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November 15th, 2007

Buchanan Has a Dream…

One of the advantages of being a successful professional is that people listen in on your ideas, good or bad.
John Buchanan, Australia’s passing coach, has a brand new idea to transform world cricket.
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February 7th, 2007

Hair in debt again?

Just when you thought the cricketing world was just about getting back to normal again, things settling down nicely, England winning a couple of games, a thrilling series between Pakistan and South Africa under way, and the World Cup just around the corner, it felt like some of the controversies of last year, such as […]

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January 15th, 2007

What’s hiding under the ICC’s carpet?

Well, Darrell Hair for one thing. After he was spectacularly given the arse for his involvement in Ovalgate, it seems the ICC still haven’t quite figured out what to do with him, or even how to treat its members. It’s about time the ICC grew a backbone, rather than fannying around so much. If […]

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July 6th, 2006

The crazy fog lifts over the ICC

It seems whatever the peeps at the ICC were smoking has run out, and they’ve started thinking a little more clearly again. (I almost said “started talking sense again”, but that would have been wildly inaccurate.)
Thank God that’s over with. (For now, at least.)
(I seem to be justifying a lot of things I […]

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May 19th, 2006

Friday rant : The unseen side of cricket

One of the real barriers to the effective globalisation of cricket is the disparity in the quality of the teams. Australia have been the best for ages, England, Pakistan and India are close behind, with South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka bringing up the rest of the best. Zimbabwe, the West Indies and Bangladesh […]

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April 28th, 2006

World Cup tickets available Monday. I think.

The second phase of the ICC ticketing strategy for the ICC World Cup in West Indies next year kicks into action on Monday.Cricket fans the world over are sure to swamp the offical ticketing website until it falls off the face of the ‘net. Assuming, though, they can even figure out what the heck it […]

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