< 1 minute readTwo frigging Tests. Whose bright idea was it to have a two-Test series between India and South Africa? Don’t tell us that originally there were no Tests scheduled. If you fancy a sandwich and there’s no bread in the house, you don’t go out and buy a single slice of
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Harbhajan Singh defies his series bowling average
< 1 minute readOn the first day of the second Test between India and South Africa, we were being fed series bowling averages. Harbhajan Singh’s was really bad. He was in dire form was the insinuation. To be fair to Harbhajan, South Africa had only had one innings in the series up until
Continue readingSachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag
< 1 minute readComparison’s probably inappropriate, but Virender Sehwag is more eye-catching than Sachin Tendulkar these days and people get infatuated with the way he plays. As we asked this morning: which is more memorable, a Virender Sehwag double hundred or a Virender Sehwag 15? His achievements are high profile. A couple of
Continue readingVirender Sehwag’s batting average
< 1 minute readAfter this latest hundred, Virender Sehwag has a Test batting average of 53.52. That’s very high, but in this day and age, not outlandishly so. You expect Sehwag to average more than that. This is largely because when he’s in form, he’s REALLY in form. He scores twice as quickly
Continue readingGood attendance at Eden Gardens
< 1 minute readIt might not have been the Test with the highest attendance at Eden Gardens (thought to be in excess of 120,000), but the second Test between India and South Africa has seen busier stands than Nagpur where the spectators were generally waiting to bat. There are a few stands down
Continue readingThe South African way of taking wickets in India
< 1 minute readThe South Africans generally get their wickets by having fast bowlers knock the stumps over. This is not the way it’s supposed to work in India. Aside from Dale Steyn’s efforts this week, there was the 2008 match where India were dismissed for 76. On that occasion, Steyn and Ntini
Continue readingEveryone’s favourite type of cricket news: branding news
< 1 minute readWe’ve read enough about the Royals branding thing to know that this is classic marketing news: a lot of column inches are being devoted to nothing of any real consequence. Rajasthan Royals are an IPL team. Some other teams are also going to be known as ‘Royals’. They’re going to
Continue readingDheeraj Jadhav does the decent thing
< 1 minute readAnd turns rubbish as soon as we draw attention to him. Dheeraj Jadhav, playing in the quarter-final of the Duleep Trophy, was dismissed for 28 by Sanjay Bangar today. You may remember Sanjay Bangar from decades such as ‘the Eighties’.
Continue readingDheeraj Jadhav hitting hundreds for fun
< 1 minute readShould probably write about Bangladesh v India or the IPL auction or something. Have decided to do a follow-up to a 2006 post about Dheeraj Jadhav instead. If you read that post, you’ll see that in 2005 we tipped Gautam Gambhir for great things, but only to ourself. Being as
Continue readingMS Dhoni: Lord Megachief of Gold 2009
2 minute readYou may not realise this, but the title of Lord Megachief of Gold is only granted for a one-year term. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Lord Megachief of Gold 2007 and Grand Lord Megachief of Gold 2008, stands down. MS Dhoni steps up. Why MS Dhoni? Cricket is about winning. It’s not about
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