It is really rare to see Shivnaraine Chandrapaul (I am sorry if I goofed with the spelling) and Sewnaraine Chattergoon (i don’t care here) play in the same team. Though it would be really amazing if they played for different teams. NOT!
At lunch, the match is precariously poised. West Indies are at 89/3 with the Chrab and the off-spinner Gayle batting well, the former still on the crease. While a few other bloggers have mentioned that they like the pitch, what I like more is the application by the bowlers, sans Midge (Mitchell Johnson) of course. 
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yeah, the stats …read more

I am so feeling I told you so right now. But not quite. 300 is still gettable. The Aussies reached 226/7 at the end of day 1. It could have been more, but it rained, and then it rained again. Symonds played his restrained-affluent best ad scored 67.
Beau Casson is in! This has been the happiest day in my blogging career. I finally got to see Beau on TV. After all the hype and the like, he appeared to be calm and collected. He batted much better then Stuey for sure. The bowling remains to be seen. I so hope …read more

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

There is something about the cricket in the Caribbean, you don’t know whether its happening or not. Some people say that the World Cup is still on there with fat dudes playing and talking diving catches at first slip.
Here are a few stories coming from the land where the world cup is always on:

Brett Lee is tired: He doesn’t say it, but Punter does
Kamran Dropmal has a mate : Brad Haddin is feeling the heat, though I dunno how you do that against the current West Indies team.
Gayle is Back : Being a Knight Rider was never so cool; after …read more

Kevin Pietersen has been oft criticized for being too irrational and inconsistent! But not today. He was rational and scored 115. While a few of my friends are mulling over the IPL, i thought it was time to move on in life. Everything you love might go away, but this one will come back.
Back to the test match, the Black Caps won the toss and decided to field on a typical Trent Bridge wicket. The English batsman struggled early on, with Cook, Vaughan and Collingwood getting out to bowling beauties, O’Brien being the wrecker-in-chief! The score was 86/5. KP loves …read more

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 I knew it. I always knew it.
I am one proud Indian today.

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The other day someone was asking around, “Where’s the Gary Kirsten?” I recalled we had done one post on Gary Kirsten some time back, and then forgot all about him.
He deserves one more.