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Archive for the ‘ODI Cricket’ Category

October 13th, 2007

Round-up From the Blogosphere

I am all for originality, creativity and kick-assity (Ugh. Night has had its toll on me.)
So here’s a shout-out to all the great cricket stuff being poured into the unobliging oblivion of the blog-universe.
* The force behind Cricket and All That is surely left-brained. Who wants a really analytical, scrupulous explanation on why India lost […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 3 comments

October 11th, 2007

Sreesanth: The Way Out?

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. […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 4 comments

October 10th, 2007

Heads up: Look Who’s Winning

*The Poms. Er. Englishchers. I mean the English. Beating the Sri Lankan tigers on their own home turf is no ring-a-ring-a-roses.
Scorecard
Glad Anderson came into his own. With Stu (ahem, get used to Stuart Broad being called by that nickname, here) continuing to impress (ladies) by constantly taking wickets and handling pressure well (good comeback, btw, […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 1 comment

October 9th, 2007

Some harmless and some not-so-harmless cricket fun

Hi Ozzies! Pissed at your team’s latest debacle on Indian soil? Hey. Cheer up.

Could anyone beat you guys at mimicry? [and well, um, sledging]

My sympathies to who-ever-this-NewZealander-is. No, I won’t watch this again. Promise.

Some clever work here. I don’t know if it’s to do with his turban, but everyone finds Panesar very funny. And how […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 0 comments

October 8th, 2007

It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times for Harbhajan…

The couplet from A Tale of Two Cities applies to Harbhajan’s current situation extremely well.
Good news: Harbhajan’s 2-wicket haul at the 4th ODI against Oz played a key role in India’s comeback.
Bad new: The old boy will have to incur Jodie aka Snark Goddess’s wrath. I told ya, it never helps to be […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 1 comment

October 6th, 2007

Take -Off: Brain- Science of Cricket: Why do cricketers lose form?

It gives me really bad vibes when good players start performing, well, badly, especially after some good show. James Anderson, we saw, did a brilliant job of keeping the opponents (uh, Indians) on toes on the recent test series. He was judged Man-of-the-Series, along with Zaheer Khan, for taking 14 wickets (that is coming off […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 8 comments

October 4th, 2007

Heroes (read: losers) of the Week

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 […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 6 comments

October 2nd, 2007

Heads-up: Roy knows his game

The only big news for today is that India lost to Australia  by 84 runs in the  second ODI at Kochi. The hosts were bundled out for 222 with 2.3 overs to spare in response to the touring team’s 307. Does 307 ring some bells? This was the same total put up by them in […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 0 comments

October 1st, 2007

What happened today?

1. Sri Lanka 269 for 7 (Jayawardene 66) beat England 150 (Cook 46, Maharoof 4-31) by 119 runs in the first ODI of England’s tour of Sri Lanka. How many of you think Luke Wright would have made a difference?
2. Cricket South Africa have warned their players against joining ICL. What’s at stake: Their domestic […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 1 comment

September 30th, 2007

Public Plea to Brett Lee

Lots of bat-and-ball action coming up. I can’t stop you (or me) from watching, but don’t be a loser. Don’t waste all your time to TV - eyes balls protruding out of the sockets and tongue sticking out- marveling at Clarke’s strokes (or hair, if you are female).
In the meanwhile, if you […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 5 comments