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The Irish KO the English at a game of cricket
Kevin O’Brien led his Irish team to a sparkling upset over their English rivals knocking over a total of 327 runs with nonchalant ease. The burly Irishman scored the fastest ever fifty in a World Cup off 50 balls at a strike rate of 200.0. The English were well and truly KO’d.
India awaits this Sunday.
On a lighter note:
Why is it called pyjama cricket?
Just a little hint to get into bed once the game’s done.
Quote of the day:
A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
How To Tie A Tie by Andrew Strauss and MS Dhoni
India’s World Cup encounter with England ended with a thrilling tie on February 27, 2011. The two teams finished the match tied on 338. India were all out for 338 in 49.5 overs, batting first. England ended at 338 for 9 in 50 overs, in reply.
ICC World Cup 2011: Ticketing fiascos and lathi-charges
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Cricket fans across India are left aghast and appalled by the CWC ticketing fiasco that culminated in a lathi-charge on eager fans at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on the 24th of February, 2011
Over 30,000 fans queued up to snap up 7000 tickets for the India-England tie scheduled for Sunday, the 27th of February.
Sir Donald Bradman’s Summer Of Delight
Image via Wikipedia Donald George Bradman made his Test debut for Australia at 20 against the 1928-29 visiting England side.
Although Bradman aggregated 468 and played in four of the five matches in the series, there was very little inkling of what was to follow in the summer of 1930 when Australia toured England.
The Summer of 1930 is recalled as “The Summer That Changed Cricket”. Christopher Hilton in his book “Bradman and The Summer That Changed Cricket: The Amazing 1930 Australian Tour of England” documents Sir Donald’s innings and the reactions to his stupendous Test aggregate of 974 in five Tests; a monumental feat that has not been surpassed in eight decades since.
Ponting destroys an LCD in the Australian dressing room
Australia captain Ricky Ponting smashed a television set in a fit of fury after being run out during a World Cup match against Zimbabwe.
ICC ODI World Cup 2011: Ode To Kenya, Just a summer of 69?
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(Sung by Steve Tikolo and his band of miserly men to the tune of Bryan Adams’ Summer of 69)
We got no real sixes
Bought it against a Kiwi sideTried to bat but we just bled
Was the summer of 69
Me and the guys from Kenya
Obanda six and Tikolo a braceShoulda known we’d never get far
Better cricket at the CWC but more money at the IPL
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The ICC ODI World Cup or simply the CWC may have better quality of cricket but it is the Indian Premier League (IPL) that will have more eyeballs and larger wads of advertising money thrown at it.
The big losers during the 90-day cricket extravaganza are entertainment channels,films and multiplexes.
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