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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BCCI Blocks Test Matches

August 21, 2011

India’s forthcoming tour of Australia later this year will take place without any test matches, after the Board for Control of Cricket in India (christened as #bleddyBCCI by our friends on Twitter) officially informed whoever willing to listen that they do not believe in the longest and the most pious form of cricket. The news [...]

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on the topic of overturning things

August 1, 2011

this is where it all began. Even when MSD was young and nimble, he had the habit of overturning things. So much so, that he even pledged:   Also, here is an interesting anecdote: During the 17th Century, the kids of farmers used to play a game quite akin to what we call cricket. With [...]

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Decision Review System – A Discussion

July 31, 2011

We present all the viewpoints, depending on participation

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To Mr. Dravid

July 31, 2011

Rahul Dravid has donned many hats while serving Indian cricket. Here is a tribute to the master, in a different way!

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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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5 things leading to 6

July 1, 2011

Ishant Sharma took 6/55 at Barbados today. His last spell went like this: 4.4-2-6-3. That is 28 balls, 6 runs, 3 wickets. Good stuff by a bowler who had been all but written off by the writing fraternity, cajoled for his no-ball problems and also gravely accused of being the IPL’s bitch. The Indian Premier [...]

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India tour West Indies

June 4, 2011

First of all, what is with Sachin Tendulkar and the Caribbean? Like seriously, what? The last time India toured there in 2006, he missed out. This time too, he has decided to take a ‘break’. Is the place too boring for the master, or are we talking of a few skeletons in the closet? Speculations [...]

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74 runs off an over

May 28, 2011

74. That’s how much Christopher Gayle can now score when he takes guard for one of the 8 city based teams in the Big Bash League down under this summer. Multiplying the number of runs scored in a particular ‘super-over’ is just one of the suggested changes to the playing conditions. These changes were suggested [...]

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making sense of the IPL

May 15, 2011

Yesterday, I was sitting with a group of 50-something people discussing the IPL as Royal Challengers Bangalore took on the Kolkata Knight Riders. The conversation took place during the rain interruption with the topic mainly being about match fixing, the general notion being that fixing was prevalent and seemingly obvious matches had turned on its [...]

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