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March 27, 2011 England / Sri Lanka

Strauss v Dilshan sums it up

< 1 minute readWhen Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the bowling, Andrew Strauss couldn’t get him off the square. This was largely because he couldn’t make contact with the ball. When one of the most experienced batsmen in English cricket finds himself in this position against a part-time off-spinner, you have to ask yourself whether

March 25, 2011 New Zealand / South Africa

New Zealand were the ones who beat South Africa

< 1 minute readExceptional cricket. That is how you exploit a weakness. At 108-2 chasing 222, South Africa seemed untroubled, but there was a spot on their face. It was very small, but it was there. With the dismissal of Jacques Kallis, they gave it a little bit of a scratch and took

March 25, 2011 India / Pakistan

India v Pakistan in Mohali, Wednesday March 30th

< 1 minute readMake a note. This could barely be a bigger deal even if it had a tumour in its pituitary gland. It’s India v Pakistan. It’s Shahid Afridi v MS Dhoni. It’s Pakistan’s lethal bowling attack against India’s jaw-dropping batting line-up. It’s India’s two-and-a-half frontline bowlers against Pakistan’s two-and-a-half competent batsmen.

March 24, 2011 Australia / India

India beat Australia in the World Cup and everyone is happy

< 1 minute readIndia are through to a World Cup semi-final. Australia are out. Ricky Ponting’s proved his class with a hundred. Everyone’s happy. There are no losers in this situation. None whatsoever. No-one who matters is in any way disappointed with the events of today. It is one of those rare moments

March 24, 2011 England

What Geoff Boycott said about Mike Yardy

< 1 minute readGeoff Boycott’s comments about Mike Yardy have attracted a lot of criticism. When told that Yardy was being forced to go home because of depression, Boycott said: “I’m surprised, very surprised. But he must have been reading my comments about his bowling, it must have upset him. “Obviously it was

March 23, 2011 Australia / England / India / New Zealand / Pakistan / South Africa / Sri Lanka

Cricket World Cup storylines

< 1 minute readThe great thing about actual, proper tournaments is the way that narratives develop. Every remaining team already has a good story in place if they eventually go on to become World Champions. Pakistan – Would defy what was a catastrophic build-up to the tournament even by their standards. Being as

March 22, 2011 Pakistan / West Indies

Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur | World Cup quarter final

< 1 minute readAustralia coach, Tim Nielsen, has described Australia’s match against India as being a “mini-grand final”. We prefer the more traditional term ‘quarter final’ ourself. But that match is on Thursday. Pakistan v West Indies is the first of seven one-day internationals that are actually worth watching. It’s the World Cup,

March 21, 2011 England

Jonathan Trott has become one of our favourite players

2 minute readWe realised this last night while watching The Ashes Series 2010/2011 – The Inside Story for an upcoming review. Obviously the runs help, but it’s not just that. What we like most about Jonathan Trott is his certainty. We trust his opinion. Everyone else is wrong During this World Cup,

March 20, 2011 Australia / Pakistan

Australia’s World Cup winning streak bookended by losses to Pakistan

< 1 minute readAustralia lost in the World Cup yesterday. Turns out we were there last time that happened, at Headingley in 1999. That match featured one of the all-time great run-outs with Inzy taking a quick single in the time it took Moin Khan to run two. Nothing unusual in that, but

March 18, 2011 England

A five-step plan for an England World Cup win

< 1 minute readSince the telling contributions of Luke Wright and James Tredwell against the West Indies, it’s now apparent that we know what we’re talking about. Specifically, our bowl shallow-bat deep computer game-inspired template is clearly the way forward. With that in mind, we thought we’d outline a five-point plan as to