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The mindless schedule is taking a heavy toll on a lot of players. Add the various franchise cricket, it is incredible how busy most of the players are. The strain of such non-stop cricket has already began to tell. Ben Stokes has retired from one form of the game and Trent Boult has withdrawn himself …
India against New Zealand. England against Australia. A couple of series right after the end of the T20 World Cup. What was the need of pointless series? The growing chorus to limit the number of games that does not have any meaning seems to have fallen on deaf ears. For New Zealand cricket, this series …
The league phase is done and dusted in the ongoing T20 World Cup. There has been surprising results and some expected ones. Outrageous batting and excellent bowling. Excellent Perth pitch and quite a few close games. This World Cup has so far lived upto the expectations. It again goes onto show that good pitches will …
What is happening around the cricketing world? Ofcourse, the World T20 is going on which has thrown up quite a few surprises. Something happened with one of the IPL franchise as well. Cricketing news around the world. Dhawan replaces Mayank as the captain First up is the news that Shikhar Dhawan has been named as …
777 games. It simply is mindboggling. This is the total number of games that the ICC expects all the nations to play between 2023 – 2027. It is about 1 game every third day. At a time when players are close to revolting because of the sheer volume of games, the ICC has gone ahead …
It came like a Boult from the blue. Trent Boult, the prime New Zealand seamer has decided to relinquish his New Zealand contract so that he can be available for the various T20 leagues around the world. It essentially means that he will probably not be available to play for New Zealand if he is …
I would just like to write about some random happenings around the world. I will start with Ashwin’s views about the reverse or switch hit, move onto the Aussies slamming Smith for a poor review and Sri Lanka’s win. Switch hit or reverse sweep This bit of batting is an exciting innovation. There were calls …
Just as expected, India pulled off a resounding and convincing win against New Zealand in the 2nd and final test and thereby have won the series as well. Crucially, India have also secured vital points towards the next WTC finals though by that time, there will definitely be a new batting order. Kohli will remember …
The first test between India and New Zealand has just ended in an exciting draw. What looked like a bore and dull draw suddenly came to life and India were firm favourites to win the test when the last hour started. However, the debutant Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz Patel held on for 8 overs before …
Did you know, India and New Zealand are involved in a short series just after the conclusion of World T20? Could the timing have been more inappropriate? Are there any takers for this series? From what I can see or gauge, this series is not taken seriously either by the teams or by the fans. …
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