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With all One Day International obligations for the year 2011 over now, it is a good time to take a look back at the year that was and how the teams and players fared in ODIs during the year.A total of 146 ODIs were played during the year, a...(more)

Shane Warne retired and continued to shag Liz Hurley.Shane Watson became more determined to be a captain of something. Someone new was made our bowling coach and the post I wrote about it disappeared, after it refused to let me post it in t...(more)

Australia should take care of business versus India based on recent form. India will have to lift their game up by several notches if they are to win. Australia can be counted upon to be disciplined in their execution. From a batting stand-...(more)

A Grand Mini-final is what Tim Nielsen calls the 2nd quarter-final between India and Australia, adding that the pressure will be on India in front of their home crowd. Fair enough, Tim. But what about pressure on your team to maintain the C...(more)


The Aussies. They may have lost their all-conquering legends (Ponting apart), they may have lost in India a lot recently, they may have lost the Ashes away and at home, but they are still a great one-day side packed with potential winners. ...(more)

Defending champions for the third time in running, Australia are a totally new looking side compared to last time. An embarrassing Ashes defeat meant people were ready to write them off. However, in the ODI series that followed, they showed...(more)

Harsha Bhogle observed (nothing unusual) the pinch-hitter theory adopted by Mitchell Johnson in the recent ODI between the Ashes rivals - as mentioned, it was being used by many teams years ago but of late, the occurrence has redu...(more)

The last few World Cups have seen many innovations introduced by teams that has helped their winning strategy:Pinch-hitter. This was a fad that started way back in the 1987 World Cup when Craig Mcdermott was sent up the order by A...(more)


I don’t remember the last time I woke up at 5:30AM.But,I just had to today.There was no way I was going to miss the first session of the much-awaited Ashes ’10.
So,England won the toss and elected to bat first.The much talked a...(more)


The big daddy of tournaments is not far away, and there are a lot of teams to cover, so I thought I’d get a head start with the previews. First up, obviously, is India.
The squad was mostly what it was expected to be - I know there w...(more)

Australia’s attack will contain some serious pace at the World Cup.
"That’s hot" - Paris Hilton on the Aussie pace attack
Now that that’s out of the way, I can talk about the others. There was plenty of uncertainty goi...(more)

Lord Nate is back - not with the baggy green, though (which I recently bought on ebay, incidentally. It was bargain and he assures me any proceeds will be going charity). And actually, not necessarily at all. He has been picked in the squad...(more)

Australia v England T20 I previewI’ve just watched a bit of Cameron White’s press conference ahead of the first T20 between Australia and England. He is breathing like an asthmatic walrus, manically shrugging his shoulders ...(more)

· Shane Watson: Was one of the rare Australian batsmen who looked comfortable at the crease, till the moment he kept getting out. Unfortunately for him and the team, it was always after he got a start. He was the 2nd leading run ge...(more)

He bowls to the left…he bowls to the right. That Mitchell Johnson’s bowling is … (listen below) Listen!...(more)
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Ponting - "I am devastated not to be playing at Sydney."Translation: "I am more relieved than you could possibly understand. I will be at home in Tasmania with my devils and chicken schnitzel."Andrew Strauss - "Of course we want to win at S...(more)

Ugly CaptainThe Ashes is on its way to England after the hosts lost by an innings (again) and more at MCG. Hardly anything went right for the Oz team from the moment the coin was tossed. Here, we look at 11 reasons why they lost at MCG:Rick...(more)
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