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 [...]
Brett Lee 5-5
Category: Australia,Home Page,West Indies, Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by admin | No CommentsImage via Wikipedia Second Test, Antigua (close day four) West Indies vs Australia Australian fast bowler Brett Lee tore the West Indies batting line up apart, taking 5 wickets for five runs off 18 balls. Lee was helped by some very questionable umpiring decisions, but the damage was done. The West Indies were dismissed for [...]
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 [...]
Tearful Ton
Category: Australia,Home Page, Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by admin | No CommentsMichael Clarke’s ton in the second Test in the West Indies was for his fiancee, Lara Bingle, after the loss of her father. A tearful Clarke looked to the heavens and dedicated his century to Graham Bingle, who died three weeks ago. With the Second Test in the balance , Australia declared at 7-479, as [...]
Hayden vows to stay
Category: Australia,Home Page,West Indies, Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by admin | No CommentsMathew Hayden vows to be fit enough to return to all forms of cricket. Stating on his arrival ” I am here to play for as long as I can” Returning to Brisbane after being ruled out of the West Indies tour and will be seeing a specialist in Melbourne to assess the damage to [...]
Moto GP
Category: Other Sports News, Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by admin | No CommentsImage via Wikipedia Australian Casey Stoner is on the podium again, after finishing second to Valentino Rossi, at Mugello. Valentino, “the King of Mugello” has been untouchable at this track for the past six seasons. Starting from pole, Rossi took the lead from Casey Stoner on the forth lap and set about creating a gap [...]
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 – 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 [...]
IPL Leaders
Category: Chennai Super Kings,Deccan Chargers,Delhi Daredevils,Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Kolkata Knight Riders,Mumbai Indians,Rajasthan Royals, Posted on May 5th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsThe top teams in the IPL would appear to be the Delhi Daredevils, Chennai Superkings and Rajasthan Royals each with eight points each after four games each. The Punjab Kings also have eight points, but they have played six games. The Deccan Chargers and the Mumbai Indians have only won one game each and are [...]
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 [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Kings XI Punjab
Category: Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,Kings XI Punjab,Kolkata Knight Riders, Posted on May 4th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsThe 22nd. Match of the IPL cricket tournament was a one sided event as Punjab went on to win their forth consecutive win of the series. At the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, kolkata were left with a chase of 179runs and after falling to 50 – 5 in the 10th over it was always going [...]