Stories from Cricket Burble
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D'Oliveira thoughts on the size of Indian backsides....and cricket in general
Cricket Burble &bull Dec 1, 2011
When Peter Roebuck died Mark Davis sought out one of his books to read and I have to admit that the passing away of Basil D'Oliveira made me reach up for an autobiography of his sitting in my cricket library (alright, alright, it's just one shelf!). It's an early book, written in early 1968 before the uproar about his inclusion in the England team to tour South Africa and tells of the way he got into the English professional game… Full Story »
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Parents getting involved in pro sport
Cricket Burble &bull Dec 1, 2011
There's loads of them from Lewis Hamilton's father going everywhere with him to the father of Venus and Serena Williams. But the fact that Yuvraj had his mother tell the media what was wrong with him still made me smile… Full Story »
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Imperfect light
Cricket Burble &bull Dec 1, 2011
Once again, after the first 4 days of the 2nd Test of South Africa v Australia all saw the players leave the field due to imperfect light, the first day of the Australia v New Zealand series began with the… Full Story »
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More Tests could happen quite easily...couldn't it?
Cricket Burble &bull Dec 1, 2011
I've openly wondered in comments on a couple of cricket sites why it is that there's the obsession with playing lots of ODIs - the reasons are normally assumed to be financial but I couldn't understand why that would be.… Full Story »
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Plans for English cricket
Cricket Burble &bull Dec 1, 2011
Interesting to see CMJ's views that he's passed on to David Morgan who has reviewed how English competitions and fixtures are structured. I like the idea of scheduling matches to start on set days, as they used to. CMJ wants… Full Story »
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Andy Flower cloning required
Cricket Burble &bull Nov 30, 2011
Andy Flower is rightly be lauded for the way he's brought a disfunctional England team together and got some great results leading to England being the number 1 Test nation in the world. Recently he dominated the UK Coaching Awards… Full Story »
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Topics:
- England
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Samaraweera's Test average
Cricket Burble &bull Nov 30, 2011
Wow. I knew that Samaraweera's Test average was hovering over 50 , but I didn't realise that his form over recent years had been quite so good - he averages a fraction under 70 since 2008 . And yet, he's… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Sri Lanka
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"It wasn't the highest quality of cricket"
Cricket Burble &bull Nov 30, 2011
The Cricinfo report on the India v West Indies ODI yesterday suggests that " it wasn't the highest quality of cricket ". I didn't watch the whole thing but the last portion of the match from when India were 6… Full Story »
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Quality over from Shakib
Cricket Burble &bull Nov 30, 2011
Back in the ranks after being stripped of the captaincy, Shakib Al-Hassan bowled a fantastic over 8 overs into Bangladesh's Twenty20 with Pakistan . His end economy rate of 6 an over doesn't look amazing, although good, but the way… Full Story »
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The dangers of(to) cricket
Cricket Burble &bull Nov 27, 2011
This is quite alarming when one thinks of the precedent that it could set:-LYMINGTON SPORTS GROUND - LYMINGTON CC STATEMENTLymington Cricket Club was founded in 1807 and has been based at its current location at the Sports Ground off Southampton Road for 175 years where we are tenants of Lymington & Pennington Town Council. The ground was originally used solely by the cricket… Full Story »
