The Most Amazing Thing About Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI Double Century…
….is that someone scored 200 runs and there’s no evidence Oliver Perez allowed any of ’em!
View ArticleOn The Subcontinent, Tiki Barber’s Zipper Problems Aren’t A Big Story
Not compared, anyway, to the controversial love affair between Indian tennis starlet Shania Mirza and cricketer Shoaib Malik, recently banned from the Pakistan national team. The Guardian’s Dileep...
View ArticleRocket, Unit, Fuck Off : Muralitharan’s A Truly Divisive Hurler
Greatest off-spinner of all time or an illegal motion cheat? Those are just two of the ways Sri Lanka bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has been described, and with his retirement Tuesday, the record holder...
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NOTW : England’s Test Match Defeat Of Pakistan Was Rigged
(l-r : Pakistan’s Asif, Butt, Amir, and Akmal) If any sport challenges competitive cycling for chicanery at it’s hightest level of competition, it might be international cricket. The latest match...
View ArticlePakistan’s Butt : England Took A Dive
Having already defending Pakistan’s national cricket side against match-fixing allegations by alluding to a larger conspiracy, PCB chairman Izjay Butt is now claiming Friday’s disputed 3rd one day...
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Nice Work If You Can Get It : Pakistan’s Butt Claims Frozen Desert Windfall
In August of this year, Pakistan captain Salman Butt (above, second from left) was implicated in a match fixing scandal during his side’s Fourth Test Match versus England. Preparing his defense in...
View ArticleRonay On India’s World Cup Triumph : Hopefully The First & Last Timbuk 3...
India’s defeat of Sri Lanka in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Final not only affords the Guardian’s unusually skilled Barney Ronay (“India’s Future’s So Bright They Gotta Wear Shades”, Monday, April 4)...
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“Good Seats Still Available”– Words You’ll Hear Repeated Very Often When...
The New Zealand Herald reports a concern known as Cricket Holdings America has plans to start a 6-team, professional Twenty20 league in the United States next summer, with teams based in Fort...
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The Expletive-Filled World Of Modern Test Cricket
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (above) received a measure of abuse from England’sJimmy Anderson during the First Test at Trent Bridge last month, and The Independent’s Stephen Brinkley endeavors...
View ArticleA Late Contender For 2016’s Top Sports Highlight
With all due respect to LeBron James, Conor McGregor, Simone Biles and Kris Bryant, we’ve got a new nominee for the year’s top sportsperson/creature. Who knew it would take a stray dog to get James...
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