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India thrash England at Hyderabad

October 14, 2011

The new season thus begins. India had never won a game at this stadium, though a sample space of 3 isn’t flattering at all. Something was surely going to give. Aren’t we the world champions, after all? India won the toss and batted first. Oh wait! At first, there was no telecast at all. The [...]

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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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The PaddleShopper: O’Crap!!

March 3, 2011

  He’s lean, he’s green, he’s Kevin O’Brien! O’Brien stunned England with the fastest hundred in World Cup history, bludgeoned a stunning 113 off 63 deliveries. So raise your glass, paint it green and hit it!

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The PaddleShopper: The Day South Africa played themselves and WON!

February 23, 2011

The ICC Cricket World Cup, Group B match between England and the Netherlands, featured no less than seven South African born players. If you think most of them were in the Dutch team… think again…

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every day of the week my ass

December 31, 2010

Darren Gough on Thursday said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men are champions only at home and England can beat them “every day of the week” This is the sort of statement which makes you wanna hate certain players and teams. It reminds me of the pre-ashes McGrath claim of a 5-0 win. Where is he [...]

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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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