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India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Preview

February 24, 2010
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The two teams face off again. On another belter at Gwalior. I reckon I need to find the origins of the word belter as soon as I churn out this post. Both teams have already arrived, and the game begins in about 200 minutes from now. Gwalior has been a great hunting ground for the [...]

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India vs South Africa – Why India won?

February 23, 2010
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it is that time of the year again…the laziness creeps in. Blogging is not for the lazy though. Yes, this is about the India vs South Africa game at Jaipur, which was supposedly stolen from South Africa because they were too busy looking after their security to claim a win. However, that did not dampen [...]

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so what exactly happened

February 19, 2010

This is the ultimate review of the Second Test at Kolkata of the India vs. South Africa Jaypee whatever Test Championship Series, a Paddle Sweep exclusive. Before I begin, let me dwell a little bit on the first test at Nagpur. South Africa arrived here in India with a lot of humility up front and [...]

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back, sulking and more

February 13, 2010

The reason I was away was because I was on vacation. Period. Back to the cricket, it seems that a lot of water has flown under the so called bridge, including: west indies losing against the aussies India caught with their pants down ipl moved out of hyderabad clt20 to clash with the english domestic [...]

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here come the saffers

February 1, 2010

The South African cricket team, caretaker coach and all, have finally landed in Nagpur, where they would be playing the tour game as well as the first teat, albeit at different stadia. They looked all upbeat, based on the press photos, with the skipper looking his healthy best. Going by the headcount done specially on [...]

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Two foes, filled with woes

January 30, 2010

We are almost on the brink of the so called World Championshitp of cricket. A 2 Test series between India and South Africa. A Series which would also mean the first face off between Paddle and Ms. Print. If you don’t know who they are, look here. A Series which would leave the Aussies wondering [...]

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harper is stranger than fiction

January 19, 2010

Darrel Harper is in a weird mood these days. It’s almost as if he is aware of how much the world hates him, and he is out on a mission to piss the world off even more. Maybe that is exactly the case. We all are aware of how stupendously shitty his umpiring is these [...]

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what happened at newlands today

January 4, 2010

South Africa vs England, 3rd Test, Day 2 I was initially witnessing the game from my sofa, but then switched to test match sofa, an internet radio station comprising of a  great bunch of Pommie Fans, and Jarrod Kimber. Seems like they are somehow affiliated to the Barmy Army. If that is not the case, [...]

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