< 1 minute read Yuvraj Singh is so cool, his coolness can’t be accommodated by one set of trendy, opaque eyewear. His coolness is so dazzling that we need four sets of sunglasses ourself to even look at him.
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Mahendra Dhoni harnesses the power of the mind
< 1 minute read Do you control the mind, or does the mind control you? Who’s in charge? Mahendra Dhoni was asked about the fact that India had turned up in Napier just 18 hours before the second Test. Here’s what he said: “Mentally we are right there. When it comes to the mind,
Continue readingBurt Cockley – possible new inexplicable obsession
< 1 minute read It’s well hard to get to play for one of the IPL teams. Look at all the disappointed Englishmen for proof of that. But wait. What’s this? Burt Cockley’s been signed by Kings XI Punjab? Who the hell is Burt Cockley? Burt Cockley’s an Aussie fast bowler. He hasn’t actually
Continue readingIPL teams in 2009
2 minute read Bangalore Royal Challengers What’s their ‘thing’? Bought loads of stonewallers, like Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Shivnarine Chanderpaul and promptly finished second to last in 2008. New players Wisely added Robin Uthappa, Kevin Pietersen and Jesse Ryder to their obdurate batting roster. Chennai Super Kings What’s their ‘thing’? Second stupidest
Continue readingKings XI Punjab get ready for IPL action
< 1 minute read The IPL’s fast approaching. Are you all excited? It won’t be taking place in India, of course. It looks like it’ll be in South Africa at the minute. But while all the fixtures and all the scheduling might be a bit last minute, the teams themselves are primed and ready
Continue readingIPL window for England players
2 minute read A group of guys who aren’t you have got an opportunity to earn a lot of money. The situation is that any England players who might actually be wanted by an IPL franchise will play Twenty20 in India for three weeks and then their next match after that will be
Continue readingKevin Pietersen’s switch hit
< 1 minute read We’d bet that there aren’t many reading this site, but there are nevertheless a great number of people out there who’d brand Kevin Pietersen’s switch hitting ‘irresponsible’. It really isn’t. He doesn’t just do it on a whim. He decided it was a good way of scoring runs with a
Continue readingGautam Gambhir’s worth getting out
< 1 minute read Some said that England were unlucky in the first Test that three great batsmen – Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh – all fired at the same time. It wasn’t bad luck. Those batsmen fire as often as they don’t and even if they don’t fire then Rahul Dravid
Continue readingVirender Sehwag wins two matches
1 minute read India couldn’t have won the first Test without Sachin Tendulkar’s contribution, but we’re a great believer in sportsfolk affecting the opposition and influencing matches that way. We wrote about how Virender Sehwag’s approach to batting turns bowlers into smeared-panted long-hop machines, but we reckon he transformed the whole England side
Continue readingSachin Tendulkar wins the Test match
< 1 minute read Watching Sachin Tendulkar bat is always a disappointment for us. It’s not his fault. He’s had the decency to be a batting genius and we can’t really ask much more of the man. The fault lies with our own expectations. When you watch Sachin Tendulkar at work, you expect to
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