Tag Archives: Cricket
Baseball vs Cricket Averages
So I decided to go ahead and try and create my baseball style averages for cricket, reverse engineering Henry Chadwick‘s conversion of the key cricketing statistic to baseball, to try and get a sense of a batsman’s worth from something … Continue reading
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The Ultimate Current XI
Tonight’s match in Adelaide (man we must be low-rating to be playing on a Tuesday!) looms ominously over the Black Caps. While we’re 2-1 up in the series and gave the Australians an almighty fright with only 10 1/2 men … Continue reading
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A Tour For the Ages
You have to give credit to Australia. This afternoon’s victory, with a ragtag team of passable cricketers, a couple of debutants and only Ponting as an all-time great was testament to the sheer willpower that resides in the Australian cricket … Continue reading
. 3 2 1 4 4 | . 2 1 4 1 1 | 1 2 6 2 1 1
The above numbers are the West Indies last three overs, pure, raw, hopeless pain for New Zealand. I was listening to Brian Waddle and co on Radio Sport while driving today, at about 28 overs and 120/2, talking up New … Continue reading
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. 3 2 1 4 4 | . 2 1 4 1 1 | 1 2 6 2 1 1
The above numbers are the West Indies last three overs, pure, raw, hopeless pain for New Zealand. I was listening to Brian Waddle and co on Radio Sport while driving today, at about 28 overs and 120/2, talking up New … Continue reading
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A Don At The Cricket
Images from the Boxing Day Twenty20 at Eden Park by Duncan Greive and Justin Warren. Words excerpted from The Godfather by Mario Puzo.
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Bio-Logy: Mad As I Wanna Be
Danny Morrison’s Mad As I Wanna Be was released in 1997, when Morrison had recently been dropped from the Black Caps, a situation which hangs heavy throughout. There’s no ghost-writer credited, but I presume one was involved, because it’s relatively … Continue reading
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Strange Ritual, That One
Test cricket just threw down the gauntlet to all other sports with a riveting start to the day’s play in Dunedin. Due to dampness in the run up some Southern man decided that cat litter (Budget brand no less – … Continue reading
The Prat Without A Hat Comes Back
Former England cricketer Chris Lewis (no relation to our tennis star of the same name, thankfully) has been bailed up on drug charges, being caught with nearly 4kgs of liquid cocaine at Gatwick (even the airport’s low-rent!) on Monday. This … Continue reading
