Paddlesweep

a little housekeeping

May 4, 2011

note: this post was written just after @mspr1nt and @mrsmithmachine decided to part ways with the blog. This blog, though sad, is looking forward to life, because this blog is optimistic about its future. Welcome to the all new Paddle Sweep, where cricket is a stream of thought, was always a stream of thought and [...]

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the lull before the storm

February 16, 2011

you might have noticed, or not, that we haven’t posted for a while. We call this phase, ‘the lull before the storm’. We just thought to take a little break before the World Cup. We have been active on twitter, though. There is a lot up for the world cup here at Paddle Sweep. I [...]

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Winning at the SA Blog Awards: The story so far

September 28, 2010

This wait it over and done It’s finally over This race is finished and won It’s finally over The victory song is sung It’s finally over It’s been as long as I recall It feels like I’ve been waiting, waiting Far as I can remember Seems like we’ve spent forever waiting, just waiting for now [...]

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Paddle Sweep Redesigned

September 8, 2010

You might notice that a lot of things have changed over here, the looks being at the foremost. It was an impulsive decision and once which could have been risky. But here we are, and its not bad, is it? For every achievement, there are people who are involved and need to be thanked. This [...]

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10 things to Google and get to us

August 24, 2010

I have been wanting to come up with a post on this subject for a long time now. But was waiting for a nice collection to coagulate before I publish them. It appears the collection is strong enough now. So here they are, 10 random search keywords to get to your favorite cricket blog – [...]

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a lot of water…

August 22, 2010

This post is a combination of an apology and an admission. I have been blogging about cricket since 2005, this is the 6th year running, and I might have written more than 500 posts or so. Hell, Paddle Sweep is more than two years old now. It’s been a long time in this arena. What [...]

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What I learnt from the Group Stages

May 6, 2010

This has been a very short tournament. Still, half of it remains and we have learnt a lot from it about this format, the competitiveness of teams, and the likes. Here is what I have learnt so far: Minnows remain minnows, for once. Afghanistan were full of hope and enthusiasm, but then what would happen [...]

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The perfect coach for India – Gary Kirsten

May 1, 2010

by Guest Blogger Christopher Poshin David ‘Coaches don’t win you matches, players do’, goes a timeless saying in sports. Despite that fact, it’s been seen time and time again, that good winning teams have had fantastic coaches. Manchester United have Sir Alex Ferguson and it is seen in their results just how big an influence [...]

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the keyless conundrum

April 17, 2010

i know that you haven’t noticed, but I have to let you know why I wasn’t posting for the last week or so. There are two main reasons. The first one was that I was too involved in the IPL to write about it, and anyways there is an overload of it among other great [...]

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The 200th Post

March 12, 2010

I cannot believe it. We are at where Sachin Tendulkar was a couple of weeks back. The 200th. Feels great. We would like to thank a few people for this achievement. First of all, a nice thank you to Michael Clarke for reminding us that cricket blogging can be taken care of without indulging in [...]

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