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Cricket

7 Things I hate about the Indian Premier League (IPL)

May 23, 2009

Here are a few things I hate about the IPL in no particular order:

DLF Maximum: For uninformed, this term is used when a batsman hits a SIX. IPL commentators have stopped using the traditional term six or sixer and substituted this horrendous term prefixed by IPL’s title sonspor DLF. When a batsman [...]

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The A-to-Z of Twenty20 Cricket (and IPL)

May 19, 2009

Andy Zaltzman has a hilarious look on the IPL and has some really funny terms in his dictionary. These two are my fav:
D: Duckworth-Lewis method
An obviously unfair system for adjudicating the winner of rain- or apocalypse-interrupted matches, relying excessively on mathematics and science rather than the randomised guesswork that had always served limited-overs cricket well [...]

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Welcome back Bala

February 3, 2009

Welcome back Laxmipathy Balaji to the Indian Cricket Team. He has always been one of the hard workers in the team.

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ICC ODI Cricket Rankings

January 31, 2009

Australia are no longer #1 in ODI Cricket. A change at the top after what seems a decade! Kudos to South Africa. Now, India needs to get the #2 spot.

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Sehwag and the record breaking run-fest

March 28, 2008

The third day of the test between India and South Africa saw a lot of records being broken. I’ve compiled a list of the records that were broken, and also compiled some useful facts.

Third Fastest Double Century
Sehwag scored his double century in 194 balls, the third fastest ever. He now has the second & [...]

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The Future of Australian Cricket

March 14, 2008

Australia maybe have been a champion need for the past decade however once you are at the top of the mountain there is nowhere to go but down. India has shown this by beating Australia consistently this year in Twenty20 games, at home in India and in the CB Series at Australia. South Africa is [...]

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Thoughts on the IPL Draft

February 20, 2008

Today morning there was the first ever IPL draft. IPL the Twenty20, corporate version of cricket. There was a lot of bidding going on the final results of which you can view here.
On the overall process: All players were divided into categories. These categories were created depending on the base price for every player. The [...]

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Bob Woolmer Murdered

March 23, 2007

Jamaican Police are now saying Bob Woolmer was murdered. He was strangled and his death was a result of asphyxiation.
This may be related to Pakistan’s loss to Ireland, but I keep thinking no one would be so idiotic to kill someone over a game. This may have to do with ICC”s Anti-Corruption investigation or something… [...]

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A High Price for Defeat?

March 19, 2007

Ireland beat Pakistan on Saturday – their first International win. After a loss to the West Indies and Ireland, Pakistan are out of the World Cup. They seem to have paid a very high price for their loss.
Angry fans are calling for the arrest of Bob Woolmer and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq. In Inzamam’s hometown of Multan [...]

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Ganguly’s Comeback Stats

February 11, 2007

Well it’s official that Sourav Ganguly’s return is a success. How much of a success? Well I dug up his stats. Here you go
in ODIs
ODIs Played: 4
Total Runs: 241
Average: 60.25
Lowest/Highest Score: 13/98
Ganguly’s score of 13 in the 2nd ODI against West Indies is his lowest and the only non-50 score. Stats include two ODIs against [...]

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