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The Final Walk of the Wizard from Oz
A couple of weeks ago, Shane Warne announced via his twitter account that this IPL season would be the last season of professional cricket for him. With that comes to an end one of the most fascinating chapters of a sportsman. His career has been plagued with scandals starting with his dealing with bookies, a […]
MS Dhoni: An Assured Level-5 Leader
April 16, 2011 by clearcricket
I remember the day very clearly. It was the 8th of November 2008. A Saturday. It was the third day of the final Test match of the series (at Nagpur) between India and Australia. I had watched the most gripping session of Test cricket in my Melbourne home. Having commenced the day on 189 for […]
Auction? No Thanks, We’re Cricket Lovers
January 20, 2011 by clearcricket
A few days before the auction of the players was to begin for the 4th season of the IPL, I was discussing about cricket with someone who isn’t exactly an ardent follower of the game. He laughed and said that the players were going to be sold off like prostitutes. I didn’t know what to […]
On the IPL and Cricket in India: Don’t watch the circus
January 9, 2011 by clearcricket
Of all the clichés that are abound in the IPL, the most aggravating is this notion that the IPL gives upcoming Indian talent an opportunity. IPL owners and the IPL itself are invariably falling over each other to point out how much they are contributing to developing talent for India. This is nonsense, but it […]
ICC World Cup 2011
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- New Zealand 1-1 England report cards: grading every England and New Zealand player
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Alternative Cricket Almanack
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Bloody Cricket
- Pakistan v England Series: Controlled Chaos
- Shahid Afridi, The Leg Spinner
- It is Really the Tip of the Iceberg This Time
- A sad day for the authentic man's game
- Welcome to the Cult, Chosen Ones - Post TGME
- Well done Senator Rehman Malik
- Prescribed Ettiquettes and Attitudes for TGME (The Greatest Match Ever)
- Payback is a mean bitch - To the 12 years of pain.
- The 10 Commandments of Shahid Afridi
- Fast bowling - of orgasms and its mega porn star
Bored Cricket Crazy Indians
- The big IPL hangover before the WTC Final
- IPL Final After Effects
- Types of Dhoni Fans.
- Inside CSK and GT camps before the IPL final
- What makes Virat Kohli go on and on
- Dhoni after CSK.
- The day Rohit Sharma lost his appetite.
- Can Kohli-Gambhir spat inspire Delhi Capitals?
- Indian cricket: Stuck in a moment
- Delhi Capitals Update
Cricketing View
- On Pressure
- Is This Bowled?
- Podcast Episode Seven: Snehal Pradhan
- Episode Six: Daniel Norcross (Part II)
- Podcast Episode 05: Daniel Norcross (Part I)
- Podcast Episode Four: Gary Naylor
- Podcast Episode Three: Tim Wigmore & Freddie Wilde
- Podcast Episode Two: Gaurav Sabnis
- Podcast Episode One: Subash Jayaraman
- Archer, Smith Headline Memorable Fourth Day At Lord's
Cricket with Balls
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Lansdown Ladies
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Man in Beige
- New Zealand Claim Historic Win; On Verge Of Internal Collapse
- Kevin Pietersen Threatens to Quit Twitter, ‘May Have Tweeted Last Tweet'
- Ross Taylor calls For More Breaks In New Zealand’s Increasingly Congested Off-Season
- Recent Sightings Spark Fierce Debate Over Existence Of ‘Test Cricket’
- Tendulkar dropped - selectors frustrated by 'unfulfilled potential'
- Lost Gate Receipts Will ‘Cripple’ Australia in the Long-Term, Claims Dhoni
- South Africa shake off ‘Chokers’ tag after tight 258 run win
- My Favourite Cricketer - Gavin Larsen
- Taylor defiant ahead of Australia series: “We might not lose both games by an innings”.
- The Beige Archives: Historic History: 1932 - Scientists outline ‘Fast Leg Theory'
The Randwick End
- Mankad dismissal hides English frailties
- 2013 Rugby League World Cup Overview
- Slapdash Cricketers
- The Pat Cummins Complex
- This is for the true believers
- Cricket Australia Contracts: Who’s in and out
- New South Wales Team Picking Blog #254768
- League Fans royally shafted
- Save the Associates!
- Soaken and defeated in the Shire
Sid Vee
- Moving…
- Remember this guy from the Karachi Test in 1989?
- Steve Bucknor unplugged
- Backyard tales: when England trounced India in 1993
- Kapil’s crazy day out in Kent
- If Wasim Akram were to bowl today…
- The power and glory of Jasprit Bumrah
- The uncategorisable Virat Kohli
- Ind v Aus: a storied World Cup rivalry
- The forgotten parts of unforgettable World Cup games
Straight Points
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SoAL
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Test Match Sofa
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Thoughts from the Dustbin
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Turn and Bounce
- It Ain’t Over…
- Tom Maynard
- Twenty20 Vision
- The Only Way Is Up
- Anticipation
- 2012 – Year of the Glamorgan Dragon?
- Glamorgan – The 12 Innings Of Christmas (2011, Pt.12)
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Clear Cricket 
May 20, 2011 by clearcricket
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