Manchester to Port of Spain: Nonstop & Direct
By Rahul Patil The nursery rhyme “Rain rain go away, rain rain go to spain” is now based on a true story. After playing spoilsport in the Manchester test the[…]
Category: cricket
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-23 July
The recent tradition before a FIFA World Cup is the guy who gets a can of beer from each country taking part. Terrible choices for the two host nations though.[…]
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A Sad Aucklander
By Harbour Heather Before we get started, this is an emotions-fuelled piece, not a solutions-fuelled piece. Minds greater than mine will tackle that. Some of my best tweenage memories, at[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :-16 July
China has turned up for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and they mean business. Wimbledon has had a strong political backdrop in the women’s side of the draw. Here is[…]
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Now We Are Talking
By Rahul Patil Glenn McGrath was a terrific fast bowler but his prediction game is pretty poor. A 2-1 score line after 3 tests is fitting of a series that[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :-9 July
Jonny Bairstow looking particularly bleak. Someone needs to do a painting of this and put it on the walls next to the other ones. It’s not like England cricket[…]
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Glass houses built on moral high grounds
By Rahul Patil “History reveals there is no moral high ground; there is only perspective. We often exhibit the same behaviors for which we condemn others” – Steve Maraboli. Cricket[…]
Never about the cricket
There is a saying that the NRL stands for Never Really about the League. That competition is a walking headline 12 months a year. You could argue the same could[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :-2 July
Veteran Chamari Athapaththu and protege Vishmi Gunaratne celebrate bringing up a century opening partnership against New Zealand in Galle. Jonny Bristow caught one. But this photo is even better. So[…]
Will the Phoenix rise?
By Rahul Patil “In order to rise from its ashes, a phoenix first must burn” – Octavia E. Butler. England called all the shots in the first test until the[…]
