Australia

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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World Cup – An Australian Preview

February 24, 2011

by Guest Blogger we know the world cup has already started, but we don’t care, at least for the initial two weeks. Here is Guest Blogger @bettiwettiwoo letting us all know what to expect from the aussies Considering the squad our super-savvy Australian selectors (they always do a ‘very good job’, you know; Hilditch has [...]

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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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Meanwhilst in Australia

December 19, 2010

Greg Chappell has remarked that the only reason for them not sacking Ricky Ponting is because there is no other guy around to captain this team. In completely unrelated news, Pup has asked the Social Media Agency that represents him to start drafting a resignation letter. It must not be noted that model Lara Bingle [...]

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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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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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Watch out, the Ashes are here

November 22, 2010

If you have read our bio, you would know that I am an England supporter when India are not playing. Hence, I get very excited when the ashes are around, cos it gives me a great chance to bag the aussies. Somehow, I do not like them at all. It could be because they were [...]

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