Nothing at all is locked in – Smith
March 17th, 2016 | by
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Buzzwords and key phrases quickly become clichés in cricket. Execute our skills to the best of our ability, anyone? How about being confident in our skill set? Or, the particularly Australian, Aggressive Brand of Cricket? Now...
Watson keen to give New Zealand reminder of World Cup final flop
March 16th, 2016 | by
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On February 17, 2005, men’s T20 International cricket was born in Auckland. In a match that was seen as a novelty, Australia and New Zealand made retro cool with body hugging canary and beige – and who could forget...
NZ spin trio routs India on raging turner
March 15th, 2016 | by
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For a long time, this New Zealand team was under the charge of a man who loved a gamble or two. But would even Brendon McCullum have been funky enough to go up to his two best bowlers, Tim Southee and Trent Boult, on the...
Duminy confident despite ‘really average season’
March 15th, 2016 | by
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All the dress rehearsals are over. South Africa have prepared at home and away, they have played at home and away, they have won at home and away. For good measure, they even lost at home, to Australia, and all of that will stand...
Sammy’s ensemble ready to back up Gayle
March 15th, 2016 | by
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Chris Gayle. Destructive. Chris Gayle. Massive. Chris Gayle. Best T20 batsman. Right from the time West Indies arrived in India, Darren Sammy has summoned courage from these words, even using them as incantations to rouse...
A match that became a pawn in a political game
March 11th, 2016 | by
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The controversy around hosting the India-Pakistan World T20 in Dharamsala had a strong undercurrent of political rivalry The India-Pakistan match in Dharamsala – according to the original schedule – was acquired...
The AB de Villiers T20I mystery
March 11th, 2016 | by
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By all accounts, AB de Villiers is one of the finest batsmen going around today. His defensive technique is compact, he has all the shots in the coaching manual and then some, and he can completely adapt his game to suit his...
March 10th, 2016 | by
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New Zealand 226 for 4 (Munro 67, Anderson 60*, Shanaka 2-48) beat Sri Lanka 152 for 7 (Thirimanne 41, Kapugedera 38, Milne 3-26) by 74 runs Already he had hit the second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 against them. That was in January...
Fazal, Nair stun Mumbai in historic chase
March 10th, 2016 | by
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Rest of India 306 (Nair 94, Nayar 3-35) and 482 for 6 (Fazal 127, Nair 94, Jackson 59*, Binny, 54, Abdulla 5-154) beat Mumbai 603 (Suryakumar 156, Bista 104, Jayant 4-132) and 182 (Lad 60, Suryakumar 49, Jayant 4-93, Unadkat...
Why Pakistan’s teams are not travelling to India yet
March 10th, 2016 | by
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The ICC has shifted the India-Pakistan match to Kolkata because of security concerns in Dharamsala, but the PCB has reasons for not yet clearing the departure of its teams The PCB’s decision to defer the departure of its...
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