ODI

Oh no, not again?

January 26, 2010

[houdini] India is almost set to tour Sri Lanka this year in July-August. Why? Yes, WHY? Most fans are asking the same question to whoever they might ask a question to. The Sri Lankan Cricket Board, now called Sri Lanka Cricket, has its sights set on another tour from India, supposedly to fill the gap [...]

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and here we go again

January 5, 2010

Sri Lanka vs India at Dhaka Tri Nation Tournament (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) 5th January 2010 the average indian fan is asking a question for quite some time now. i will come back to the question in a while. Right now, let’s talk about my roommate. Let’s call him Amar, for fuck’s sake. Let me [...]

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at Rajkot

December 15, 2009

Kumar Sangakkara can sometimes be a total nutjob. Before the tour began, he claimed that his team had the balls to beat India in India. He lost the test series 0-2, because he let the Indian batting get away. The biggest threat to any opposition against India is India’s Batting prowess. Sehwag. Sachin. Gambhir Yuvraj [...]

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Amends to make, I have

December 14, 2009

This is the preview for INDIA for the 5 Game ODI Series India’s fielding in the T20s was not fishy, as MSD described. It was shithouse, to say the least. The word ‘fishy’ might be used to describe things out of place, but not here. The Indian approach to fielding was skewed far more towards [...]

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India vs Australia 6th ODI Preview and LIVE!

November 8, 2009

HERO HONDA CUP 2009 India vs Australia 6th ODI Guwahati 9:00 AM IST Australia leads the 7 game ODI series by 3-2   Sometimes, the proverbial blogger gets proverbially bored of a proverbial ever-lasting series. Who invented such long series anyways. Teams take things for granted initially, then there is nothing left to take. There [...]

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India vs Australia 4th ODI Review

November 3, 2009

This was kind of inevitable. Good paced pitch, a determined bunch of Aussies, and runs on the board. Three recipes of an Australian victory. The Indians started the game very well, but half centuries by Ponting and White ensured that the total was respectable at least. The home team were set a total of 250 [...]

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India vs Australia 3rd ODI Review

November 1, 2009

HERO HONDA CUP 2009 Everybody knows that India won and it was a great performance by Yuvraj and Dhoni that helped them win. If you don’t know, go here. Or visit the Orkut Cricket Community. What I want to do is discuss a few pointers which I and a few other community members think are [...]

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India vs Australia 3rd ODI LIVE

October 31, 2009

Here we are then, for the third ODI of the Hero Honda Cup between India and Australia, to be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Game starts 09:00GMT. See you then. Be here at that time to participate in a very interactive discussion over the game. Here are a few basic pointers about the [...]

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Australians frustrated by wet practice pitch

October 31, 2009

The Aussies were in a similar state of mind yesterday as is the guy in the picture to your left . Most of them woke up early to catch the 9 AM training session scheduled at the Kotla but were appalled to find that the practice pitches were watered a little while back and were [...]

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Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 3rd ODI Preview

October 31, 2009

It could turn out as a cracker of a game with Bangladesh coming back emphatically in the 2nd ODI to win by seven wickets and level the series. Here are the match details for the 3rd ODI: Venue : Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Day : Saturday 31st October 2009 Time : 14.30 hrs [local] [...]

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