I was randomly thinking about it and then looked it up.Starting from May 2008 (New Zealand’s tour of England and the Australia’s tour of West Indies) upto and including the ongoing test matches, here is a list of test debutants.Sri Lanka: Ajantha Mendis, Dammika Prasad, Tharanga Paranavitana, Angelo MathewsAustralia: Brad Haddin, Beau Casson, Cameron White, Peter Siddle, Jason Krejza, ...
The two new IPL franchises joining the fray in 2011 are Pune and Kochi, who together paid more than the original eight franchises combined.Their arrival means at least another 60 players are required, of which as many as 20 could be international players.The questions remains, therefore: who of the international players not currently contracted to IPL franchises should be at the top of Pune and Ko...
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...
Starts in a couple hours, and has the potential to be either really entertaining or a snoozefest. We’ve seen some great cricket in the last few weeks, so groundsman permitting, this should be fun to watch.
Here are the squads, with the likely XI in bold:
India: MS Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag (vice-capt), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendu...
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