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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has always talked about expectations. How his team is expected to win every time. He uses this to indicate the kind of pressure his team is always under. On the surface it makes me scratch my head trying to understand ...(more)

The day is July 13th of 2010, a cricketer by the name of Shane Robert Watson is having fun, as the batsmen in the Pakistan team seem to be thinking that they are still kids and as a result should bludgeon every ball that Watson bowls into t...(more)



Two off-field incidents made news in the second test between India and England - one obviously was the decision by MS Dhoni to recall Ian Bell after he was run out by the Indian team in the second innings. This led to a huge discussion all ...(more)

Captain Cool needs a breakWhat is important for the Indian team is to give MSD a break from cricket. He is clearly feeling (mentally) the fatigue of continuous cricket that he has been involved with. Maybe the bowlers will take a clue and b...(more)

England duo Ian Bell and Stuart Broad have climbed the player rankings following their excellent progress in the current series against India.Both have played a significant part in England going 2-0 up in the four match series and their for...(more)

The Ian Bell run-out controversy will be one that will be remembered for time to come and the reason for it is simple. For long, the Indians have been expected to accept decisions on the grounds of sportsmanship even as the team at the othe...(more)


Even without Ian Bell returning to the crease after being run out, yesterday was an odd day’s cricket. In what had seemed a low-scoring match, England somehow scored over 400 in a day. There were four reasons for this.
Ian Bell
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2000th match in history of test cricket100th test match between India and England1st test in a new series between the No.1 and No.3 in ICC RankingsSachin Tendulkar on 99 in the number of centuries (tests + ODIs)Sachin with a sub-40 highest ...(more)

OK, so England lost. That’s not the point.NWG would like make several observations.1. Ian Bell has stubble.2. KP is going grey.3. Stuart Broad can give a good interview.NWG is surprised by two of the three.She didn’t realise Ian...(more)

That was the Dravid dismissal @BoredCricket on twitter. It was 6.45 pm, 9th April, and Rahul was batting for the Royals for the first time. Looking at him bat, you’d think he was batting for the first time. 28(35) looks a lot better than ...(more)


England lost. And then came the criticism.And no one thought to mention hair. And hair colour to be more precise.It is a known fact that dyeing one’s hair increases exponentially the chances of winning.Those who need to have pink/gree...(more)

This is a World Cup full of exposes. England exposed India a few days ago by nearly hunting down their massive total of 338 runs. India’s bowlers ended up looking really awful, except for Zaheer who produced the sole highlight for the...(more)

Haven’t made one of these in a while (pronounced hhh-wile), and I also didn’t feel like writing about that very irritating game. So yeah, it’s pretty stupid. Basic meme knowledge also needed.
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So there was the Ashes. Then the ODI series. Then a break. Then the World Cup.NWG never thought she would say this, but there is just too much cricket.And now she’ll move on.First things first: the draw. Bravo Andrew Strauss. NWG knew...(more)


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