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Now that India and Pakistan are out of the WorldCup - here is the updated schedule.
The big losers are the sponsors, with India & Pakistan both out of the tournament - its going to be an incredibly boring worldcup for 1 billion people.
Greg Chappell better lock his door in his hotel tonight!

Bravo!

13Mar07

After searching a while for timezone specific Calendars for the upcoming WorldCup 2007, I found many shared calendars, but none for my specific timezone (Pacific Standard Time). So I edited an existing calendar to various timezones, and shared it here. Thanks to ‘rajeshblue’ for the original calendar.
Link to Willow TV’s schedule - it […]

Well, I saw the match live - and Lara has been unfairly portrayed in the media and elsewhere. They same Lara, who is one of the few guys who has a reputation of being a walker (without waiting for a verdict from the umpire, if he knows he is out - other being Adam Gilchrist). He has […]

Aus on the edge

10Apr06

 
Australia hasn’t lost a test match since last year. Now they are struggling to avoid a follow-on to *gasp* Bangadesh!.
Yup - Bangladesh, the same team which was famously fried by Sharne ‘big mouth’ Warne. I love it when minnows stick it up to Goliaths - let see what Richie Bernard says now…
Bangladesh 427
Australia 145/6
Gripping test match! […]

AUS vs SA

13Mar06

*whacked* -
South Africa 438 for 9 (Gibbs 175, Smith 90, Boucher 50*, Bracken 5-67)
beat
Australia 434 for 4 (Ponting 164, Hussey 81, Katich 79, Gilchrist 55) by one wicket

On first glance the score does look like a Test match first innings score. At least this will shut up Sharne Warne for good.
First this:

Commentators practically gave the cup to AUS, and […]

Those who watched Superbowl on Sunday might have noticed the wonderful Skycam in action. The change in perspective is startling for us folks who have been used to pretty ordinary cricket telecasts. Whenever we need to get closer to the player in field, we have always been used to a simple Zoom. But robotic Skycam […]

Almost there…

06Feb06

Trinidad beat Barbados in a regional test. It looks like a simple ordinary news, and then you come to this “Brian Lara, who hailed it as one of the highlights of his long career”. Woah.. what..what??
He explains further: “On the international circuit, playing Australia and beating Australia is real cricket to me. On the regional […]


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