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You know how it is when watching one of those shows titled “World’s wankiest bloopers” or similar. Where people send in video evidence of their attempts at getting eliminated from the gene pool. The skateboarder coming dow...(more)
Growing up in a city that is a scaled up model of a can of sardines when it comes to open spaces meant that you learnt to improvise when it came to playing outdoor sports. The ‘garden’ patch behind the apartment block served as the foot...(more)
I hope India choked against Sri Lanka on May 11th 2010. I hope that seasoned professionals with significant amounts of experience lost the plot in a crunch game. I hope it was technical deficiencies brought about by an all-consuming focus o...(more)
The curse of the group format is upon us. Four days into the tournament, theoretically, six super-eight spots are still up for grabs, India and West Indies having claimed the other two. Realistically, they have all been decided. We have fou...(more)
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25th april was the big finish to the most-watched Indian Television event spanning a month. The best team of the tournament played the comeback team, and lost. As a Mumbaite and foremost, an SRT supporter, I’d had a reasonably satisfying ...(more)
Chennai Superkings V Mumbai Indians The most consistent team over the 3 seasons versus the most dramatic turnaround. Chennai have had to rely on spectacular individual performances to make it this far. The fact that they have made it inspit...(more)
10. Fielders being penalized for accuracy with ricochets resulting in ‘overthrows’, which is a misnomer considering the throw was perfect
9. Batsmen being rewarded for being beaten by the bowler who find their edge to give a...(more)
Scene opens to a black and white closeup of a sweaty teenager, the three-striped cap most prominent, alone on a field. A fuzzy background shows an empty looking stadium. The kid’s voice in voiceover says…“I can’t sin...(more)
I have been a doubter of the IPL from the beginning. Uninspired team names, pointless cheerleaders, camera angles constantly zooming in on celebrity team owners, barrage of bad advertising, all that, it turns out can be tuned out. It’...(more)
I like writing my Tendulkar posts on days when he doesn’t score too many. That’s when there is a lull in the torrent of posts about him. This one is about the one time I experienced a Tendulkar innings from about 100 yards from ...(more)
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Continued from What the best ODI batsmen have…
We started with a set of six batsmen to compare on previously defined parameters. Their career highlights:
Batsman
ODI’s
Runs
Average
Strike Rate
Adam Gilchrist
287
9619...(more)
Continuing from the last post, what makes a good ODI batsman?
Consistency: Yes, the high average is an obvious sign of a good player, but the quality of the runs matter. Shorn of the freebies collected against the likes of Kenya, UAE, Holl...(more)
What makes a good ODI batsman?
Is it one who takes the attack to the opposition in the first 15 overs? One who successfully finishes run chases? Has a high average from consistent performance? Has a high strike rate to indicate he make...(more)
There are probably as many “top-10/20/100 best players” lists as there are cricket journalists. Over the years, forests have been leveled in order to present rigorously analytical points of view about why player A is better than player ...(more)
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With one of the more mediocre Ashes series in progress, I believe it is time to delve into that age-old (well, atleast 3-4 year old) debate about
How good is Sachin Tendulkar, really?
The intent is to explore the question from a variety o...(more)
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The Ashes
Part 2 of the preview focuses on the squads and their ‘Outside Edge’ chances in the tournament. Each assessment scores each team on the three fundamental aspects of the game and also the ‘luck of the draw’ in how easy/difficult is ...(more)
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Cricket World Cup
Starting June 5th, India will defend its title of “world champions” for the first time since it took over the mantle of “most influential nation” in world cricket. Predictably, given the board that the defending champions represent,...(more)
…#5 because noone can name more than three Rajasthan players
…#4 because Chennai and Punjab have had their chances
…#3 because Delhi are too good not to have won it
…#2 because you can’t have the most endors...(more)
Typically, for India to win: Bat first, not lose more than the odd wicket in the first six overs, reach 120/3 by the 15th over and finish with a blaze to end with 185. Bring on the slow bowlers early, have the batsmen miscuing big hits, fie...(more)
Game 6 | June 13 | New Zealand V Pakistan
It was as if the tournament directors decided that leaving the fate of the final stages of the tournament to the vagaries of the Pakistan team was just plain crazy and decided to abduct an...(more)
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