A couple of weeks ago, Andrew Flintoff announced his retirement from test cricket. He was followed by Chaminda Vaas. These retirements come as no surprise considering the physical strain associated with being quick/fast-medium bowlers. If Flintoff plays the remaining 3 Ashes tests, he would end up with 80 tests. The sad part is that he missed a whopping 63 tests. At 143 tests, he’d have been...
The Kings XI Punjab lost their game against the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL this evening, but it wasn’t for lack of quality bowling from their newest import, Juan "Rusty" Theron.In two short games since joining the Kings XI this week, Theron has made a big impression with his accurate, medium-paced, unspankable bowling.He is already the second-most economical bowler in this year’s IPL,...
After losing the Ashes, Ponting found a new way to make the news, he called it quits with Twenty20. A few weeks back Kambli shocked us with his retirement from international cricket. And then Freddie and Vaas retired from test cricket. Earlier Murali put together a retirement plan for the not so distant future.Frankly, Saurav Ganguly is the guy who started it. He appeared late at the toss and earl...
Starting June 5th, India will defend its title of “world champions” for the first time since it took over the mantle of “most influential nation” in world cricket. Predictably, given the board that the defending champions represent, there is no shortage of enthusiasm for the 2nd edition of the T20 Worldcup. From a format that [...]...
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