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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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IPL: beyond the circus glitz – 3

May 19, 2008 – 10:41 am

A blog by donthaveaclue: Impact on the basics of the game The final post on the â??Impact of the IPLâ?(tm) series means to look at the impact on the game of cricket itself. Being opposed to the new format of the game just on account of the fact that it is a new format is, [...]

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IPL: beyond the circus glitz -2

May 8, 2008 – 9:44 pm

… continued from: beyond the circus glitz -1 A blog by donthaveaclue: This is the second of a 3-part post on the potential impact of the Indian Premier League on the game of cricket as we know it. Impact on future cricketers School kid ||| Pre-IPL: Wakes up, dons whites, shrugs on his kit bag, [...]

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IPL: beyond the circus glitz – 1

May 8, 2008 – 9:35 am

A blog by donthaveaclue: This is the first of a 3-part post on the potential impact of the Indian Premier League on the game of cricket as we know it. I think of the three key components that will undergo change; current cricketers (international and domestic), future cricketers (little kids donning the whites) and the [...]

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Daylight Robbery II

April 15, 2008 – 10:21 am

A blog by donthaveaclue: When Graeme Smith set forth for South Africa, some of the factors he would have considered would be the Indian team, partisan crowds, turning tracks and weather conditions. What they would not have imagined would be how they would be up against not just the Indian cricket team, but the entire [...]

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Lessons from an Australian summer

March 22, 2008 – 1:47 pm

A blog by donthaveaclue: Mark Taylor said it was one of best summers of cricket he has seen in a long time. Others have been claiming that Australia V India is the new Australia V England, which isnâ?(tm)t saying much given those werenâ?(tm)t ever in the vicinity of being contests barring 2005. The long-drawn Commonwealth [...]

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