Posted on January 30, 2008 by Nasir M. Khan
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 [...]
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Posted on January 30, 2008 by Nasir M. Khan
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 [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2008 by Nasir M. Khan
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.
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Posted on January 28, 2008 by Nasir M. Khan
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 [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2008 by Nasir M. Khan
Sun 17
10:00 local, 02:00 GMTÂ 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 [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2008 by Nasir M. Khan
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 [...]
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