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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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