Second Test WI vs Aus
Category: Australia,Home Page,West Indies, Posted on June 4th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsSt.Johns, Antigua Second Test played to a draw at Vivian Richards Cricket Ground. After Australia set West Indies 372 to win on the last day of the second test at Antigua the W.I. team went on to finish at 266-5 finishing the Second Test in a draw. Australia first innings : 479-7 declared. Katich 113, [...]
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 [...]
Ponting joins 10,000 club cricket
Category: Australia,Home Page,West Indies, Posted on June 1st, 2008 by admin | No CommentsRicky Ponting has joined the 10,000 run club after reaching the goal just after the tea break in the second Test in Antigua against the West Indies. It was Pontings 118 th. Test. Only Brian Lara reached this goal in less matches, he required 111.Ponting’s achievement has been somewhat overshadowed by the fighting century by [...]
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 [...]
Stanford Twenty 20
Category: England,Home Page,IPL - Twenty20,West Indies, Posted on May 4th, 2008 by admin | No CommentsA new twenty20 competition worldwide proposed by Texan philanthropist. Allen Stanford a sponsor of professional sports is pushing ahead with the idea of making the Twenty20 competition the most popular sport in the world. With the concept of a 20-20-20 winner take all version of the game the first step in that direction. This is [...]