West Indies

Benn is better

October 7, 2010

The yearly ICC awards were handed out today and there were no surprised, really. India, South Africa and the Aussies dominated and Sachin Tendulkar was named both ICC cricketer of the year and ICC People’s Choice of the year. Stating the obvious, right? We here at paddlesweep are firm believers in giving the underdog a [...]

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Will the real WICB please wake up?

September 29, 2010

Chris Gayle has become the latest West Indies cricketer so snub his central contract and ‘keep his options open’. IE: host parties with rappers called Cash Money (was that his name?)  and play in ‘smaller’ leagues where he earns more money in a couple of weeks than what he would earn playing for his country [...]

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I’m supporting Guyana, I’m half West Indian

September 3, 2010

There’s this little hit-and-giggle tea party around the corner, I think they call it the Champions League. I am almost a journalist for this post because I had to actually go research which teams are playing, I couldn’t just make it up. Chennai Super Kings, Warriors, Victoria, Wayamba, Central Districts, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, [...]

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Vote Sulieman Benn

August 23, 2010

There is some sort of ICC awards thingy going on at the moment and I think some of the criteria is that you have to be a goody two-shoes to be nominated and, if you aren’t you have to be an Indian called Sachin Tendulkar. Of course, it doesn’t matter who you are, you won’t [...]

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A tale of obvious irony

July 11, 2010

Bangladesh beat England for the first time ever. England in cricket are a lot like England in football. The differences being, there was not much ODI Cricket back in 1966, and that there is no slam bang shorter format which the three lions can win in football now. The point being that the English Cricket [...]

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First Test Preview: WI vs SA

June 9, 2010

The big deal: After a terribly disappointing summer, it’s time for the West Indies to switch gears and try to salvage some pride as they turn to the longer format of the game and it will take a tremendous, near miraculous effort for the West Indies to get their act together. Things in camp Windies [...]

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Pyjama party Test matches…

May 25, 2010

It was revealed on Monday morning that most loved and most popular men of our time, Odi Cricket, had passed away. It was initially suspected that the death was of his twin brother, Test Cricket, but the autopsy and DNA tests revealed that it was Odi who had passed on. The cause of death is [...]

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Laughter is the best medicine

May 20, 2010

Imagine this: you are a little boy or girl and you absolutely adore cricket. You always get to watch on TV because games aren’t played close to you that often. But England are in town and you will finally get to go to your first live cricket game. You get up early, get dressed and [...]

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What the World t20 taught me on Monday

May 4, 2010

1. Political MPs from Sri Lanka are not allowed to bat higher than eight. 2. Mahela Jayawardene is pretty good. OK, he could be the new Tillakaratne Dilshan…or the old one…or his replacement. 3. Zimbabwe’s keeper keeps without pads. No shin pads either. 4. Zimbabwe like leading people on and making them believe that they [...]

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Learning stuff from cricket

May 1, 2010

People say that you can’t learn anything from sport. They say it’s a waste of time and you should read a book instead. This is not true. I learnt a lot. Yesterday, the T20 World Cup taught me…. 1. It is ok for old, fat, balding politicians to play cricket. 2. You shouldn’t try and [...]

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