I was criticized a lot for not paying attention to the first two tests in this series. I am more than making up for it by reporting about almost every session in this test, and this has nothing to do with my love for Beau Casson, like hell I don’t even know who he is.
With the Ozzies batting first, this stat would tell you how it started, with the new big daddy of Opening the Batting taking over the islands with elan, too short to even have a lasting impression:
PA Jaques c Ramdin b Taylor 31 (35b 4×4 1×6) SR: …read more

Just watched the Delhi vs Deccan Match. The Deccan Chargers started out slow, but picked up later and reached 142, thanks to a certain Mr Rohit Sharma, about whom I would have loved to talk about now. But alas. Limelight is a very narrow lane. Only one can steal it. It was Virender Sehwag’s night. Just look at these figures:
Runs : 94
Balls : 41
Fours : 10
Sixes : 6
Poor old Andrew Symonds went for 30 in an over. This was certainly SOME innings. I beg your pardon if I am not articulate enough. Its just that….well….I am excited. The IPL has …read more

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It’s been decided to put him up through this ordeal to teach him a lesson in cricketing justice.

Good luck, Symo!

So the Australian Open finished off with the results I had predicted in this post. Masha, aka, Maria Sharapova sailed through to the trophy. As I said, nobody in the tournament weiled the kind of power she did, and on the men’s side, Djoker, aka, Novak Djokovic, got the better of suprise finalist Tsonga. We had been pretty much hooked to the tournament, so much so that we missed out on a lot of cricket. With the Commenwealth Bank Series on, we’re back to bats and balls.

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After India’s T20 championship victory, Andrew Symonds said something along the lines of T20 being a format where “the lesser sides can beat you easily”. Of course, Australia lost to Zimbabwe and then India, the two lesser sides he was referring to.

India has since kept Australia on toes in T20, and they seem to be innately made for this version.
Further, SA just lost to Windies in a T20 tie, and it wasn’t a close match by any means.
Could there be any truth to what Roy said?

Oh, and take the poll.

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Things were looking good for Michael Clarke. First, Lara Bingle and now, T20 captaincy, but there seem to be plenty of sour grapes around.

Adam Gilchrist isn’t happy apparently

Following some of Sreesanth’s antics in the first two one-dayers, Warney was quoted as saying:
I don’t think anything was over the top, so I think it’s going to add a bit of spice to the summer.
and
Everyone’s going to be looking for Sreesanth to do his stuff and it shows with a bit of passion. I think it’s going to be good for the summer.
I thought ditto at first. It *is* fun. And verbal skirmishes are OK, but just have a look at how he flared up on getting Symonds out, and how he looked Clarke in the eye, and …read more

This space is meant for honoring the players who do well and bring good to the sport, but I am in no mood for honoring today, that’s fer sure.
Hero Turned Loser # 1 Andrew Symonds aka Roy:
The guy with the brown (or is it golden, or golden+brown, you better judge) streaks is one of the most active players on the field despite his size. He’s ran out more batsmen than I have seen any other player do. And I share Shakespeare’s philosophy:
Let me have men about me that are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o’ nights:
Yond Cassius has a …read more