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Discussion about the sport of cricket.
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Two bowlers unchanged in a completed innings
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According to Cricinfo it was the first time for England since 'the thirties', which would have been:
Gubby Allen (5-36) & Bill Voce (4-16) vs. Australia (58) at Brisbane
in 1936/37. Twelve instances before that for England.
Seven instances for Australia and one for Pakistan before 1985. Don't... more »
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Q for Aslam Lawrence
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Before this match, when was the last time two brothers were on the
field for England in a Test?
Cheers,
Mike
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Laptops, footage seized, Sreesanth in fresh trouble
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Laptops, footage seized, Sreesanth in fresh trouble
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Gathering evidence against three bowlers of the Rajasthan
Royals, including India pacer S Sreesanth, and 11 others
arrested for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing in
Indian Premier League matches, police on Saturday... more »
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The Test at Lords
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I know that there's some crap hit-and-giggle scandal involving crap players in a useless competition - my thinking its that it's probably designed to push up ratings by eliminating Sreesanth from the game and give CNN-IBN some excuse to hurl abuses about Cricket again. RSC may also have noted that there's a Test in progress at Lords, during which England and New Zealand seem to be competing to see whose batsmen can get out for subpar totals more quickly.... more »
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Top scorers 1 run apart in a Test inns
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Here is a list of Test matches in which the top scorers in an innings were only one run apart from each other. The batting positions precede batsmen's names.
Qualification - completed innings
FOUR:
NZ (131) v Aus, Christchurch, 2004-05 L
... THREE:
Eng (121) v Aus, Lord's, 1909 L
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Large totals without an indiv 50 or 50 p'ship
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Here is a list of completed Test innings of 225 or more runs which contained no 50 partnership or an individual 50. The highest scorer in the innings and the largest partnership are in the second lines.
BD (284) v WI, Kingston, 2004 L
Tapash Baisya 48; 6th wicket partnership of 48 runs
Eng (252) v Pak, Dubai, 2011-12 L... more »
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Faster and more furious cricket (The prediction of T20 betting in 2007 Dec)
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This was an article that was published in the Idian Link Sydney at the
advent of Bhaarath winning the inaugural T20 WCup. At that time it
correctly predicted the betting scandals that T20 would invite..\
This article also appears in siliconindia.com as one of the top
sports articles.
FASTER & MORE FURIOUS CRICKET (First published in Dec 2007)... more »
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Warner in potential trouble over tweet
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I've found this welcome tendency of cricketers openly speaking their
minds (some will call it indiscretion) on Twitter, and the latest
episode involving Warner and Conn seems to follow in that tradition.
Craddock wrote something that Warner didn't approve of, and
retaliated. Conn ganged up and Warner railed against him as well.... more »
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Spot-fixing: Delhi Police teams to track money trail
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SPOT-FIXING: DELHI POLICE TEAMS TO TRACK MONEY TRAIL
PTI
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Delhi Police has sent investigators to four cities in the
country to trace the money trail in the IPL spot-fixing
case.
According to sources, teams have been sent to Ahmedabad,
Kolkata, Mumabi and Hyderabad in this connection.... more »
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