The Pavilion View of Cricket

The good, the bad and the ugly of a red ball game

Sunday, May 04, 2008

A lesson on T20 bowling from Polly's handbook

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Mumbai set a none too imposing 162 for Sehwag's Daredevils in a do or die match for the former. Great fielding and good bowling in the ...
Friday, May 02, 2008

"And then there were none..": Pictures speak louder than words

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While searching cricinfo for those pictures of Greg Chappell in the previous post I came across a rare photograph showing 3 Australian gre...
Thursday, May 01, 2008

On his righthandedness Rohit Sharma

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IPL's Deccan Chargers sank to another defeat today (Well, yesterday - the clock struck 12 just now). The match did not even turn out to...
Saturday, April 26, 2008

T20 or Test, Bhajji is a pest

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Just crapping with the subject line there. But the incident that happpened today goes to show the essential danger of trying to be something...
Friday, April 25, 2008

VVS' vision and Ishant's mission

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VVS Laxman must be very very sad after losing today's IPL game , his 3rd in a row, to rival skipper Warne's last over Symondsisms (m...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The two sides of the IPLT20 coin

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Side 1: Amit Varma raises his voice, defending both the quality of cricket and the money in it. Purists – and I used to think of myself as...
Sunday, April 20, 2008

Singh is Prince

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Indian movie star Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador of IPL's Delhi Daredevils. He performed a stunt at the start of DD's 1st IPL ...
Friday, February 15, 2008

Who's the best puller of them all?

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Ayaz Memon on Adam Gilchrist : "Quick of eye and reflexes, he can adjust in a nanosecond to play off the front or back foot. He is orth...
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Monday, February 11, 2008

An unsolved mystery called Sachin Tendulkar

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Accepted Sachin is still not 35. But then he is playing international cricket for over 18 years. He has carried injuries for extended period...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

The Future Guys of Indian cricket & the non-‘plus’sed seniors

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I could not believe my ears when I heard Maninder Singh defending Yuvraj Singh in the face of questions raised on his form and fitness in a ...
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Perth Win: An Analysis

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What were the major factors behind India's Test win at Perth ? We have discussed all of them barring three in various posts on this blo...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Now & then..

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7 years ago, another 17th consecutive win beckoned Australia at Eden Gardens. They had to beat India to get it. They lost the match . It was...

India win at Perth: video clip of the moment

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Captain Courageous collects a stump after RP castles Tait and Look who's captain too - Sehwag!

Bowling vs Batting

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Most of us believe that the bowler is more important in Test matches than the batsman. They are there to win you Test matches. Perhaps the g...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Waiting for the wrong side of 30

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Sehwag's 29 now. He scored 29 the day before. And he's on 29*..
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

WACA

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This man was the fastest and best in his trade during the early 90’s. At the time he must have been the most suited to play in Perth. Why, e...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Viru carries Indian hopes in comeback match

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Now this is interesting. We are not going into the right and wrong of exchanging one Punjab Pipegun for Delhi Dynamite and the other for Bar...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Marlon Samuels' quicker one..

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..is under the scanner once again. I am unable to speak on the legality of his action in delivering that 'Perth special' but I was ...

Not that we love mother less but that we hate monkeys more

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That's the Symmo-Hogg standpoint. It's not necessarily so in these parts of the world where, as Steven Waugh knows better, calling s...
Sunday, January 06, 2008

No-o-o-o

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That’s my answer to the 'sms poll' question for today on a local news channel: “Did Australia deserve to win the Sydney Test ?” That...
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