Are breathtaking innings all about how many sixes are hit and how few balls are faced?
Ross Taylor’s 81-ball hundred against Australia wouldn’t even be half as good as Yusuf Pathan’s 37-ball IPL hundred if that were the case. Clearly, it’s all about context.
A DLF Maximum is commonplace. In Twenty20, batsmen are obliged to score very [...]
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 depth of pocket the IPL does, but it does crown a world champion. I see the IPL as the appetizer, rather than the World T20 as dessert.Mmmm... dessert...The IC...
Group B contains two teams that are usually considered as dark horses. Or in New Zealand’s case, sheepguys. No, not really, but they are the teams that are always said to have a chance of winning, but are never the favourites. There, I just defined ’dark horses’.
Zimbabwe is also in this group. (it had to be on a new line or no one would pay attention. I barely did)
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I have encountered questions by several people about who to support, especially in the likely case that the Redbacks don’t quite make it to the final. Difficult to answer, as English teams are not allowed to take part. Of course you are free to shout "Hampshire! Hampshire!" from the first to the last second, there is no other team that would have deserved participation more than the noble kn...
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