Cricket quiz Jan 2008 |
1. Who ws the first player to score two centuries in a Test series? 2. Who was the first player to score three centuries in a Test series? 3. Who was the first player to score fo...
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Viv Richards not Don Bradman is the best batsman ever in cricket history - Ian Botham |
http://sport.independent.co.uk/cricket/article3289163.ece I regard him as the best player who ever played cricket. Bradman got all the records, but I wonder if Bradman could have adju...
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At last! |
After seven and a half years, England are no longer the last team other than Zimbabwe and Bangladesh to lose a home test to West Indies, who have won in South Africa for the first time. It...
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Chuckers, called and alleged |
What's say we compile a comprehensive list of the game's supposed chuckers? The following spring to mind immediately: Tom Walker Willes Willsher Alec Watson Frank...
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Congratulations to Australia on a Well Deserved Win in Melbourne Test |
Indian team was completely out thought and out played by Australia in almost every department of the game. Tim Nielsen did great work behind the scenes working out strategies to g...
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Did Andrew Symonds chuck the ball that god Dravid LBW |
Any one watching Ind vs Aus live comment on Andrew Symonds ball that got Dravid LBW. It looked like a chuck. His arm was still bent at the point of delivery of the ball.
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We are not done yet - India in |
We are not done yet - India Screams headlines in Aussie newspapers. I love the confidence of Indian team. Right mindset, right attitude and right way to start Second i...
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Quicks the key for the Australia says Clarke |
The dark art of reverse swing, rather than spin, is shaping as Australia's biggest weapon as it strives for victory in the first Test against India at the MCG. http://sportsline24...
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Clark and Brett Lee proved that confidence was justified. Clark was miserly and dangerous, cancelling an entertaining act from Sachin Tendulkar and finishing the day with 4 for 28, while Lee...
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Paranoid pessimistic scared Indian cricket fans |
Simple facts: India was the last team to beat Australia in a test Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Brad Hogg never played this Indian batting lineup in tests before ...
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Matthew Hayden celebrated his sixth century in Boxing Day Tests but Anil Kumble ejected some of the guests from Hayden's party as Australia reached 3 for 213 at tea. http://sports...
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Mcgrath and Warne wont be missed : Ponting |
Ricky Ponting remains unsure what attack he will have in the first cricket Test against India but believes Australia still pack their punch post Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath. htt...
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Shane Warne and Ian Chappell are assholes - Adam Gilchrist |
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ausvind/content/current/story/326994.html Australian vice-captain reacts to comments against Buchanan Team tired of criticism: Gilchrist
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Gilchrist gets ready for the boxing day .. |
A rejuvenated Adam Gilchrist says Australia is well-equipped to unleash an all-pace attack on India, but a spinner in the Test side provides balance. http://sportsline24x7.blogspo...
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Timed out. |
A wicket falls and the next batsman doesn't show up. After three minutes have passed the umpires go to see, why the delay. As the umpires are consulting a fielder appeals for timed out...
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What's everyone's first choice England XI now? |
Dear All, I'll try again, seeing as my first attempt went to uk.sci.weather by mistake. In the light of our decidedly mid-table performance against Sri Lanka, just w...
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If India arises on Boxing Day then anything is possible - Peter Roebuck |
http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/22/stories/2007122260602200.htm India is stronger this time India has no reason to be afraid, writes Peter Roebuck Four years ...
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Crowd catch |
One of my kids asked me this. The batsman hits a fair ball going for a flat six, but just as the ball is approaching the rope, a spectator runs on and catches it. What do th...
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Ball tampering and cheating was rampant in England county cricket - Michael Holding |
Michael Holding on ball tampering: ""You can ask any fast bowler. If he says he has never tampered with the ball, he either has just started playing, or is lying. Ball-tampering ...
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Brian Statham can tamper the ball in just one hand - Now that is class - David Lloyd |
http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jan/21cric5.htm Ball-tampering, why not?Former England coach David Lloyd, in his column in the Daily Telegraph, highlighted several ball-tampe...
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Jayasuriya & English spinners |
There was a pretty devastating stat in The Guardian after the 1st Test v Sri Lanka. Jayasuriya retired and in his 110 Tests he had taken 98 wickets at 34.34. That is a better aver...
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England's goose is cooked |
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/current/story/326633.html Sri Lanka v England, 3rd Test, Galle, 3rd day England's goose is cooked Andrew Miller at...
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OT: Relax Forget Cricket for a Moment or two |
Beat my Monkey kick off score: http://totebo.com/mko.php?c=qqorquotuouUporFBoUBopqBouptFoIONbSmoEFsr max.it
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The Fielder |
As the bowler runs in with the ball, the midwicket fielder spots the batsman looking like he is gearing up to hit the ball in his area. The fielder jogs backwards a few yards while th...
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Srilanka humiliating England cricket team in T3 - England all out for 81 in I1 |
Srilanka humiliating England cricket team in T3 - England all out for 81 in I1 http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/slveng/engine/current/match/291224.html Kevin Pietersen...
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Dravid to open with Jaffer - Another prescient call on 11/27/07 |
Dravid to open with Jaffer - Another prescient call on 11/27/07 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.cricket/msg/8aa5a2e3a4d93a4a --------------------------------------...
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81 all out? |
David Lloyd summed it up at the end of the innings when the scorecard came up: "Look away now". Quite. Summer 2005 seems an age away! My do we have cricket and football teams to be p...
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Ponting smashes Black Caps to a series victory .. |
Ponting, described by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori as the best batsman in the world, made the claim in Hobart on Thursday after hitting a chanceless 134 not out against the Black Caps....
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Interesting wicket keeping stats |
Simon Hughes said that the Sussex Armpit Whore (anag) has now dropped his seventh chance off the bowling of Sidebottom. You might think that the hapless butter fingered bafoon would learn fr...
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