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A Different Stroke: Flower to rest key England players

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The unofficial blog of World Cricket! Thursday, May 20, 2010. Flower to rest key England players. England international cricket coach Andy Flower may rest some of his key players as they face a hectic schedule over the rest of 2010. The team are still celebrating after their impressive victory in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament, but they are due to play a Test series against Bangladesh in the coming weeks. Flower has also moved to stop England players getting too carried away about their Twenty20 trium...

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A Different Stroke: England 'still not Ashes favourites'

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The unofficial blog of World Cricket! Thursday, July 01, 2010. England 'still not Ashes favourites'. England's recent dominance over Australia in the short forms of cricket does not make them favourites to successfully defend the Ashes this winter, according to one legend. England are on the hunt for a comprehensive win over Ricky Ponting's side and this has led to real belief they could hold an advantage mentally over Australia by the time the Ashes series gets underway later in the year. The one thing ...

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A Different Stroke: What Sport Will Get More Attention in England for Next Few Weeks? Cricket or Football?

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The unofficial blog of World Cricket! Thursday, June 24, 2010. What Sport Will Get More Attention in England for Next Few Weeks? England soccer team qualified for the World Cup 2010 Knockout Stages. Which will draw a significant attention towards the game of football among English sports fan. This might well disrupt the interest for ongoing cricket series between Australia and England. While host South Africa along with New Zealand and Australia failed to make it further beyond the first round itself.

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A monkey at the cricket: Why is Ishant in the T20 team?

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A monkey at the cricket. YellowMonkey, a cricket pundit from Australia. He now also lives at http:/ blogs.livemint.com/blogs/silly point/default.aspx. Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Why is Ishant in the T20 team? None more so than Ishant Sharma, who has dazzled cricket watchers across the world in the last 15 months with his rapid rise. It was not the raw statistics and wicket count that impressed, but Ishant’s ability to manoeuvre the batsman and make world-leading batsmen look inept. Given all this, it&...

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A Different Stroke: Bresnan fears for Ashes

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The unofficial blog of World Cricket! Thursday, June 03, 2010. Bresnan fears for Ashes. There is some concern that bowler Tim Bresnan could miss England's battles to retain the Ashes in Australia this winter. It has been confirmed the Yorkshire star will not play in the second and final Test against Bangladesh at Old Trafford – and Ryan Sidebottom has replaced him in the squad for that match. However, Flower also had some words of encouragement for the Yorkshireman. He told the Mirror that he believes Fi...

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A Different Stroke: Finn 'will be a Test star'

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The unofficial blog of World Cricket! Thursday, June 17, 2010. Finn 'will be a Test star'. Steve Finn is a quality bowler who possesses all the attributes to trouble Australia during the winter Ashes series, according to one of his England colleagues. Stuart Broad was recently given time off from playing to go on a period of "intensive strengthening", and now Finn, a newcomer to the Test arena, is also going to be sent on a similar period of work in the gym. While Finn has come in and taken Test cricket ...

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A monkey at the cricket: Raina's golden opportunity

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A monkey at the cricket. YellowMonkey, a cricket pundit from Australia. He now also lives at http:/ blogs.livemint.com/blogs/silly point/default.aspx. Thursday, March 5, 2009. His talent has never been in question, but Suresh Raina’s international position has perpetually been questioned. Now he has a better opportunity than ever to prove his doubters wrong. This year, Raina is in Gambhir’s position. The stakes are even more tangible, with impending retirements in the middle-order looming ever ...If only...

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A monkey at the cricket: Haddin and Jordon

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A monkey at the cricket. YellowMonkey, a cricket pundit from Australia. He now also lives at http:/ blogs.livemint.com/blogs/silly point/default.aspx. Sunday, February 1, 2009. The First Test in Bombay had seen Australia take a first innings lead. The match was marred by a controversial umpiring decision on the fourth day when Srinivas Venkataraghavan. Was given out caught behind after missing the ball by roughly a foot, a decision that m. During the chaos, Johnny Gleeson. A surge in the demand for ticke...

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A monkey at the cricket: Rewind 1999: The birth of Jayawardene

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A monkey at the cricket. YellowMonkey, a cricket pundit from Australia. He now also lives at http:/ blogs.livemint.com/blogs/silly point/default.aspx. Friday, January 23, 2009. Rewind 1999: The birth of Jayawardene. A truly brilliant post.effortlessly captured the nuances of that match without being biased about facts. Though i rate jayawardene highly but still feel he has not lived upto his true potential yet.maybe in earlier part of his career when he used to play sweet short innings and then throw...

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A monkey at the cricket: Do journalists from the Times use Wikipedia?

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A monkey at the cricket. YellowMonkey, a cricket pundit from Australia. He now also lives at http:/ blogs.livemint.com/blogs/silly point/default.aspx. Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Do journalists from the Times use Wikipedia? Http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith Miller. Http:/ timesonline.typepad.com/line and length/2009/01/ashes-heroes- 3.html. I must say that I wonder whether the author of the Times blog Patrick Kidd looked at the Wikipedia that I wrote on Keith Miller and used it as a research tool. It wou...