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Author Archives: andruid

When not obsessing over over the difficulty in trying to dig up every little tiny bit of information there is to know about non-test cricket Andrew is busy head scratching over the works of philosophers such as Walter Benjamin and Roland Barthes in his Comms degree at the University of Leeds.

An Ill Wind…

June 26, 2009 – 5:00 pm

  They say an ill wind blows no one any good, so when I woke up to see this splashed across the headlines of just several major cricket websites, I could not help but sense more than just a draft of bad vibes coming from the general direction of the ICC towards its associates and [...]

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For your eyes only

June 14, 2009 – 2:30 pm

With all the ICC’s talk about the sheer importance of the Intercontinental cup, the walk (as assen here) is something entirely different. With the tournament onec again being rejigged. A whole new division created for the associates ranked 8-12? in the recent World Cup qualifiers), space being made for Zimbabwe’s attempts to justify a return [...]

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If Carlsberg did upsets

June 6, 2009 – 9:46 am

A blog by Andruid Then certainly this is what they would look like. England, in the opening match of the T20 World Cup. At headquarters (Lords) going down to The Netherlands by 4 wickets in a last ball misfield. What more could the tournament, or the game format, or even the associates for whom this [...]

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Ha Ha in the pavilion

May 1, 2009 – 3:27 pm

This blog is by andruid It has reached the ears of this blogger that some cheeky person has set up a Fake IPL Blog where he/she has given themselves the persona of a mystery member of The IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. The funny bit, more than the dodgy nicknames he’s being giving the great [...]

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the man, the majic…

April 19, 2009 – 12:35 pm

A blog by Andruid After 13 years, 116 ODIs, 4 World Cup campaigns, 3000+ runs and just under 90 wickets, the man who has come to epitomize Kenyan cricket, Steve Ongonji Tikolo announced his retirement from international Cricket at the end of this season. Having made his debut for  Kenya at their debut in the 1996 [...]

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The axe has fallen

April 18, 2009 – 11:56 am

A blog by Andruid The long journey to determine which four associates will take their place among the greats of the game is finally over. Ireland, Canada, Kenya and The Netherlands booked their ticckets to India in the last round of the Super 8s. Also winning out were Scotland and Afghanistan who earned ODI status [...]

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Half Caste Cricketer

April 7, 2009 – 2:05 pm

A blog by Andruid Though it went largely unnoticed in many circles, yesterday’s inclusion in the preliminary England 30 for the upcoming T20 World Cup, of one Eoin Morgan despite being the centrepiece of Ireland’s current batting line up looks certainly to raise more furore over the one-sidedness of the relationship between Full members of [...]

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World Cup Qualifiers: almost there…almost

March 18, 2009 – 12:38 pm

A blog by Andruid After going through several legs of World Cricket league in all sorts of varying locations, from the little island of Jersey in the English Channel to the sunny savannahs of Tanzania, the bandwagon to determine which 4 lowly Associates will dine at the High table of the ICC’s Cricket World Cup [...]

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On Test Status and Full Membership

November 19, 2008 – 2:15 am

A blog by Andruid on Bangladesh: This morning Bangladesh take to the field against South Africa in an attempt  to gain only their second ever win in the test arena in 50? attempts. If things take to their normal course it is likely that not only will that attempt fail miserably but so will the [...]

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