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Can we calm down please?
There were two incidents during day 3 that led to ridiculous Daily Mail style outrage with shouts of cheat and lack of morals etc. Let’s take them in order 1) Philip Hughes not catching Alistair Cook...
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The SCG Day 4: Farewell Colly
The fat lady isn’t allowed to break into song just yet. We’ve got to get the last 3 wickets but what a day of mixed emotions. We ground them down, took the game totally away from them which is...
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The SCG – Final Day – there aren’t words..
I’ve been horrifically vomiting all day. And it can’t be anything to do with over-celebration cos I celebrated with a cup of a tea and custard cream. Either a bug of some sort or I should never...
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Do those 10 overs make all the difference?
As we approach the World Cup and it’s 405,000 matches, my thoughts have turned to 40 vs 50 over cricket. 50 over one day cricket is played domestically in the sub-continent but not in England,...
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Lorgat is sure that the World Cup will help
Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, has said next month’s World Cup will prove that 50-over cricket can co-exist with the Test and Twenty20 formats. “I think the talk of poor interest in 50-over...
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World Cup Day 15 – It Duked
Australia and Sri Lanka got a point each as their match in Columbo was abandoned in the 40th over. Sangakarra looking in fine fettle but not much you can read into this one. England are taking on...
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So… what have we learnt?
17,000 days after they started, the World Cup group stages are over. The Quarter finals are decided. There’s only 7 more games left in this World Cup. I hope they’ve set up a helpline for when it’s...
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End of an era
It’s the end of the era of Australian world cup dominance. And as an Englishwoman that’s quite pleasing but more than that. It’s good for cricket. But, if they aren’t dominating test cricket or one...
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Should Counties be careful who they sign?
With the news being reported on Cricinfo that Australian opening batsman Ed Cowan may play for Notts next season – an Ashes season – it raises the question that occurs most seasons “how much...
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Cricket Australia have got a right old problem
Cricket Australia have got a right old dilemma on their hands. What do they do with David Warner? He hit someone in an unprovoked act of violence. In the scheme of misdemeanors that’s right up there...
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Ashes 2013: Some stats ahead of Lord’s
Here – have some stats. Almost certainly irrelevant ones but stats nonetheless. Total number of Ashes runs scored at Lord’s 30,467, for the loss of 1,007 wickets. average of 30.26 runs per wicket...
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Ashes 2013: Trent Bridge day 1 reveals the best and worst of England
A frenzied first day that was totally dominated by the ball. England will feel that their downfall with the bat was of their own making. Perhaps the pitch or the conditions weren’t what they were...
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Ashes 2013: The awards
The ticker tape is cleared away. The Oval outfield has been watered. The hangovers have subsided and now I look back on the summer just gone with a mixture of emotions and hand out some awards – I am...
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