(167)..As mark of respect No.42 is never worn in baseball

    Few weeks back watched this biopic <42>and wonder whether Cricket will have similar theory on honest and noble cricketer.   About the movie:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(film) Jackie Robinson was the first Afro American to play Major League Baseball, and he … Continue reading

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(166-II)…Current Sri Lankan team requires Arjuna’s Army.

A look at top 5 batsmen’s performance in 3 different eras. I have used No. of inns (they batted instead of matches)to measure their contribution/involvement in victory. These stats are against all countries(including associate ones) I was keen on looking … Continue reading

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(166)…Remembering Arjuna Ranatunga

Sadly for Sri Lankans fans, their national team have lost 8 out of 11 (T20I)at home while chasing a target(2nd Batting). …. And 4 of those targets were less than 140 runs!. A quick look at all team chasing less … Continue reading

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(164)…Ashes(2013)..Poor performance Away from Home.

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  I was reading on how Australian domestic tournaments (Sheffield Shield,BBL , Ford Cup) is responsible for Australia’s poor Test performance.  It seems variable weather, pitch conditions, and scheduling is responsible for their poor performance.   I have never been … Continue reading

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(158)…Spinners: probably a new technique to play turning ball!.

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  [local /wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SPIN-HOW-2-HANDLE.flv One of the method to play spin]           Below GFX  are taken from <The Bowler’s Art> by Brian Wilkins. First published in 1991.   “It would probably help the reader to have a cricket … Continue reading

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(157)…Champions Trophy(2013)-Spinner’s spells akin speed-breakers

  One of the low scoring tournaments played in ODI history, with only 6 times teams went past 250 (both inns) & only once going beyond 300 in 14 games. Therefore let us look at bowling performance. A quick look … Continue reading

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(155)…Can cricket raise the Indian rupee?

[local /wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HORSE-RACING.flv]   In India cricket is more than a sport, its good business for all. One saw illegal betting during IPL(6th edition-2013) where Int cricketers along with franchise owner were involved in match-fixing and illegal betting. IPL is a … Continue reading

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(153)…IPL 6 Ideal v/s Practical teams

IPL 6 After 74 games the average runs scored by teams batting first has reached 155.88. In my last post,(end of 25th game), the average was 149. Now in those 74 games, 38(51.35%) chased successfully. And, so far 44 times    (59.46%) … Continue reading

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(151)…IPL – Mr Maxwell !

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  In the 90s in the audio industry , they had normal, chrome and metal audio blank tapes, with metal audio tapes being the highest quality for recording songs. Maxwell tapes had the best chrome/metal product –and the most saleable … Continue reading

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(150)…IPL 6 (end of 25 games)

IPL 6 – At the end of 25 games 13 times teams were asked to chase >150 and only 4 succeeded. Last year at end of 25games, 15times teams were asked to chase >150 and only 4 succeeded.   Now, … Continue reading

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(149)…Script(films) writing is similar to programming!.

[local /wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2-FILM-AND-PROGRAMING.flv nolink]       A script should be written like a computer program than you would have film with an air-tight story & screenplay leading to a good a film!.     A program has many languages, very … Continue reading

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(148)…IPL 6

A Brief stats on IPL So far in this IPL (2013), at the end of  23 games, 12 times teams were asked to chase >150 , and only 4 succeeded in chasing those targets. Last year (2012) in 73 games … Continue reading

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(142)…Test matches are getting longer and shorter…

  Part I video [local /wp-content/uploads/2013/03/TEST2011-13A.flv]   Part II video [local /wp-content/uploads/2013/03/TEST2011-13INDICES.flv]         Test matches 2011 2012 2013 Tests 39 42 10 Inns 147 158 35 400 score 27 34 9 100 overs 55 64 14 Avg … Continue reading

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25 Feb 2013 Last updated at 9:33 am(135)…Day 3 Analysis

 

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25 Feb 2013 Last updated at 7:53 am(134)…DRS

 

On DRS

It might not be 100% perfect, but is BCCI perfect!.

 

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