Feeds
414 items (12 unread) in 35 feeds
-
a view from the pavilion
-
Against the Spin
-
Amy S. Talks Cricket
-
Beer and Sport
-
Chinese Cut
-
cricket with balls
-
Cricket Zone
-
Cricket-Blog.com
-
Cricketing Info
-
Deep Mid-Wicket
-
Fly Slip
-
Globe 360
-
Good Cricket Wicket
-
GOOGLIES AND JOLLIES
-
Hawk-Mouth
-
Kameelperd Cricket Girl
-
Kridaya
-
Latest Cricket Match Reviews
-
Miss Field's Cricket Blog
-
Outside Edge!
-
Playing Across The Line
-
Ramblings on a scale not so grand
-
Reverse Swept Reflections
-
Sanspareils Greenlands
-
Silly M(a)id-on
-
SportinKenya
-
The "silly points"
-
The Adventures of Billy the Worm (10 unread)
-
The Boundary Rider
-
The Leading Edge
-
The Nightwatchgirl™ (2 unread)
-
The Short Third Man
-
Thoughts from the Dustbin
-
Three Lions Cricket
-
Well Pitched - a cricket blog
Reverse Swept Reflections
-
A masterstroke from Modi
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 10:24pm MST by jj77
It is the innovator against the luddites. While the ECB fight to prevent most of the UK from watching the Ashes, the IPL's chief announces that the tournament will be on Youtube. This is a revolutionary move that will have repercussions beyond cricket; the IPL has just become the most accessible and fan-friendly sporting event on the planet. Modi is foremost a businessman and this is a business proposal. He says "It is about broadening the fan base, after that everything follows". This understanding that everything is built on the fan base is something -
Ian Bell caught Kallis bowled Morkel 5
Posted: January 17th, 2010, 7:55pm MST by jj77
The ball A classic rip-snorter with a hint of 1980s Windies to it. Pitched on off and reared up at Bell who had nowhere to go. Build up Morkel was closing in. In his four previous balls to Bell, two of them had been similar lifters that the beleaguered Bell had done well to evade. So? Fast bowling made simple. A combination of good line and a bit of bounce was virtually unplayable. Morkel does have a tendency to sometimes spray the... [ Click on title to read the original article ] ...
-
Farewell tri-nation tournament, it hasn't been fun
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 5:50pm MST by jj77
Did anyone find any love for this tournament? From the start, it just had an overwhelming feeling of pointlessness. Perhaps it could have been salvaged by some wonderful cricket from some of the superstars involved. Instead, all the games, bar possibly the second, were uninspiring one-sided affairs. A poor, poor advert for the 50 over game. I cannot believe Dhoni or Sehwag will have sleepless nights over this.... [ Click on title to read the original article ] ...
-
Here's hoping for a "green mamba"
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 1:42pm MST by jj77
Congrats to Mickey Arthur for taking a "gamble" on the wicket for the final test. The sight of Bell and Collingwood comfortably plodding along on a lifeless fifth day pitch at Cape Town was clearly too much to bear. It is ages since we saw a proper bowlers' wicket in test cricket and we probably won't get a real beast at the Wanderers. But it would be great to see the batsmen having to fight really hard on a nightmare of a track.... [ Click on title to read the original article ] ...
-
Pakistan Coach calls a spade a spade
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 5:06pm MST by jj77
There is the accepted mediaspeek way of saying that a player has been poor. e.g. Andy Flower on KP after the 3rd test. "He's got a superb record. He's had a dip just very recently and this last Test wasn't a good one for him personally." I prefer Pakistan Coach Intikhab Alam on Kamran Akmal after his shocker in Sydney. "He is one of our main batsmen which is why we continued with him but in this Test he was... [ Click on title to read the original article ] ...
-
Cricket South Africa learn that life is cruel
Posted: January 10th, 2010, 1:59pm MST by jj77
When they are not sticking pins into voodoo dolls of Graham Onions, South Africa's administrators must get seriously angry about the strange and incomprehensible system of nationality-shifting. They see England happily helping themselves. "Yes, I'll have two world-class batsmen. A KP and a Trott will do just fine thanks." They try to get in on the act. Their demand certainly isn't greedy. "Paul Harris is slowing killing us inside, so is it ok if we can have one very average legspinner? Please!"... [ Click on title to read the original article ] ...
-
What is the bouncebackability of England's batsmen?
Posted: January 9th, 2010, 12:43pm MST by jj77
How well do England's batsmen fight back after a bad test match? I defined a bad test match as one where the player scored a total of 30 runs or less (i.e. an average of 15 or less). I excluded tests when the player had only batted once or had been not out. Then I looked at the runs he made in the next two innings' after that test match. "BOUNCEBACK" Averages KP = 69.2 in 10 inns Cook = 53.19 in 16... [ Click on title to read the original article ] ...
-
Shakib can take Bangladesh places
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 8:02pm MST by jj77
Shakib Al Hasan's prodigious talent as an allrounder is no longer a secret but the 22 year old is increasingly proving himself an able captain as well. To suggest that his side is making "real progress" after a 9 wicket defeat sounds mad. But he is right to celebrate scores of 296 and 249 against India and 260 against Sri Lanka. Progress for Bangladesh is not an occasional shock victory a big side but being consistently competitive. Shakib has realistic expectations and his focus on consistency of performance seems to be paying off.... [ Click on title to read the original article ] ...
-
Ian Bell holds off South Africa . . . and a ton load of gremlins
Posted: January 7th, 2010, 5:45pm MST by jj77
If someone else had played Ian Bell's innings today it would have been superb. But from him, this was a superhero effort. On top of the pressure of the situation, he had the pressure of his reputation. He went out to bat knowing that he was "the man that doesn't make runs under pressure". And he battled. Just a couple of tests ago he was driving us to distraction. As fans, we've always jumped on him more harshly when he's failed because we saw massive ability going to waste.... [ Click on title to read the original article ] ...