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Six and Out - Some Serious Cricket

May 23rd, 2008

Ricky Ponting Sizzles as West Indies go through the motions

West Indies vs Australia - 1st Test - May 22-26 2008
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Sometimes the mind says : TOO MUCH IPL! But mate, it never is enough, when it comes to pleasures of life. But not in this post. I would try my best!
If you are a Kolkata Knight Rider fan, you would have a […]

By Ankit -- 3 comments

February 9th, 2008

What Cricket Can Learn From Tennis?

So the Australian Open finished off with the results I had predicted in this post. Masha, aka, Maria Sharapova sailed through to the trophy. As I said, nobody in the tournament weiled the kind of power she did, and on the men’s side, Djoker, aka, Novak Djokovic, got the better of suprise finalist Tsonga. We […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 1 comment

December 13th, 2007

More Conflicting Tongue-Wagging on Clarke

 
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It’s official. Michael Clarke has become an issue of national importance for the Australian media. The players just don’t want to stop debating over him.

The best way to do this would be to elevate him to the vice-captaincy in all forms of the game.
–Shane Warne
I don’t necessarily agree with [Warne],” […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 3 comments

November 27th, 2007

Move Over Australia (Kenya’s the New King)

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It’s official: Kenya are world’s most successful ODI side. And no, this is not a joke. Their success rate so far in 2007 has been 77%, better than Australia’s 73 something.
They played 17 ODIs in all and won 13. Only two matches were against Test-playing nations–England and […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 6 comments

February 6th, 2007

Ponting says it all

“I was surprised Panesar didn’t start and I couldn’t really work out why Read didn’t start, either. He certainly looks the part with the gloves and he did OK in the Pakistan series with the bat. At the end of the day, you have to pick your best players and in the last couple of […]

By SixandOut -- 0 comments

December 3rd, 2006

Adelaide: Day 3: Close and far

Day 2 could easily have gone one of two ways, in fact I expected it. Possibility 1: Australia would bat like demons, score 600 before tea and reduce England to 25/4 by the close of play. Possibility 2: Australia would buckle under the pressure, get bowled out for a hundred and be forced to follow […]

By SixandOut -- 1 comment