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS FULLY DEDICATED TO THE TEST MATCH SOFA TEAM. i could also name this article – “thick South African cricket board” or “rich board can’t fork out small change for cricket”. But I didn’t. The reason solely being that this blog is not about unbiased and totally called for allegations. There I [...]

the story of 5 overs

by paddle on January 6, 2010 · 0 comments

I have so much to write about this game. I am so depressed right now, more depressed that the amount Rahul Dravid used to be when he was captain. Even more depressed than George W Bush on 9/11. It would be fair to say that India lost the match in the last 5 overs. There [...]