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July 4th, 2008

Dedication of the month : July 2008 : Neil Harvey

Yeah, you saw that right. From this post on, every month six and out would dedicate the month to some cricketer who I feel strongly about. Throughout the month, I would garner facts and trivia about the person. Should be fun.
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March 2nd, 2008

Cricket Trivia 3 Answer

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Asif Karim is the man we were talking about in Cricket Trivia 3
*Played three World Cups: 1996, 1999, and 2003; captained Kenya in 1999.
*Played another sport: Captained Kenya’s Davis Cup team. Woah, he had talent!
* Renaissance Man of Kenya […]

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February 29th, 2008

Cricket Trivia 3: Hints

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I did it. I outsmarted Google this time. None of the folks are getting the right answer!
But here’s to your help.
So far the following responses have come up.
1. Viv Richards: Close, but not quite it. Had an Indian girlfriend, but he played four World Cups. Our trivia guy played just […]

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February 28th, 2008

Cricket Trivia 3: Who Am I?

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He’s a former hero (of sorts) of ours.
So here’s *blip* described in quick bullet points.
*Played three World Cups. Even captained his team in one. (Of course, we won’t name the years)
*Played another sport for his country. (What sport? Um, no. That would make it too easy)
*He’s often considered the renaissance […]

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February 24th, 2008

Cricket Trivia 2 (Who Am I?) Answer

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Sourav Tiwary, a player from Under-19 Cricket World Cup is the correct answer to Cricket Trivia 2. Looks a bit like Mahendra Singh Dhoni. No surprise though: he hails from Jharkhand, Dhoni’s state. In fact, he’s being hailed as Dhoni’s lookalike.
The clue lied in his resemblance to Dhoni, something we […]

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February 22nd, 2008

Cricket Trivia 2: Who Am I?

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We’re back with another weekly trivia.
Identify this player:

Looks familiar, doesn’t he? Look around yourself; you know who he is.
Answers on Sunday.
Hint: He’s got a million-dollar smile. Or maybe, he’s just trying to fake a million-dollar smile.
ETA: Sorry, but we’d to remove the image for technical reasons.
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February 16th, 2008

Cricket Trivia (Who Am I?) Answer

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Neil Johnson is the correct answer to the last trivia question.
With a broad space between his incisors, he makes for a good caricature model, but this man had real gift and emerged a hero for Zimbabwe in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Bagged three player-of-the-match and was pivotal in […]

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February 13th, 2008

Cricket Trivia: Who Am I?

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I might not have been a real great in that sense,
But I did help my country get into a World Cup Super Six,
And surprise the biggies
What’s more, I bagged three Man-of-the-Match awards at the same World Cup,
I knew I could do more,
The gifted all-rounder I was,
But I wasn’t being […]

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January 22nd, 2008

Top Ten Weird Dismissals in Cricket

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While we wait for the Adelaide Test to commence, here’s some fun watch. This video is already in circulation, but just in case you haven’t yet watched it, we have it up for you.

And here’s a CricInfo article on weird dismissals, with a different set than in the video.
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January 22nd, 2008

Cricket Lookalike Correct Answer

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We had some fun here amidst the umpiring row. I had a hunch this would be rather controversial so kept mum on it, but now I feel there’s nothing wrong or particularly racist about it, as some had suggested.
That is a lookalike of, hold your breath, Shantakumaran Sreesanth. Now, how […]

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