” I’ll Be Back “
Category: Australia,Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Shane Warne, Posted on June 4th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsAre these the words Shane Warne was saying this morning after the surprise announcement of Stuart MacGill’s retirement from Test cricket. After arriving back in Melbourne today, he said he was very happy in retirement and had no intention of returning to Test cricket, but did add ” unless it was special circumstances ” Warne [...]
Rajasthan Royals – WINNERS
Category: Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Rajasthan Royals,Shane Warne, Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by admin | No CommentsA cricket final that had everything. The very last ball required to decide the winner, a crowd on the edge of their seats and two teams determined to win. This form of cricket is exciting and very popular and has everything for the sports fans. Big sixes, run outs, great bowling and great fielding. The [...]
2020 What Next
Category: Australia,England,Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Shane Warne,West Indies, Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by admin | No CommentsNow that the inaugural IPL series is over and the victorious Rajasthan Royals, led by their Captain and Coach, Shane Warne, are still celebrating. The least expensive team in the series ( $3 million) showed all others how to play the game. A great victory. What next ? There is a lot of talk around [...]
Indian Royalty
Category: Chennai Super Kings,Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Rajasthan Royals,Shane Warne, Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by admin | No CommentsRajasthan Royals win Indian Premier League final by three wickets. Their victory in the inaugural IPL series, after being considered as underdogs prior to the start of this revolutionary new form of cricket, must go down to the leadership of Shane Warne. Many thought that this form of cricket would be a “Bollywood Spectacle” and [...]
Shane Warne in the IPL Finals
Category: Delhi Daredevils,Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Mumbai Indians,Rajasthan Royals,Shane Warne, Posted on June 1st, 2008 by admin | No CommentsImage via Wikipedia “We can play even better” Shane Warne stated this after booking a place in the final of the IPL. After an absolutely brilliant display by all rounder Shane Watson the Rajasthan Royals went on to easily defeat the Delhi Daredevils by 105 runs. You also must give huge credit to the captaincy [...]
Shane – No Shame Now
Category: Home Page,Rajasthan Royals,Shane Warne, Posted on May 26th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsIt would seem that the bad boy of cricket, Shane Warne, has at last settled down. Everyone remembers his infamous exploits of a few years back when he was either sending lewd text messages, having sex on the bonnet of a car or helping out bookmakers , not to mention his mum’s tablets. These exploits [...]
Past Greats
Category: Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Shane Warne, Posted on May 5th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsI wonder what past greats such as Dennis Lillie, Merv Hughes and Jeff Thomson would think about IPL Twenty20 cricket. Imagine what they would think about the huge payments the likes of Shane Warne and Andrew Symonds are receiving for 16 weeks !! If they were still playing now they would only be just catching [...]
Rajasthan Royals
Category: Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Rajasthan Royals,Shane Warne, Posted on May 4th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsThe Royals have had a very successful start to the IPL Twenty20 competition. Leading from the front Shane Warne has set a high standard for his team. After a first up loss to Delhi DareDevils the team has had 4 wins in a row against the Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Charges, Royal Challengers Bangalore and [...]
New blood
Category: Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Rajasthan Royals,Shane Warne, Posted on May 4th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsSwapnil Asnodkar, Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja are the players of the future. These young Rajasthan Royals players have been given a great chance by Shane Warne, captain coach of the team, to compete against the best, including Sourav Ganguly in the IPL competition. He was very happy with the enthusiasm and willingness to learn [...]
Who’s umpiring ??
Category: Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Shane Warne, Posted on May 4th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsThe suspension of match referee Pratap Kumar for one match and Shane Warne and Sourav Ganguly each being fined 10 per cent of their match fees for undisciplined conduct on the field makes you wonder how far this type of big stick attitude will go. Does this mean that you cannot question decisions ? I [...]
IPL Offers International Opportunity
Category: Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Shane Warne, Posted on May 4th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsWith the Australian Cricket Team preparing for the up coming tour of the West Indies the IPL will be without some of their top players returning home to Australia, this will mean many of their positions are being filled by up and coming young Indian players who are not very well known or unknown on [...]