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April 25, 2010 India

Indian media coverage of the IPL and the fans’ view

< 1 minute readIndian newspapers and 24 hour news channels are awash with stories about Lalit Modi and the income tax investigations into all aspects of the IPL. The bombs at Chinnaswamy Stadium get a few mentions as well. We get the impression that most people here don’t particularly care about this; that

April 25, 2010 India / Match report

IPL third place play-off match report

< 1 minute readAlex writes: Is there any sequence of words in the English language more exciting than ‘third place play-off’? I’m currently working on the horrifying theory that my internal issues might be caused by beer. This is not a theory I’m keen to see proven.

April 23, 2010 India / Match report

Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings, IPL semi final match report

< 1 minute readAlex writes: British Airways have given me the gift of time. First they offered me a flight 10 days after the one that was cancelled. Now, their phone line is so busy I am not even allowed to wait on hold. What to do with this time? I decide to

April 22, 2010 India / Match report

Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL semi final match report

< 1 minute readAlex writes: Having made my daily and pointless call to British Airways, I set about persuading myself that it was somehow acceptable to stay in a hotel far more expensive than any I’d ever spent a night in before. Having accomplished this to some extent, I prepared for my evening

April 21, 2010 India / Match report

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers match report

2 minute readAlex writes: I wanted to watch an IPL match, so I went to India. I made Tronco come with me. Tronco is a massive cricket fan. Asked to name some England players, he managed three in 30 minutes: Ian Botham, Graham Gooch and Adam Gilchrist. Arriving at Bangalore Airport on

April 20, 2010 Regulars

Testing on cricketers

< 1 minute readAnimal testing facilities have recently taken to using cricketers in place of guinea pigs, mice and the like. They make them joust and then the loser gets his leg taken off. Don’t ask why.

April 19, 2010 India

Bombs at Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore

< 1 minute readHow did the locals respond when it was announced that the semi-finals of the IPL were being moved due to the fact that five bombs were found during and after the last match at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore? To paraphrase one cricket fan interviewed in the Deccan Chronicle: “They were only

April 18, 2010 Extras

Guess where we’re not

< 1 minute readIf you answered ‘Bangalore’, you’re wrong. If you answered ‘home’, well done. In fact, if you answered anything other than Bangalore, you’d also be right. Now that we think about it, we’re predicting a list of places where we aren’t in the comments. Knock yourselves out. Bangalore is fine, but

April 16, 2010 England / Regulars

Monty Panesar plays lower standard of cricket to improve confidence

< 1 minute readSurely this won’t help. If Panesar’s in the slips then this is beneath back garden standard.

April 15, 2010 Match report

India v South Africa at Eden Gardens – match report

3 minute readD Charlton writes: When myself and the soon-to-be Mrs D Charlton were enjoying a holiday in South-East Asia, I realised that it was the India-South Africa second Test at Eden Gardens. So, I decided to try and find the score. I’ve had previous trouble finding the score in Italy and