Now this one is inspired by Uncle J Rod’s list of narcotics anonymous, but the fact remains and some research has been done by me.
This is what wikipedia has to say:
Drug Possession
Lalit Modi was charged and pleaded guilty to drug possession, assault and kidnapping case in 1985 while he was a student in Duke University, USA. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison and came back to India after being released on probation.
In 2007 a PIL was filed in Mumbai High court challenging his position in BCCI on pretext of his criminal history. Though the court refused to unseat …read more

The IPL is over and all, and it was a massive competition. I love massive competitions! They give you a lot if numbers to crunch, thought Twenty20 deserved these numbers. Six and Out brings you some interesting stats:
 
 
Highest Batting Averages (min 100 runs)

Player
Mat
Inns
N.O.
Runs
HS
Avg

LA Pomersbach
5
5
4
152
79*
152.00

MEK Hussey
4
3
1
168
116*
84.00

A Symonds
4
3
1
161
117*
80.50

SE Marsh
11
11
2
616
115
68.44

ML Hayden
4
4
1
189
81
63.00

 
 
Highest Strike Rates (min 100 runs)

Player
Mat
Inns
N.O.
Runs
HS
SR

BB McCullum
4
4
1
188
158*
204.34

V Sehwag
14
14
2
406
94*
184.54

LRPL Taylor
4
4
0
149
53
183.95

YK Pathan
16
15
1
435
68
179.01

MEK Hussey
4
3
1
168
116*
168.00

 
 
Best Partnership

Player 1
Player 2
Wicket
Partnership
For
Against
Result

AC Gilchrist
VVS Laxman
1
155*
Deccan
Mumbai
Won

G Gambhir
S Dhawan
2
133
Dehi
Deccan
Won

SE Marsh
LA Pomersbach
2
133
Punjab
Mumbai
Won

SE Marsh
JR Hopes
1
133
Punjab
Rajasthan
Won

GC Smith
SA Asnodkar
1
127
Rajasthan
Chennai
Won

 
 
coming up : bowling stats

Chennai Superkings have to consider themselves lucky. They were outplayed in every department of the game on Sunday by the Rajasthan Royals but still lost on just the final ball. The scorecard suggests a really close match, the highlights make you wonder how?
Chennai batted first and scored a formidable 168. Formidable as this was a high pressure game and MSD had defended 157 too in a final, that too a close match! Almost everyone contributed in bits and pieces to help reach the total. The Rajasthan bowling was accurate without being incisive
Rajasthan Royals Bowling Analysis

Bowler
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Econ

S Tanveer
4
0
40
1
10.00

SR Watson
4
0
29
1
07.25

MM Patel
2
0
14
0
07.00

YK Pathan
4
0
22
3
05.50

SK Trivedi
2
0
21
0
10.50

SK …read more

After a long hiatus, six and out is back! Was watching the first semi-final of the IPL between the Rajasthan Royals and the Delhi Daredevils. In previous meetings, both the teams have won their respective home games!
The match is being played in the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, certainly not anywhere near home for any of the two North Indian teams. Delhi, having won the toss, put in the Royals in to bat. Glen McGrath was at his worked up best when Swapnil Asanodkar started treating him like he would treat a certain Mr. Ankit Mishra if he thought about hanging up …read more

First of all, thank you. YES YOU! ALL OF YOU! For the first time since man invented the wheel, six and out has touched 50k page views. There is a party for you too, if you can make it. To know more, ask me.
With the Deccan Chargers losing to Chennai Superkings tonight, all the four semi finalists of the inaugural DLF IPL have been decided. Not that I care as both my teams (Kolkata and Mumbai) are out. Anyway’s, for people too naive to not support Kolkata, they are

Rajasthan Royals
Kings XI Punjab
Chennai Superkings
Delhi Daredevils

in that order of course. After watching …read more

Continuing the series, sixandout dwells a little bit into the owners of the IPL Franchises.
Everytime I talk about the success of the Rajasthan Royals, people ask me : “Who owns them?” This post is for the most subdued owner in the Indian Premier League.
Emerging Media is the owner of the Rajasthan Royals. Apart from owning the IPL Team, these guys are mainly into media-property development business with a focus on developing programs for the Indian sub-continent.
In India, they are more known (if at all) for their reality cricket show : Cricket Star, whose runner …read more

I promised that I would come up with a detailed analysis of the possibilities in the IPL as of now. I am only considering the five teams which are already not out and which are already not in. I am going to go team by team, give a little insight and dare to predict their remaining matches in order to try to find out who would qualify for the semis. Take a look at the points table:
So, considering the teams:
Kings XI Punjab:
They are looking set to qualify as they have matches against Deccan, Kolkata and Rajasthan. Even if they lose …read more

Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians – 21st May 2008Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Robin Uthappa used to be one of my favorite cricketers. Used to be, that is! But when you run out Sachin Tendulkar, and that too in a situation when he was single handedly going to win the game for your team, well, the loyalties are bound to wither.
Having committed the most punishable offence in blogging : inactivity, I am feeling a certain amount of guilt but the emphasis is always to bring quality rather than quantity, and so it will be. Apologies, nonetheless.
Coming back to the match, Mumbai …read more

Thinking about this month’s featured reader comment, I thought of writing a post about the aftermath of this whole Mallaya – Dravid farce. Here it is:
Considering the amount of money Dr. Vijay Mallaya has, it would not have been impossible for him to buy some better players. What I am trying to say is not that he should have interfered in the selection of the players, but that he had the cash to buy some other players.
“My biggest mistake was to abstain from the selection,” he said. “I had a separate list of players but since Dravid is such …read more

I caught this interesting peace of news on the web yesterday. Having seen the massive interest which the Indian Premier League has generated, The Pakistan Cricket Board is seriously contemplating a similar tournament in Pakistan.
The business community in Pakistan is pretty keen on this idea. In an interview which the PCB Chief Naseem Ashraf, a controversial personality according to us, gave to the media, he said and I quote:

“We will be waiting for a suitable time to start the tournament as many corporate institutions here have also shown their willingness to sponsor the event”

Though the International calendar is finding …read more