The Big Bash, And Juggling Cricket’s Three Formats
What started as a midsummer diversion in the English cricket season of 2003 became a multi-million dollar enterprise in India in 2008, and now almost every Test playing nation has its own professional Twenty20 competition, squeezed into their domestic program. The 2011-12 season saw the transformation of Australia’s state-based “Big Bash” competition into the franchise-based […]
Who’s Next For The ICC After Lorgat
On 30 June 2012 Haroon Lorgat will step down as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) third Chief Executive Officer, having decided not to take up the option of extending his four-year contract.
The Midwinter-Midwinter for 2010-11
Tweet by tweet announcements of the 2010-11 Midwinter-Midwinter:
And the 2010-11 Midwinter-Midwinter goes to…
The Ashes for 2010-11 have been won comprehensively by England. The one-sidedness of the contest is reflected in the final leaderboard for the Midwinter-Midwinter. It’s the fourth time that I have made this award, and for the first time, it’s a tie. The joint winners of the 2010-11 Midwinter-Midwinter are Alastair Cook and Jimmy Anderson.
Cricket storified from 1 to 4 November 2010
(Storify was a great tool while it lasted. Its owner, livefyre, has pulled the plug on the free version from 15 May 2018 saying, rightly, that its basic features are available elsewhere now. Such as WordPress. Here – and on a handful of other pages – I am attempting to rebuild some articles created originally […]
Stats porn. Are we all addicts?
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Midwinter-Midwinter 2009 final points tally
As announced on Twitter last Monday morning following the conclusion of the Fifth Test, Graeme Swann made a late run to win the 2009 Midwinter-Midwinter by one point.
Sorry NSW, but this is cheating
There is no sport and no sporting competition in the world where a team can suddenly and unaccountably include a world record holder in their lineup for a Grand Final, when that player has not been part of the squad for any part of the tournament leading up to that final. No sport, that is, […]
A hundred years of Bradman
August 27, 2008 – a day of celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Donald George Bradman. And they celebrated at his birthplace, Cootamundra, the hometown of his youth, Bowral, and in a black tie dinner at the business end of Sydney. Has any other sportsperson, in any sport, anywhere in the […]
Catching up on IPL Game One
“IPL is now a well established product on TV.” – Kunal Das Gupta, head of Sony TV India, as reported by Business Standard, 20.4.08.