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September 25, 2007 Match report

Kent v Durham in the County Championship – the last three days IN FULL

< 1 minute read Lemon Bella reports: I went to watch the last three days of the Kent v Durham County Championship match. However, because Kent appeared to have somewhere more important to be, I only ended up seeing seven hours of play. I put my spare time to good use by purchasing a

September 24, 2007 India / Pakistan

India win Twenty20 World Cup

< 1 minute read How can a mere 40 overs of cricket contain so many twists and turns? The last three or four overs in particular were dramatic dynamite. Commentators would say ‘Pakistan are almost certain to win now,’ one ball, yet find themsleves saying it was ‘India’s game to lose,’ the next. It

September 24, 2007 India / Pakistan

Twenty20 World Cup final, India v Pakistan

< 1 minute read If the proper World Cup was pretty rubbish with lots of things going wrong, the Twenty20 World Cup has pretty much addressed each of these issues. There’ve been crowds, excitement, few dead matches and they’ve even managed to get the final that all cricket tournaments want – India v Pakistan.

September 23, 2007 Australia / India

Yuvraj Singh: How much better could he be?

< 1 minute read The answer, of course, is none. None better. India were doing precisely nothing when he came to the crease in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against Australia. They were 41-2 after eight overs. ‘It’s too hard’ they seemed to be saying. ‘We can’t lay bat on ball’. ‘What?’ said Yuvraj

September 23, 2007 County cricket

Sussex win the County Championship

< 1 minute read Sussex success. Lancashire disappointment. The County Championship ends in displeasingly familiar fashion. We’re not really that bothered though. Sussex are a great side. There’s Robin Martin-Jenkins, the handiest county player imaginable. A man who’s never going to get picked for England yet merrily scores fifties and chips in with wickets

September 22, 2007 County cricket

Mark Ramprakash’s Bradmania

< 1 minute read This is Grimlock. He’s a dinosaur who is also a robot. It literally doesn’t get any better than that. At the end of last season, we hypothesised that Mark Ramprakash had been spurred into overachievement by a promise from his father. We thought that maybe Mark’s dad had said he

September 21, 2007 Sri Lanka

Dhanuka Pathirana sets the standard

< 1 minute read We’re in the middle of the Twenty20 World Cup and what is considered acceptable batting behaviour is changing by the day. Yuvraj Singh’s 12 ball fifty the other day is only three balls shy of the perfect half-century – the minimum number of balls required to pass the landmark. However,

September 21, 2007 India / South Africa

Another choketastic performance from South Africa

2 minute read We’re not gloating. England rarely even give themselves a chance to choke. No dramatic knock-outs for England. England exit tournaments quite serenely, moving from ‘performing badly’ to ‘up against it’ then ‘as good as out’ before finally reaching ‘qualification a mathematical impossibility’ – at which point they board a plane

September 21, 2007 Australia / South Africa

South Africa choke in 1999 World Cup semi final against Australia

< 1 minute read South Africa needed nine off the final over and Lance Klusener – by some way the best batsman in that tournament – belted the first two deliveries for four. South Africa now needed one to win. The third ball went straight to a fielder, but Allan Donald was already half

September 19, 2007 India

Video of Yuvraj Singh hitting six sixes in an over

< 1 minute read Yuvraj Singh starts the over on 14. He ends it with 50. Herschelle Gibbs managed six sixes in an over in the 50 over World Cup earlier in the year. His efforts were full-blooded across the line slogs. Yuvraj Singh’s were just timed. Just watch the delicate flick for the

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Interestingly, quite often the first typo is among the last bits typed in.

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Is Fieldign the name of the next mystery spinner to come out of Pakistan? (Sorry.)

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Five Graham Thorpe innings that were equal parts silly, brilliant and vital

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