Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
With Pakistan beginning to consolidate themselves as team under the astute Misbah-ul-Haq as leader, there seems to be little chance of the banned trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir returning to their squad once their banned terms come to an end. Of course, Pakistan are struggling to find a suitable replacement for Amir and Asif, with Umar Gul being the only good and experienced fast bowler around. But then five years is a long time and by then, Amir may well be the forgotten talent of Pakistan cricket.
By: The Pinch Hitter
Ever since The Pinch Hitter was introduced to cricket at the age of nine, he fell in love with the gentleman’s game. While his desire to take up the sport professionally remained unfulfilled, he substituted the bat with the pen. And since 2003, he has been commenting on the sport for various magazines, websites, enjoying every moment of it. With ‘Over the top’ he hopes to continue enlightening and enlivening ‘cricket companions’ the write way.
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
The England cricket team made the worst possible start to the new year when they were soundly beaten by Pakistan not once but twice. The results reopened the discussion of whether Andrew Strauss’ team can retain their position at the apex of the ICC Test Ranking.
By: Celia Roche
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Mike Brearley’s view that jailed Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir should be shown some mercy, at the Voice of Cricket Lecture at the Raj Singh Dungarpur World Cricket Summit in Mumbai, ought to be given serious consideration by the authorities that matter. For one, Brearley is among the most respected ‘voices of cricket’. And secondly, he gave enough valid justifications for his take. According to the former England captain, there is an ‘appalling’ amount of pressure on young players to fix spots or matches and, if they are willing to admit their wrongdoings, and ready to join the fight to root out corruption in cricket, they should to be given a second chance. In Amir’s case, he pleaded guilty to his charges, and so his case should be considered as different from that of Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, the two others jailed for the spot fixing offence, according to Brearley.
By: The Pinch Hitter
Ever since The Pinch Hitter was introduced to cricket at the age of nine, he fell in love with the gentleman’s game. While his desire to take up the sport professionally remained unfulfilled, he substituted the bat with the pen. And since 2003, he has been commenting on the sport for various magazines, websites, enjoying every moment of it. With ‘Over the top’ he hopes to continue enlightening and enlivening ‘cricket companions’ the write way.
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Thursday, November 24th, 2011
The empty stands at Eden Gardens in Kolkata — the home of cricket in India — during the second Test between India and West Indies was a blaring example that the five-day format of the game is losing out to ODIs and T20s, and a stark reminder that a lot needs to be done to resurrect the game. Ironically, in the very same week, the International Cricket Council (ICC) came out with its decision to postpone the World Test Championship, which was likely to be held in 2013. The event will now not be held until 2017 owing to the schedule being packed until then, and other sponsorship reasons. Sadly, there is no guarantee that the championship will be held after 2017 as well. In short, Test cricket stands to lose the most and, yet, the sport’s governing body is ready to put at stake the future of the most sacred version of the game.
By: The Pinch Hitter
Ever since The Pinch Hitter was introduced to cricket at the age of nine, he fell in love with the gentleman’s game. While his desire to take up the sport professionally remained unfulfilled, he substituted the bat with the pen. And since 2003, he has been commenting on the sport for various magazines, websites, enjoying every moment of it. With ‘Over the top’ he hopes to continue enlightening and enlivening ‘cricket companions’ the write way.
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Saturday, November 5th, 2011
A few months back, the International Cricket Council (ICC) passed a diktat stating that all cricketing boards should become autonomous bodies by 2013, doing away with political and government interference. Around the same time, former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara delivered the now acclaimed MCC Spirit of Cricket Lecture at Lord’s, during which he slammed the way cricket was being ruined in his country owing to excessive political interference in the administration. These two facts make it perceptibly clear that a change in the way the game is being run in countries around the world is the need of the hour.
By: The Pinch Hitter
Ever since The Pinch Hitter was introduced to cricket at the age of nine, he fell in love with the gentleman’s game. While his desire to take up the sport professionally remained unfulfilled, he substituted the bat with the pen. And since 2003, he has been commenting on the sport for various magazines, websites, enjoying every moment of it. With ‘Over the top’ he hopes to continue enlightening and enlivening ‘cricket companions’ the write way.
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Monday, August 8th, 2011
The sport of Cricket has evolved over the years adding an element of heightened excitement and thrill to the game and consequently an increase in popularity and fan following. With this, there has been an increase in web sites dedicated exclusively to the game.
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
The ICC seems to have taken Pepsi’s 2011 ODI World Cup campaign –Change the Game – a bit too seriously! Two weeks back the committee has ended up proposing a number of changes to the ODI game in the hope of spicing and livening it up a bit.
In their recent meet, the committee seemed to be in a change-making mood, and though the possible suggestions mentioned above weren’t really the center of discussion, they have ratified a number of other interesting recommendations made by the ICC Chief Executive’s Committee.
By Rohan Rao
“The writer is a freelance cricket columnist who takes guard on leg stump! Currently based in the UK, he is pursuing his undergraduate degree in Management Studies at the University of Nottingham. Having captained his school team, represented clubs in Delhi & Shanghai, and currently playing for his University, Rohan pretty much breathes, eats and sleeps cricket! A die-hard enthusiast, Rohan finds his inner peace when ripping his leg-spinners past the batsman, apart from when seeing, his God, Sachin Tendulkar bat!”
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Few days ago I saw KKHH trending and couldn’t understand why it was so. With the flooding of information on the platform and everyone free to throw whatever they want to throw at you it’s sometimes difficult to get the ‘real’ information. Anyways – what tempted me to write the post was another trending Bollywood movie – Lagaan. What else could on ask for? A combination of cricket and Bollywood trending on Twitter is the perfect recipe for a blog post. So without researching further into why it was trending I just thought of a great blog post on Lagaan. From the first line I was always sure that this would definitely be one post my loyal readers (a.k.a myself & my wife) would read again and again.
“The writer has been hired to write for this blog despite having no previous credentials in blogging. However he is stubborn enough to have pledged that he will keep writing even if no one reads his blog posts – as long as he keeps getting his salary”.
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011
Rohan’s Corner: THE CARRIBEAN CHANCE
A few streets in Chennai are probably still celebrating their recent IPL success. The cheerleaders are probably still sore from the continuous dancing and cheering they had to put on display. The sports columns in the daily newspapers are probably still summing up the IPL. In essence, this year’s IPL is probably still lingering in the back of our minds somewhere.
A few streets in Chennai are probably still celebrating their recent IPL success. The cheerleaders are probably still sore from the continuous dancing and cheering they had to put on display. The sports columns in the daily newspapers are probably still summing up the IPL. In essence, this year’s IPL is probably still lingering in the back of our minds somewhere.
By: Rohan Rao
“The writer is a freelance cricket columnist who takes guard on leg stump! Currently based in the UK, he is pursuing his undergraduate degree in Management Studies at the University of Nottingham. Having captained his school team, represented clubs in Delhi & Shanghai, and currently playing for his University, Rohan pretty much breathes, eats and sleeps cricket! A die-hard enthusiast, Rohan finds his inner peace when ripping his leg-spinners past the batsman, apart from when seeing, his God, Sachin Tendulkar bat!”
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
The DRS allows each team to make three unsuccessful challenges within a match. Note that a successful challenge (call for a review) does not count which is fair enough since it’s an umpiring mistake. The umpire’s supremacy over the proceedings is ensured by the fact that it is the umpire who has to give the final decision. Also there is this ruling that in case of very close decisions, the on field decision is held supreme.
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