Monthly Archives: May 2009

ICC T20 World Cup Prediction Watch

Soulberry at The Cricket Watcher’s Journal: England isn’t to be underestimated at home – they are lions and in their den. I’m hoping they do well this time for then we could all see them finally express themselves honestly and … Continue reading

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The New Cricinfo is Live

Here you go: Video seems to be the big thing. Not too many ads on the home page (most below the fold). More emphasis on the ESPN brand at various places. News, Scores, Fixtures – easily accessible. The drop-down menu … Continue reading

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The New Cricinfo

Will Luke at Cricinfo and The Corridor points out Sambit Bal’s pre-announcement of the new Cricinfo page. Will says, In my experience, redesigns provoke an equal mix of pleasant surprise and vitriolic hatred. But from what I’ve seen, I think it’s … Continue reading

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ICC Twenty20 World Cup Predictions – Take 2

Q from WellPitched pointed out that contrary to logic, the arrangement of teams in the second round groups were not based on performance in the first round, but based on the seedings which depend on the performance of the teams … Continue reading

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ICC Twenty20 World Cup Predictions

So, here is the problem as I understand it. The ICC T20 World Cup schedule is based on the performance of the teams in the last World Cup. This, to be very charitable, is nuts. One swallow does not a … Continue reading

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Links of the Day

Sydney Morning Herald on Afghanistan getting its cricket board. (via Amy) Caption needed for this photo of M S Dhoni. Silly M(a)idon still thinking about IPL. I too wonder when Tendulkar will finally say “no” to captaining any team. Homer on … Continue reading

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How Many Tests Should Teams Play?

This is for David Barry of Pappu’s Plane who wrote on my previous post on T20 vs Test cricket that given my suggestion for reducing Tests in a series based on whitewashes, Australia would play many one-off and two-Test series. … Continue reading

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Tell Me I am Wrong about BYB commentary

I used to think that doing the ball-by-ball commentary on Cricinfo was the best job in the world. You are getting paid to watch the match and write about it. If blogging about cricket could be so much fun, think … Continue reading

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Retirement Woes

Ducking Beamer’s take on retirement had me looking back at my predictions for the retirements from Test cricket for this year. Here is a quick revisit: Much depends on this year’s Ashes and the main protagonists are the two Mikes … Continue reading

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Links of the Day

Cricket UA with cricket widows. Jrod (Cricket with Balls) on the different reasons why England and Australia cannot win the Ashes. Is there a third team playing that I didn’t know about? Q at Well Pitched on why Pakistan are … Continue reading

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