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Michael Vaughan wants South Africans DEAD

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Life Bans For Mohammad Yousuf And Younus Khan?

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Banning Pakistan cricketers for in-fighting? It’s like firing a computer programmer for being interested in Star Wars. Some things just come with the territory. With Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan banned for life, there’s every...(more)
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Mentions: Younis Khan    Australia    Pakistan   

Shane Warne Learns Indian English

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Depending on the speaker’s mother tongue, there are different forms of Indian English. Each has its own little quirks. The word ‘the’ might disappear from one sentence and appear unexpectedly in another. The words ‘w...(more)
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Mentions: India    Shane Warne   

Mitchell Johnson Makes Friends In New Zealand

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From Fox Sports: “Johnson had come to the bowling crease for the fifth over and was greeted with the ‘wanker’ chant.” What’s the ‘wanker’ chant? Is there one particular ‘wanker’ chant t...(more)
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Michael Vaughan Wants South Africans Dead

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There’s a beautifully hazy piece in The Independent today on Michael Vaughan’s comments about South African born cricketers representing England. Essentially, his thoughts about how some South African players come to England for...(more)
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Mentions: South Africa    England    Kevin Pietersen   

Vusi Sibanda Gets His Myopic Eye In

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Indexed  6 days ago
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We’ve never seen Vusi Sibanda before today. It’s good to see a four-eyed cricketer do well. ‘LASIK surgery? LASIK surgery THIS!’ he seemed to say, as he deadbatted another full ball. It was pretty plodding as one-day...(more)
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A Picture Of A Massive Cricket Bat

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Indexed  7 days ago
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Michael sent us this: Can you imagine the excitement? A bat that massive and seemingly no fielders – cricket doesn’t get any better than that. Scores would be massive! There’d be boundaries every ball! As we understand it...(more)
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Eoin Morgan: Reverse Sweeps And Keeping Calm

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Indexed  March 2, 2010
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Of all the many eye-catching features of Eoin Morgan’s batting, it’s one of the least noticeable which is perhaps the most significant. He’s very, very calm. Eoin Morgan is the England one-day batsman you most want to wat...(more)
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Mentions: England    Paul Collingwood   

Lalit Modi’s Thoughts On Test Cricket

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Indexed  March 2, 2010
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People won’t watch Test cricket unless there are day-night matches Time zones, Lalit. Time zones. At least half the matches your team plays aren’t in your country. If it’s all about broadcasting rights then one nation̵...(more)
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Freddie Trueman Yorkshire Ale From Copper Dragon

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Indexed  March 1, 2010
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Copper Dragon have made a beer in honour of the great Yorkshire and England fast bowler and shite Test Match Special commentator, Freddie Trueman. Having had a pint on Saturday night, we’re sorry to tell you that not all pints of Fre...(more)
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Naeem Islam And His High-step

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Indexed  February 28, 2010
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It’s a great era for run-ups. As well as Friedel de Wet’s bunny-hop, we also have Naeem Islam’s high-step. Just as he’s about to enter his delivery stride, his right leg suddenly tries to knee him in the face. ItR...(more)
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Andy Flower Motivates England’s Openers And Wicketkeepers

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Indexed  February 26, 2010
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It’s tricky motivating people. Trust us on this, we’re pretty clued up on the psychopathology of apathy. Earlier in the year, Graeme Smith subtly dissed Dale Steyn because he didn’t think he was pulling his weight, even th...(more)
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Mentions: England    South Africa    Dale Steyn    Graeme Smith   

How Good Is Sachin Tendulkar?

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Indexed  February 25, 2010
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If Sachin Tendulkar hits exactly 100 and another batsman hits exactly 100, Sachin Tendulkar is top scorer. When Sachin Tendulkar gets bowled, it is only because he can hear the thoughts of wood and one of the stumps has insulted him. The wo...(more)
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Sachin Tendulkar Hits An Odi Double Hundred

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Indexed  February 24, 2010
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Due respect to Saeed Anwar, but from the minute Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry equalled his world record ODI score of 194 against Bangladesh, someone needed to go past it. That someone was Sachin Tendulkar. There are some pretty ordinar...(more)
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Mentions: Sachin Tendulkar    Bangladesh   
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Sachin Tendulkar Hits 200* In Odi V South Africa

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Indexed  February 24, 2010
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The Roebuck’s, Bhogle’s, Panicker’s and Premachandran’s will undoubtedly wax lyrical about the strokes, the temperament and every single gene in Sachin Tendulkar’s body. Not being as talented, nor that way incl...(more)
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Mentions: Sachin Tendulkar    South Africa    India    IPL   

Brett Lee’s Test Career

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Indexed  February 24, 2010
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Like Andrew Flintoff, Brett Lee’s had to jack in proper cricket because his body’s had it. Fast bowling’s a mug’s game, but anyone who’s seen our Too Cool mug or our robot mug knows that we love mugs. In many ...(more)
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Mentions: Brett Lee    Australia   

Craig Kieswetter – Yes Or No?

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Indexed  February 23, 2010
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We might as well do our usual thing of formalising our fence-sitting position. Our initial feelings when Somerset wicketkeeper, Craig Kieswetter, started eating up column inches was: ‘No, not another one. Too many wicketkeepers!̵...(more)
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Last Ball Thriller Between India And South Africa

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Indexed  February 22, 2010
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Didn’t watch it. Don’t much feel like reading about it. ...(more)
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Mentions: India    South Africa   

A Toucan Taking Guard In A Test Match

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Indexed  February 21, 2010
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If you want to hear our latest failed attempt to get our words out without laughing, listen to Andy Zaltzman’s World Cricket Podcast. It’s a war we’ll always wage, but will seemingly never win. This week’s highlight ...(more)
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Shakib Al Hasan’s First Test Hundred

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Indexed  February 20, 2010
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Four years after we tipped him for greatness, Shakib Al Hasan hit his first Test hundred. New Zealand were on the receiving end and while they won the match, their bowlers took some stick. After dawdling along on nought for an age, Shakib ...(more)
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And The Number One Test Side Is…

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Indexed  February 19, 2010
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Two frigging Tests. Whose bright idea was it to have a two-Test series between India and South Africa? Don’t tell us that originally there were no Tests scheduled. If you fancy a sandwich and there’s no bread in the house, you d...(more)
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Mentions: India    South Africa   
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