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I'm like a kid in a candy store with Cricinfo's new Hawk-Eye feature, which now comes standard with every live scorecard. Maybe I should get out more, but as a dude who writes about cricket this is as good as it gets.
To get the full experience you need to use it yourself - there are all sorts of hidden gems which unlock the story of a game, including the ability to see a short animation of the trajectory of any ball that appears on the pitch map.
It's exactly the same as the
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Shane Warne and the Rajasthan Royals unveiled a plan today to form a global T20 cricket club under the "Royals" brand involving Rajasthan, Hampshire, Trinidad & Tobago and the Cape Cobras, with Victoria's Bush Rangers reportedly close to signing as well.
Described as "the first global sport alliance" the new brand means all the franchises involved will take the name of their new master, adding "Royals" to their titles.
Hampshire, therefore, becomes Hampshire Royals. I mailed the Cape Cobras to find out what their name would be changed to and how it would affect
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Indian opener Virender Sehwag faced a bunch of short-pitched bowling from South Africa's pacemen on Day 3 of the first Test between India and South Africa in Nagpur, but hardly touched any of it.
When questioned by the Times of India about why he had left so much short bowling alone he replied: "I'm not a good puller or hooker".
Which is nice to know. Straight from the horse's mouth. Pack away your video analysis, fire your statistician, cancel the team meeting and don't bother with a second opinion.
Viru doesn't
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Dale Steyn took his best ever bowling figures to rout India in Nagpur and if ever there was any doubt as to who the world's premier fast bowler is, look no further.
Sorry, Ricky - as fine as your guys are, I'll take Steyn any day. It doesn't get better than this.
Steyn's 7/51 was followed up with 1/14 after India was asked to follow on and it was the most important wicket of the lot - Virender Sehwag, who was the only Indian batsman to thrive in the first innings (109 off 139
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