No pressure, no diamonds #AusvInd
Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing – Peyton Williams Manning Read More …
Category: ODIs
South Africa’s tour of India: Fifth ODI, Mumbai (Politics, Sport and Batting first)
An MSD special at Indore. A Kohli masterclass in Chennai. Raina striking form. AB de Villiers cracking hundreds at will. Ashwin, Duminy and Morkel out with injury. Shikhar and Miller continuing to struggle. With the scoreline at 2-2, two evenly matched teams have all to play for in Mumbai. Speaking of Mumbai, Pakistan-born umpire Read More …
South Africa’s Tour of India: Third ODI, Rajkot
The SA tour so far has had it all. Rohit Sharma tons. Check. [Click to watch H/Ls of 106 (66) and 150 (134)] Last over loss. Check. [1st T20, 1st ODI] Virat Kohli being an angry young man after being run out. Check (twice). Pathetic behaviour by an Indian crowd. Check.
Mustafizur needs to walk the straight and narrow
So Bangladesh thrashed a full strength Indian side in the first ODI to take another step towards qualification for the Champion’s Trophy in 2017. A debutante took 5 wickets bowling some wicked cutters – Mustafizur Rahman. Full marks to Bangladesh but Mustafizur only got half his match fees. I’ve looked around Read More …
The World Cup Final : David v Goliath? Not quite.
Every cricketer dreams of playing this game. Kapil’s over-the-shoulder catch at Lords, Gatting’s reverse sweep at Eden, Wasim’s searing pace at Melbourne, Mad Max Aravinda’s hundred in Lahore, Inzamam’s heartbreak at Lords, Ponting’s assault at the Wanderers, Gilly’s squash ball at Bridgetown, Dhoni’s muscled six at the Wankhede. Briliance is Read More …