Tag Archives: Twenty20 World cup

The Ewing Theory in Cricket

Posted on June 7, 2010 by thecricketcouch

**This article has been cross-posted at The Big Tip** Back in 1998 or thereabout, when ESPN, The worldwide leader in sports, was launching its website, it recruited sports writers and bloggers to enrich the website’s content. While doing so, it … Continue reading →

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Daylight Robbery

Posted on May 14, 2010 by thecricketcouch

There is no other way to explain this. Pakistan seemingly had it in their grasp for 39 overs. Mike Hussey – not even at gun point – stole the whole darn thing from right under the nose of Pakistan. Personally, … Continue reading →

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What is wrong with South Africa?

Posted on May 13, 2010 by thecricketcouch

South Africa came in to the T20 world cup as one of the contenders, in spite of all the baggage they have been carrying ever since their re-entry to world cricket in 1990-91. Some of their players featured in the … Continue reading →

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Coach calls for change in approach

Posted on May 12, 2010 by thecricketcouch

After his team crashed out of the Twenty20 World cup tournament, a lot sooner than everybody thought, the national team’s coach from South Africa, wants a change in approach from his players: “We won’t win the World Cup in 2011 … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a chase

Posted on May 12, 2010 by thecricketcouch

Sri Lanka just wrote the coaching manual on how to chase down a target on a tricky pitch. SL needed to get 144 runs (of the 164 they needed to win the match outright) to boot India out of the … Continue reading →

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Captain Crucifixion

Posted on May 11, 2010 by thecricketcouch

India have been unceremoniously bounced out of yet another Twenty20 world cup and there is a lot of blame going around and most of it is gonna be at the feet of India’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Being the captain … Continue reading →

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