Category Archives: one day international

Serious Thinking Needed for India After Series Defeat Against Australia

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Krishna

Today’s loss against Australia at Guwahati meant that a full-strength India lost a home series against a depleted Australian side with one match to go. It is too early with respect to the 2011 World Cup to hit the panic … Continue reading →

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Australia’s Close Shave

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Krishna

The first match of the Australia-India series had some fireworks towards the end, but it didn’t quite end in the right climax. Praveen Kumar and Harbhajan Singh took India to the cusp of victory, but then gave it up. So … Continue reading →

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India v Australia One Day Series Schedule

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Krishna

It starts from Sunday. Here you go: October 5 (Sunday) at Vadodara – starts at 9:00 am IST October 28 (Wednesday) at Nagpur – Day/Night starts at 2:30 pm IST October 31 (Saturday) at Delhi – Day/Night starts at 2:30 … Continue reading →

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How New Zealand Can Qualify If England Bats First

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Krishna

Common sense would suggest that since New Zealand is behind Sri Lanka in the NRR (Net Run Rate), a loss would set them further back and destroy their chances of reaching the semis. But the twist here is that both … Continue reading →

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Forgetting Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI History

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Krishna

Kartikeya Date writes in an otherwise good post (emphasis mine): Comparing Gilchrist and Tendulkar is instructive, because they were different types of ODI opener. Gilchrist, in theory, did not bear the burden of shouldering his teams innings to the extent … Continue reading →

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It Really is a Holiday, Not a Series

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Krishna

Anybody else note the schedule of the ongoing India-West Indies “ODI” series? Sunday June 28: 2nd ODI … 4 days … Friday July 3: 3rdODI Why don’t they call it a “friendly” and be done with it? I cannot believe … 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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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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