Archive for March, 2006
Reality TV does cricket?
Well, not really. An article in the Indian Express is suggesting that allowing the cameras access to the players on the bus and in the dressing room is akin to a reality TV show.
It sounds more like the kind of pre-match build up that used to be shown (and probably still is) in […]
Posted: March 30th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 8
Franklin for Kasper?
Glamorgan are in the hunt for a replacement for the departing Michael Kasprowicz and New Zealander James Franklin is rumoured to be the man for the job.
I have mixed feelings over the long term potency of Franklin in the New Zealand side although with the swing friendly conditions in Wales he will no doubt […]
Posted: March 28th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 6
Gavaskar wants cricket at Comm Games
Sunil Gavaskar wants cricket back in the Commonwealth Games, stating that the exposure would be good for the game. I’m never really sure what is meant by such a sweeping statement as “being good for the game” but as I mentioned in a previous post, I’m not in favour of it. Additionally, assuming Gavaskar’s […]
Posted: March 28th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 3
Top 5 Freddie urban legends
1. Freddie doesn’t have to practise reverse swing, he just whispers to the ball and it does as it’s told
2. Freddie once hit a cricket ball so hard it went back in time
3. An Indian bookmaker offered Freddie $180,000 for a sample of his DNA
4. The X-Men character Wolverine is based on Freddie as they both have indestructible […]
Posted: March 27th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 5
Winter onset denying whitewash
Wood burners are igniting into life and their smoke tails billow against the horizon as the echo of cyclone Wati shouts to be heard above the coughing, spluttering rain.
Or in other, less whimsical words, it’s getting bloody cold in New Zealand and further play, or a result at least, in the final Test is […]
Posted: March 27th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 4
World cup not yet cemented
Zee news is reporting on an extreme shortage of cement in the Caribbean. The shortage is apparently affecting construction plans on seven of the 13 World Cup venues for next years tournament along with hotel construction projects being built to accommodate the inevitable wave of spectators.
I find all this pre-tournament nay-saying hype a bit […]
Posted: March 27th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 1
“Do you read the bible?”
Runako Morton has reminded me of someone but up until today I hadn’t been able to figure out who it was. When the West Indian batsman’s temper boiled today, I knew at once that I was watching Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction.
In the third and final test at Napier today, Morton had played […]
Posted: March 26th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 3
Nathan Astle’s 50th Test wicket
Brian Lara, being true to recent form, saved his best innings of the series so far, for the Test match that could not affect the series outcome.
With New Zealand having already won the three Test series, the final match at Napier had pride as its prize, and Lara looked to be setting […]
Posted: March 26th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 4