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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 repercussio...(
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The ballA 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 ...(
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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, ...(
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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...(
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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 h...(
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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 themse...(
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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 onc...(
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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 ...(
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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 ...(
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Yesterday Danish Kaneria had a big laugh about about Kamran Akmal dropping three catches of his bowling and was very understanding. "He is trying his hardest" he said. I’m sure that today, he and several Pakistani players felt like vi...(
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Much has been made of Ian Bell’s inability to make runs in times of crisis. But this afternoon raised some questions about how well England’s bowlers respond to pressure. Of course, you can’t expect bowlers to tear through...(
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It normally requires the batting side to be very stupid to get dismissed for 127.And a couple of Australians were. Hussey was quite silly. Ponting was extremely silly.But what was most striking about this collapse was how little Australia c...(
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The second test between England and South Africa attracted a total of just over 50,000 fans. That’s 15,000 more than watched South Africa play Australia at Durban earlier in 2009.The first day crowd of 17,430 was a record for a Boxing...(
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Tis the time for end of year lists.Here are a few players who did fine things but generally got ignored. Gentlemen, we salute you. Brendan Nash Nash is a grinder and a nurdler. This year he did a couple of very passable Chanderpaul impressi...(
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Alistair Cook and Ian Bell both gave middle finger salutes to their critics in Durban. (Not literally, they are both far too polite.)So who are the new Cook and Bell?JP DuminyA year ago, Duminy’s heroics led South Africa to victory in...(
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Take yourself back to yesterday morning. KP loses his head against Paul Harris and England are 155 for 3, 187 runs behind. Pressure situation. A couple of quick wickets here and it could now be South Africa chasing the win. But Collingwood...(
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You are the nightwatchman. Your team has collapsed pretty hopelessly. You would be tempted to get this over with.Not Mohammad Aamer. He defiantly scrapped around for 15 off 89 balls. Far more fight than a seventeen year old should have. The...(
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Mark Boucher played an important knock today. In fact, it was his third important innings of the series. From his rebuilding effort in tough conditions this morning to taking the game beyond England with his attacking 63 in Centurion, Bouch...(
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Ricky Ponting - New elbow (probably hasn’t sent Kemar Roach a card)Australia - Aura ICC - Review system that nobody moans aboutPakistan - Home test seriesDhoni - Crown Danny Vettori - Superman’s cape Andrew Strauss - A reborn St...(
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NB This is a selector-bashing rather than a Luke Wright-bashing piece.I don’t think England’s selectors actually have the confidence to give Luke Wright his test debut in South Africa. I’d agree with them; I think there ar...(
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