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		<title>first ashes test: an aussies&#8217; take</title>
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		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/07/14/first-ashes-test-an-aussies-take/</link>
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		<title>picking at the (heart) seams</title>
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 A blog by ©hinaman: 
Wow,
what an end to a test match.
A glorious draw to remember -
no replays or bowl-outs or the toss of a coin necessary to settle who was better.
It can only be in Test cricket.
a heart torn in two
It was difficult, even more as a neutral observer, to watch the final overs.
Talk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/07/13/picking-at-the-heart-seams/</link>
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		<title>An Ill Wind&#8230;</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/06/26/an-ill-wind/</link>
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		<title>For your eyes only</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the ICC&#8217;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&#8217;s  attempts  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/06/14/for-your-eyes-only/</link>
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		<title>If Carlsberg did upsets</title>
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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 victory is shared, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/06/06/if-carlsberg-did-upsets/</link>
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		<title>Adios Symonds?</title>
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A blog by meg: 
Another &#8220;alcohol related incident&#8221; and Symonds is on his way back to Australia. With him not being selected for the Ashes as it is and now his contract being off the table, is it the last we have seen of him?
As per cricinfo, he is keen to tell his side of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/06/04/adios-symonds/</link>
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		<title>T20 World Cup, England 2009 – a preview</title>
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A blog by Incredibleshoaib: written exclusively for The &#8220;Silly Points&#8221;
Just like international cricket’s newest format, I too will attempt to keep my preview short and full of action.
INDIA
The defending champs start out the second edition of the T20 World Cup as overwhelming favourites by a good distance. No total will be big enough for India’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/06/04/t20-world-cup-england-2009-%e2%80%93-a-preview/</link>
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		<title>the perfect delivery &#8230; like a birdsong</title>
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A blog by ©hinaman: 

you take a long step, maybe a couple
gradually increasing speed to the optimum momentum
and then with a smooth overarm movement you release the ball
your arm glides down in a graceful follow through
if you ever hear a bird singing to you
the &#8217;song&#8217; of the smooth action of a bowler,
it is the Chaffinch

and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/06/01/the-perfect-delivery-like-a-birdsong/</link>
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		<title>Back In Business</title>
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A blog by meg: 
So, the Great Battle of the IPL is over. To be honest, I wasn&#8217;t too keen on following the whole thing. The kind of phase 1 BRC had did not help matters at all. Couple of weeks into the league and I had almost stopped the occasional score check, it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/05/31/back-in-business/</link>
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		<title>like a Van Winkle</title>
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A blog by ©hinaman: 
seems
only yesterday I was throwing slippers at the television,
watching the greatness of
Ambrose, Walsh, Marshall and Bishop
Greenidge, Haynes, Richardson, Richards
beating the cricket out of our Vengsarkar led Devs, Shastris, Sidhus and Azhars
but it was
a cricket I loved, grew up with.
played in white flannels with a cherry red ball &#8211; that made a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/05/31/like-a-van-winkle/</link>
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		<title>Ha Ha in the pavilion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s being giving the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/05/01/ha-ha-in-the-pavilion/</link>
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		<title>the man, the majic&#8230;</title>
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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 World [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/04/19/the-man-the-majic/</link>
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		<title>The axe has fallen</title>
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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 until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/04/18/the-axe-has-fallen/</link>
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		<title>with Barnes, the first pre-season session</title>
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A blog by the one and only jrod 
I finally made my way down to Barnes at 10am on a Sunday morning. It wasn’t easy, but once I worked out the trip was only going to take 33 minutes, I realised I could make it for one morning. Unfortunately, I picked the morning of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/04/16/with-barnes-the-first-pre-season-session/</link>
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		<title>first pre-season</title>
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A blog by the one and only jrod
Due to Barne’s antisocial training schedule, I had to look else where for some pre season training. So a few weeks back the suave one suggested i have a bit a run with his club of North Middlesex. I do plan on playing a few games for North [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/04/15/1353/</link>
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		<title>50 not outs</title>
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A blog by jrod
Here is the plan.
I, jrod of cricket with balls, hereby pledge to do everything in my power to play 50 games of cricket this summer.
It is a big ask, because obviously little things like physical fitness, life, work, family, girlfriends and laziness will come into play.
However, my resolve is strong.
If you run [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/04/11/1345/</link>
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		<title>Brickbats Can Wait</title>
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A blog by meg: 

..for right now, I am just going to enjoy the fact that we finished our most successful tour of NZ.
After all, what is not to celebrate? We won a Test series in NZ after 41 years. We won the ODI series comprehensively. Gambhir had a terrific tour Test-wise and Sehwag took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/04/07/brickbats-can-wait/</link>
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		<title>Half Caste Cricketer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A blog by Andruid

Though it went largely unnoticed in many circles, yesterday&#8217;s inclusion in the preliminary England 30 for the upcoming T20 World Cup,  of one Eoin  Morgan despite being the centrepiece of Ireland&#8217;s current batting line up looks certainly to raise more furore over the one-sidedness of the relationship between Full members [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/04/07/half-caste-cricketer/</link>
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		<title>coach(es) at crossroads</title>
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A blog by ©hinaman: 

once referred to, often with respect, as &#8220;the coach&#8220;
they were restricted to the responsibility of teaching
the skills and the
rules of cricket to individual players
the captain decided everything else; the tactics, the strategy and so the selection,
but that left the &#8220;coach&#8221; behind the screen, a bit player
away from the publicity
with no glamour
most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/03/28/coaches-at-crossroads/</link>
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		<title>the rats &#8230; and the piper</title>
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A blog by damiths: 

The IPL I thought was an Indian institution. After all it is the INDIAN premier league. Maybe I was wrong.
Have you ever heard about the English Premier League being played out side England because the government couldn’t round up enough coppers?
To say that this has the greedy paw prints of Lalil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesillypoint.com/blogs/2009/03/27/the-rats-and-the-piper/</link>
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