Archive for January, 2008

From the Pavilion kicked off for its second season today with a Twenty20 senior league match, it was a welcome return to one of the fastest growing online sport games in the cricketing world. The game has grown up a lot since its inception with changes introduced during the regular first season and off...
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World record breaking wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist today announced his retirement from Test Match cricket with effect from the end of the current fourth 3 mobile Test match against India at the Adelaide Oval. Gilchrist will also retire from one-day international cricket at the conclusion of the upcoming Commonwealth Bank series. Today’s announcement will...
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Adam Gilchrist, arguably the greatest ever wicket-keeper has finally surpassed Mark Boucher in Test match dismissals to claim the world record of 414. The total, one more than Boucher includes 377 catches and 37 stumpings. In contrast Boucher has taken more catches (394) but far fewer stumpings (19). For me, along with Shane Warne,...
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334notout.com blog favourite and Setanta favourite Thaila Zucchi has got a slot on sky one tv show Brainiac she has one simple question to ask the men of our fine nation “How hard is your thing?” You can view a clip from the show by following this link If you want to see More...
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75 years ago the most controversial Test series of them all took place when Douglas Jardine’s MCC side toured Australia with the infamous fast leg theory plan in mind. The aim was to thwart Don Bradman and reduce his effectiveness. Despite averaging over 56 in the series the plan worked and England won the...
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After Australia’s thrilling win in the closing stages of the 2nd test and the subsequent banning of Harbhajan Singh for alleged racist comments on day 3. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has told its players to stay in Sydney rather than travel to Canberra for a tour match on Thursday.  The...
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Harbhajan Singh found guilty of offence under ICC’s Code of Conduct  India spinner banned for three Tests after making “monkey” remark to an Australia player  India spinner Harbhajan Singh has been banned for three Tests after being found guilty under Level 3 of the International Cricket Council’s Code of Conduct following an incident that...
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Ricky Ponting’s men left it right to the end in a nail biting finish at the SCG this morning to equal 16 Test match wins in a row. The record, set by Steve Waugh’s men in 2001 looked safe when India’s middle order offered a wonderful resistance with Ganguly, Dhoni and Kumble all scoring runs. However...
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Just when you think Australia can’t get any better a day like today comes around. The top order struggled to cope with the away swing and spin of RP Singh and Harbhajan with only Ponting reaching a fortuitous half century. Gilchrist (7) gifted Sachin Tendulkar his third catch at first slip and Australia was...
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Welcome to a new year, we as a planet have reached 2008 who knows what it will bring. Will Australia’s dominance in World Cricket continue ? Can anyone compete with the mighty Aussies ? Following the first Test against India at the “G” in the final week of 2007 it seems unlikely but as...
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