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The Indian selectors have decided to send Wriddhiman Saha as a backup to MS Dhoni for the Sri Lanka test series. One man who should be particularly pissed off is Dinesh Karthik.The bugger’s number seems to be on their Speed Dials wh...(more)

The West Indies did their level best to hasten the death of Test cricket in St Kitts today with one of the most fantastically turgid batting displays I’ve ever had the misery to endure.On a dead pitch, voluptuous with runs and pregnan...(more)


Group C should be interesting. Indians and South Africans have played a lot of cricket recently, starting from the Test and ODI series before the IPL. They haven’t had a lot of time to rest, and the rapidly growing up Afghanistan will...(more)

Now that KKR’s campaign is over (I’m leading the Interblogactic IPL Battle table, btw), I can finally concentrate on the team I really support - the Mumbai Indians. They have been the standout team this season, leading the table...(more)

I feel safe calling it a foregone conclusion that South Africa will hand the West Indies their sorry asses in the upcoming three-match Test series.The last time the Windies beat South Africa in a Test series was also the first time, when th...(more)


South Africa squeaked out a one-wicket win in the fifth and final ODI against the West Indies in Port of Spain on Thursday to record another series whitewash against the Islanders, who once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.The...(more)



South Africa sealed the two-match Twenty20 series against West Indies in Antigua yesterday with a nailbiting one-run win, on exactly the same crappy pitch used in the first game.How anyone could have sent those sides out to play the second ...(more)

South Africa’s tour of the West Indies got off to a mildly disturbing start last night in Antigua with one of the more peculiar games of Twenty20 I’ve ever witnessed.From atrocious umpiring to unusually tatty Proteas kit, the da...(more)

South Africa kicks off their (huge, extended, everlasting) tour of the Caribbean with two Twenty20 Internationals in Antigua on Wednesday and Thursday and it affords both ailing sides the opportunity to redeem themselves in the T20 format.W...(more)

Much has been ranted about South Africa’s early exit from the World Twenty20 this year, as was bound to happen. What was the alternative? Lashings of undiluted praise and worship?The cold light of dawn on the first day of the rest of ...(more)

England played some amazing cricket tonight to comprehensively defeat South Africa, and prove they are serious contenders for the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup. England hearts sank in the first over as opener Michael Yardy was trapped plumb LBW b...(more)

So here were are, you and I, too weary travellers at the end of a long journey. The plane has touched down and all that remains is for us to collect our bags, make our way through customs and be reunited with our loved ones.I had to suffer ...(more)

The IPL is rapidly drawing to a close and before you know it the World Twenty20 will be upon us, which means it’s time to compile an All-Stars XI from the league, based on performances to date.I’ve seen a number of comments dott...(more)

You know how Don King would always be seen with the winner of a fight, even if he was on the losing side? No matter who won the fight he would always be there to raise the boxer’s arm. He didn’t want to be associated with losers...(more)

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the ICC World Twenty20 - which starts in Guyana at the end of this month - is a boring old afterthought to the IPL, considering the relative marketing strengths of the two.The ICC might not have the...(more)

The captain of the best short-form team in South Africa’s domestic competitions, Davy Jacobs, will also captain the side that will take part in the Emerging Players tournament in Australia later this year.The tournament features teams...(more)
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