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Author Archives: donthaveaclue

One of millions of cricket fans who tends to disagree with the insightless views of the exalted individuals who talk/write about the game. Also, one of those millions who thinks that having played some university and club-level cricket qualifies him to critique and analyze the game at its highest level. Hence this blog. In real life I’m an Engineer-MBA who consults with organizations on areas of strategy and operations. If you happen to have a lot of time to waste on your hands…my other blog Me-and-erring scribbles

The last frontier (of underperformance)

March 17, 2009 – 9:19 am

A blog by Donthaveaclue Fred Trueman, Malcolm Marshall, Richard Hadlee, Jeff Thompson, Michael Holding, Wasim Akram Long run-ups, thundering strides, aerodynamic actions, whiplash releases, searing pace…. Fred Trueman, Simon Doull, Shane Bond, Daryl Tuffey, Jacob Oram, Malcolm Marshall, Richard Hadlee, Jeff Thompson, Michael Holding, Wasim Akram Surprise, Befuddlement, Confusion…laughter even….what gives? The first is a [...]

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slaying their demons, finally – south africa

January 10, 2009 – 10:41 pm

A blog by Donthaveaclue On their own, they are indistinguishable, the Aussie and the South African cricket teams. It doesn’t help that both teams have green and gold on their team crests or that they both have one person on the team who’s not Caucasian. Both have their share of Hercules-sized batsmen who twirl the [...]

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hitchhike-thru-7-ODIs for Dummies

November 26, 2008 – 12:58 pm

A blog by Donthaveaclue The test series done, it’s business-as-usual in India as a seven-match ODI series kicks off and before you know it, the home-team is two-nil ahead. For as long as I remember, there have been two versions of the English team. One, that could be mistaken to be almost competitive against most [...]

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in need of a new heart – Test cricket

November 17, 2008 – 7:21 pm

A blog by Donthaveaclue There are two popular inferences from the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar trophy. 1. The era of Australian dominance has ended 2. The era of Indian dominance has officially begun I could launch an attack on these inferences but will suffice to say that any inferences about dominance and the end of eras [...]

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Assault and Battery – 2

September 23, 2008 – 6:08 pm

continued from Assault and Battery – 1   A blog by donthaveaclue   5 Waqar Younis Few sights in world cricket are more awe-inducing than to see this man starting his run to the wicket. The long run up, legs pumping, jowls reverberating followed by the whiplash windup and round-arm release are forever associated with [...]

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Assault and Battery – 1

September 22, 2008 – 1:43 pm

  A blog by donthaveaclue There is something terrifying about them. It is their ability to wreak havoc to well-laid plans. Painstakingly-won advantages, over the course of hours are blown away when they arrive in full-cry. The most sanguine captains fervently hope that they don’t detonate on the day, not against their team. When they [...]

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luck – and the art of captaining India

September 11, 2008 – 11:29 pm

Yesterday MSDhoni was awarded the ICC ODI Player of the Year 2008 Once again I find we are on the wrong side of the general consensus. I present this article by our member – that I fully agreed with just a few days ago. A blog by donthaveaclue Causality. The relating of causes to the [...]

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fly on the BCCI wall

August 20, 2008 – 12:06 pm

A blog by donthaveaclue: The phone vibrates to life with an accompanying jingle for a ring tone. He smiles at the familiar row of flashing digits on the phone as he presses the call button. It was his prodigy, the one whoâ?(tm)d taken what was a stream and changed it into a gushing flood. He [...]

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of clouds and silver linings

August 7, 2008 – 9:50 am

A blog by donthaveaclue Iâ?(tm)m a cricket fan, have been one for a large part of my life. So anytime there was some form of international cricket on, acquaintances would raise their eyebrows in surprise when, let alone the ball-by-ball score, I expressed ingnorance about which team was batting. The reason – All cricket is [...]

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