Monthly Archives: June 2009

Tribute to Michael Vaughan

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Krishna

Michael Vaughan is probably the best English captain after Mike Brearley. It is possible to give a captain too much credit for the performances of an entire team, but Vaughan deserves it with 26 victories from 51 Tests and lifting … Continue reading →

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Humor of the Day

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Krishna

Cricinfo UK has a humor page (humour?) with some gems such as this: A suprise decision by the ICC has cricket statisticians confused and angry. The ICC has ruled that from now on the boundary previously rewarded with 6 runs … Continue reading →

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95 Balls Remaining

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Krishna

Already the Indian team is going into hibernation mode. Apart from Dhoni’s near-century, only Yuvraj, RP Singh and extras crossed into double figures. We saw the bowling missing in the first match, today the batsmen joined them at wherever they … Continue reading →

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Armball and Rohit Sharma

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Krishna

Armball has some choice words for Rohit Sharma: [bleep] Rohit [bleep] Sharma is a [bleep] [bleep] and [bleep] [bleep] I wouldn’t use the same words myself, but Rohit Sharma has definitely moved into the liability column for India. Get busy … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time in Cricket

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Krishna

Remember the days When 50 in 15 overs and 100 in 25 overs was a reasonable scoring rate. When anything above 200 was a defendable target. When 250+ was a frightening one. When a run-a-ball innings was extraordinary and front-page … Continue reading →

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Humor of the Day

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Krishna

TootingTrumpet with the latest Strauss Tapes: “Anyway, the other reason I’m calling is to ask you for Sarah Taylor’s phone number. No, not like that, I’m a married man… it’s for Matt. No! He’s a married man too! Andy reckons … Continue reading →

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“Netherland” by Joseph O’Neill and Cricket

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Krishna

Crucket calls it the best ever cricket book he has ever read. I don’t exactly agree, but let me say this: If you tore out all the pages not relating to cricket and made a book out of it, “Netherland” … Continue reading →

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Humor of the Day

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Krishna

In these fast times, last week’s news seems like last century. Still the Old Batsman’s take on the World T20 was pretty funny: Best attempt at a not-outer [sponsored by Red Ink inc]: Jacques Kallis, SA vs Pakistan The Best … Continue reading →

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How Twenty20 Destroyed One-Dayers

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Krishna

India scored 101/2 in 20 overs and West Indies 123/2. Terrible scoring. That is when I remembered it was a 50-over match. That is what a heavy overdose of the Indian Premier League and World Twenty20 will do to you. … Continue reading →

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Are Maidens An Endangered Species?

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Krishna

I previously wrote about the useless mention of minutes spent by a batsman in Twenty20 cricket. I now feel that recording maidens is also becoming unnecessary, not just in Twenty20, but even in one-day cricket. For example, today in the … Continue reading →

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