ashes 2010

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: 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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The PaddleShopper: I AM NOT A FREAKING CRICKET MATCH!!!

November 29, 2010

I am not a freaking test match, says the confused American, before she finds out a way to monetize all this, by our resident PaddleShopper

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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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A newbie’s guide to The Ashes

November 24, 2010

The Ashes? What’s that? It’s a Test series between England and Australia. A five-match Test series. A cricket Test match is that thing that lasts a whole entire five  days and sometimes don’t even produce a result (ridiculous, right?). The trophy is the smallest trophy in cricket. It’s bigger than Kevin  Pietersen’s brain and  much [...]

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How to stay awake during the Ashes

November 24, 2010

No matter where you are in the world, Australia is pretty much at the ass end of the world. So, when the Ashes are being played in Australia, we are all rather inconvenienced because of the whole time difference thing that interferes with that whole sleep thing which is vital for that whole work thing. [...]

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What the Ashes mean to a Saffa

November 23, 2010

It’s not often that Saffas get to watch two teams we completely loathe lock horns and fight to the death for the smallest trophy in sporting history. Well, it’s only every two years, really. Everything about this tournament is fantastic. It’s everything you got taught cricket would be and everything our great, great, great grandkids [...]

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