News: Whats up with Synman?

80% of Namibia’s total!!
This is the 3rd game in the last one month when Namibia folded meekly in their first innings, then fouhgt back with the ball, and the second innings total was commendable. However, this time around it was a one man show, as after Snyman, who is 194*, the next highest score in [...]

Opinion: Rod Lyall’s article about reduction of associates in WC….

I came across this article in CricketEurope today. I realized that there is still a misconception about the exact nature of what happenned.
First of all, the following lines are in bad spirit:
“But Pakistan’s spoiled superstars were beaten fair and square by a dedicated Irish squad who were the better team on the day, and no [...]

News: Ochan/ Okello, want to wear Baggy Green…

Our usual topic for these player migrations is Ireland/Scotland/Netherland viz a vis England, but now it seems Ugandan players want to qualify for Australia.
Frankly, I dont really know the solution to such a problem.

News: Namibia come from behind to beat UAE…

The result is a little odd given that UAE beat Namibia in Namibia a month ago, and also given that Namibia were dismissed so cheaply on Day 1. But it has been probably the best intercontinental game for a while.
For, UAE, despite the fact that they back their born and bred players these days, what [...]

Opinion: Looking at the U19 WC 2008

Sun 17
10:00 local, 02:00 GMT  Group D - England Under-19s v Ireland Under-19s
Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur

Possibly the best match for an upset for an associate. Interestingly, it will take place on the first day of the WC. Ireland have 2-3 guys who have played ODIs for their country, and England is traditionally not a [...]

Opinion: On Britain banning Zimbabwe Cricket tour…

I recently came across this article from Zimbabwe about not just the politicisation of Cricket in the Zim/UK-Aus context, but also about using cricket as some sort of a tool to make the statement.
People make statements on this blog as well about Zimbabwe, and also the underlying implication of every Zim related Cricinfo article is [...]