Aussie quick Shaun Tait bowled the fastest ball ever recorded in Australia in the T20 International against Pakistan in Melbourne today: a blistering 160.7km/h.Only two bowlers have recorded quicker speeds than that: Shoaib Akhtar hit 161.3km/h and Brett Lee 160.9km/h, both in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.Defending a measly 127, Australia ended up winning the game by 2 runs, thanks largely t...
The emergence of Shaun Tait and Dirk Nannes as a specialist T20 opening bowling duo is wonderful news for world cricket. Or not, depending on the design of your national flag.I’ve been watching these guys destroy everyone they’ve played against this summer and even though personally I won’t be facing either of them in the near future (I’m busy), I nonetheless feel a cold sh...
Image via WikipediaAs per Cricinfo, the teams for the T20 World Cup final will be from Australia squad -MJ Clarke*, DT Christian, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, NM Hauritz, DJ Hussey, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, DP Nannes, TD Paine†, SPD Smith, SW Tait, DA Warner, SR Watson, CL WhiteEngland squad - PD Collingwood*, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, C Kieswetter†, MJ Lumb,...
Right. So the T20 World Cup is only a week away, and with this mini-break from the IPL, it only seems appropriate to start posting about it. Rather than do the ’one team a post’ thing which would take ages, I’ll be doing it group-by-group. And staying true to the alphabet, I begin with Group A, which consists of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia. This being the only group to hav...
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