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Andy Roberts: The Hitman, and purveyor of pain
15 Apr 2013In the days when former international umpire Mervyn Kitchen played for Somerset County, he and teammate Graham Burgess were in the habit of doing pretend commentary while they waited to bat. On one occasion, reports Vivian Richards, then a young batsman making his way, they were in particularly fine form as they described deliveries threatening [...]
Should we chastise swashbuckling batsmen when they fail?
12 Mar 2013“Kanhai also, in one or two innings that he played, even in the first innings of the Oval Test, made a bad stroke and then the next ball made a worse stroke and got out to it.” “He did that quite a few times. But it is the same Kanhai who hit 77 in ninety-three [...]
Mohali gives Australia their best chance of victory
10 Mar 2013Two down, two to go. MS Dhoni and his men are undoubtedly pleased with how the first two games in the series have gone, while the Australians must be despondent. The fact that they lost the second Test by a wider margin than they did the first would be disappointing to Michael Clarke and his [...]
Clarke must battle Indian spin up the order
27 Feb 2013Australia can’t say they weren’t warned. Long before this 2013 Border/Gavaskar Test series commenced, pundits were pointing out the visitors needed to be wary of the spin threat – ‘trial by spin’ was a common refrain. The plans of the hosts were never a secret; cricket strategy – except, it could be argued, for the [...]
Australia will be overwhelmed by spin in India
20 Feb 2013In recent days, two Australian fast bowlers were heard predicting that fast bowling will play a big part in shaping the result of the coming Australian tour of India. Peter Siddle, Australia’s most experienced pacer had this to offer in a recent interview: “the way we’ve won Test matches for years now has been with [...]
Sabina Park debacle: when Taylor wrecked England
12 Feb 2013When West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor was around 10-years-old, according to his father, he approached him one day, delivering himself most importunately, suggesting that he was now ready for a place on the local cricket team that his father captained. Deciding to indulge his son, he brought him along to the next practice session and [...]
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