Cricket journalism will never be different again
Pardon me while my brain explodes… “What Kapil and the watching millions witnessed was a day that changed cricket forever” – Jamie Jackson, The Observer, 24.2.08
Not so ridiculous quote-du-jour
“This is the second most important day in world cricket, according to me. The first was in 1994 when the monopoly of Doordarshan came to an end when we won the court case.” – Inderjit Singh Bindra, member of the IPL Governing Committee, discussing the IPL player auction, OutlookIndia.com, 20.2.08 Call me a cynic, but Bindra […]
Hello, my name is Ashwell Prince. I got passed in at auction.
It’s barely two years since I waxed lyrical on these pages about Ashwell Prince following his attractive 119 in the Sydney Test of 2006. He now has seven Test centuries under his belt, but his Twenty20 stats are almost non-existent. Prince, otherwise known as Lot 54, failed to attract a bid at his reserve price of $175000. He finished Wednesday’s IPL […]
Why Cameron White is worth more than Ricky Ponting
“Lack of professional expertise in managing a sporting franchise of this magnitude seems to be a glaring gap, especially as a lot of these teams are led by what we call ‘casual but rich fans’ who are assuming their team will be in the top three.” – Anirban Das Blah, VP Globosport India, from the […]
For rural India, life goes on
“I’m more IPL savvy. And I’m reading the sports sections more now. My interest in cricket will take time.” – Preity Zinta, co-owner of the Mohali IPL franchise, in an interview with Times of India, 22.2.08
News from the markets
Buyers came away the big winners at the supreme bull sale in Brunswick, WA last Thursday.
Shane Warne wins the 2006-07 Midwinter-Midwinter
Shane Warne has wrapped up the 2006-07 Midwinter-Midwinter, the rickeyre.com BoG award for this summer’s Ashes series.
Twenty21 revisited
If we didn’t know before, we do now. Australia’s 5-0 drubbing of England in 2006-07 is the first such triumph since 1920-21. But which was the bigger achievement?
Eng-ger-land…. sigh
“The performance in the Ashes series has been a great disappointment and a number of lessons must be learned. This review will be comprehensive and broad ranging with the clear objective of regaining the Ashes in 2009 and significantly improving England’s results in one-day international cricket in the next four year cycle.” – ECB chief […]
Sydney Day Four: Goodbye, farewell, amen, and John did you drop something?
Not since the Harlem Globetrotters last beat the Washington Generals has a foregone sporting conclusion been so rapturously and emotionally received by a sell-out crowd.