Twenty20 Cricket – A Guide For Neophytes

I’ve got several friends coming over tomorrow to watch last week’s final of Australia’s KFC Big Bash Twenty20 cricket final; however, they basically know little or nothing about cricket. I was going to mail them this guide, but why should I waste pages of writing that I can blog instead? 🙂 So here it is… … Read more

Pitch Report

They say most people consider Labor Day to be the “End of Summer”, but in fact, it’s not till September 21. Typically, though, summer has begun to let off by now. Not so this year, which I think will be remembered not-so-fondly as the “summer without end” It’s still topping 100 degrees every day (101 … Read more

IPL Fantasy League

Not doing so good, so far… still, only one player on my team, Robin Utappha has played yet. Arizona : Pos. Team Manager Mn. Pts. Last Updated: 19/04/2009 07:40:48 http://fantasyipl.sportspundit.com/ 2354 Cow Corner XI Eugene Glover 9 9 0 Bernie Madoff super 11 0 0

I never thought I’d see…

While I was out at lunch today, I got a text message from a friend informing me of something truly amazing, the text read: “England vs Stanford Superstars is on ESPN2 (20v20 cricket).” Could that be true? Could Stanford and his millions have enough pull that a cricket match would be shown on American television?! … Read more

No excuse for this one, either…

I was searching Flickr to find a suitable photo of girls playing cricket to accompany my previous post. Instead I found this photo, which was thoroughly inappropriate to go along with that post. So here it is with a post all of it’s own. It certainly adds a new angle to the oft-heard phrase in … Read more

Don’t tell my daughter…

It’s a good thing my kids don’t read my blog. This will be no surprise to most parents, but my kids are not like each other… apart from the obvious anatomical differences. James is a compulsive, obsessive child, who is frequently fixated by superheroes. Hardly a day goes by where it isn’t “Batman this, Batman … Read more

One More Thing About that Ticketing Thing….

Reuters => Huge Demand for World Twenty20 tickets LONDON (Reuters) – Organisers of next year’s ICC World Twenty20 in England said on Monday there was an unprecedented demand for tickets. Fans swamped telephone lines early on Monday for the event which will be staged next June at Lord’s, The Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton. It’s … Read more