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How T20 has changed cricket forever - Cricinfo
May 15, 2024 · N o matter who wins it, the ninth men's T20 World Cup, in June, will showcase a sport that has changed beyond recognition.Cricket has become a commercial behemoth since T20's birth in 2003, with players travelling the world on short-term contracts and associated with privately owned franchises as well as their national teams - and the changes to the game on the field have been just as marked.
Daren Sammy: 'I have a dream that I'll be part of another World …
Oct 10, 2024 · T his September marks 20 years since West Indies secured the most unlikely of all their five ICC global titles, when they won the 2004 Champions Trophy.. Twenty years ago is also when St Lucia's first cricketer to make the West Indies side, Daren Sammy, made his international debut in a rained-out fixture in an insignificant Natwest Tri-nation series.
I'm your biggest fan
Nov 13, 2024 · L ast month Pakistan kicked up a bit of a storm when they decided to dry-roast the Rawalpindi pitch to make it spinner-friendly for the Test-series decider against England. The giant fans and patio heaters deployed caused no little sniggering, but spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali had the last laugh, sharing 19 wickets between them.. Attempts at drying the pitch over the years have ranged from ...
The scoop, as played by kids in streets all over south Asia
Dec 9, 2024 · Faridabad. March 7, 2002 "Very much a shovel, more than anything else. Can't call it a paddle sweep," Sanjay Manjrekar says on commentary. He hadn't seen the like before, even if people who watched the Perth ODI between Australia and Zimbabwe on February 4, 2001, had. Dougie Marillier has just stepped across his stumps, placed his bat low and under the attempted yorker from Zaheer Khan, and ...
Angelo Mathews' spectacular boundary save
Nov 22, 2024 · Ahead of its Time Angelo Mathews' spectacular boundary save. There was a time when fielders being acrobatic on the boundary to save runs or dismiss batters wasn't the norm
Brian Lara: 'I understood when I was in a 50-50 battle and
Jul 9, 2024 · F irst up, a personal one, since I spent so much time playing it in the late 1990s… do you remember being involved in Brian Lara Cricket and were you aware of how big an impact it had at the time? I used to get the numbers and I think it was doing pretty well among sports games on PlayStation. My involvement was: every year they would launch something new and I'd get beaten by some young kid ...
Buy, buy, buy - thecricketmonthly.com
Dec 12, 2024 · I t's the most wonderful time of the year - when lists are made, wallets are emptied and stores are inundated with last-minute panic shoppers. 'Tis the season for shopping and our cricketers aren't immune to a bit of retail therapy as well. On long tours, you sometimes want to take a bit of home with you.
When Thala became Thalaivar: how MS Dhoni joined the ... - Cricinfo
Jul 24, 2023 · There is film music at every IPL venue, but this is different. This is the title track from the 1995 blockbuster Baashha, probably the first movie you'd show someone seeking a crash course on the phenomenon of Rajinikanth, and the kaantham in his name. This isn't just any Rajini song, but a Rajini intro song (re-intro song in this case, housed within a flashback).
'Thommo - how quick was he?' - Cricinfo
Oct 5, 2017 · Ross Edwards: We had an idea about how fast he was, and this was spelt out when we played New South Wales in Sydney the week before. They had just played Queensland and at the end of our game, while we were sitting around having a drink somebody asked Alan Turner, one of their openers, 'Thommo - how quick was he?'