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Short still sweet in clamour for Twenty20 world event
A Twenty20 world championship may be slotted into the calendar as soon as next year as the format born in England continues to pass every test of its popularity, writes Richard Hobson in The Times .
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
A Twenty20 world championship may be slotted into the calendar as soon as next year as the format born in England continues to pass every test of its popularity, writes Richard Hobson in The Times.
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Against bowlers of pace you can play with controlled aggression, for their sheer pace means you don't have to go hard at the ball
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
Against bowlers of pace you can play with controlled aggression, for their sheer pace means you don't have to go hard at the ball. Click here to attend the Bob Simpson coaching session.
Full postGilchirst avoids drop to No. 7
Trevor Marshallsea, the Sydney Morning Herald cricket writer who reported last week Adam Gilchrist was headed to No
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
Trevor Marshallsea, the Sydney Morning Herald cricket writer who reported last week Adam Gilchrist was headed to No. 7, writes the selectors backed away from a plan to remove him as an opener.
In the days immediately after Gilchrist went home to Perth for his break, following a golden duck in Australia's loss to South Africa on January 15, Hohns let the cat out of the bag by mentioning in conversation, firmly and clearly, that Gilchrist's time as a one-day opener had come to an end.Iain Payten, of the Daily Telegraph, warns critics not to write off Glenn McGrath.
Every year McGrath goes beyond the age of 30, someone has invariably come out of the woodwork and informed us the Narromine pig-shooter has run out of ammunition … Last summer, Viv Richards tagged the fast bowler long in the tooth; this year Jeff Thomson says he thinks McGrath is past his best. It's a familiar refrain. The problem with all the theories is that McGrath is still the world's best fast bowler - bar none.
'McGrath's best days are gone'
Jeff Thomson believes Glenn McGrath is too old and his effectiveness is in doubt for the 2007 World Cup.
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25-Feb-2013
Jeff Thomson believes Glenn McGrath is too old and his effectiveness is in doubt for the 2007 World Cup.
“I thought he was gone when we toured the West Indies last tour, but to his credit he bounced back from that,” Thomson said in the Daily Telegraph. “But I don't know if he can bounce back to his best. I think his best days are gone. He bowls tight but doesn't seem to be taking wickets. What doesn't help him is now Brett Lee is bowling better, and it makes McGrath look worse.”
Home-grown is the way forward
As the speculation surrounding Troy Cooley’s replacement as England bowling coach rumbles on, Mike Selvey says in The Guardian that only a home-grown coach will do for the job
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
As the speculation surrounding Troy Cooley’s replacement as England bowling coach rumbles on,
Mike Selvey says in The Guardian that only a home-grown coach will do for the job. This would rule out South Africa’s Allan Donald, who has been closely linked with the role – but Selvey wonders if he has even got the qualifications to do the job.
Perpetual petulance reaches its zenith
Vin Maskell has had enough of TV's constant slow-motion replays, and questions whether cricket on TV is losing its appeal :
Will
25-Feb-2013
Vin Maskell has had enough of TV's constant slow-motion replays, and questions whether cricket on TV is losing its appeal:
ARE cricketers really as obnoxious, overbearing and arrogant as they appear on television?
Does Brett Lee really have to do that mid-air kick or that chainsaw-pumping pantomime? Apparently so, but here's what we tend to forget: if Lee takes three wickets in an innings, he only does his party act three times. Not 10 or 20 times.
A-n-d n-o-t i-n p-er-p-e-t-u-a-l s-l-o-w m-o-t-i-o-n.
Full postNo time to play meek and humble
What do Evo Morales, the Iranian government and the Board of Control for Cricket in India have in common?
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
What do Evo Morales, the Iranian government and the Board of Control for Cricket in India have in common?
Easy. All three are challenging the status quo and being condemned by the establishment and their minions for so doing.
Fazeer Mohammed in the Trinidad and Tobago Express defends India's stand on the Future Tours Programme,pointing out that the ICC are still in a state of denial about the transition of power.
Full postBoycott the bar
No, Geoff hasn't given himself an ironic middle name
Will
25-Feb-2013
No, Geoff hasn't given himself an ironic middle name. Tim Fell, a Warwickshire supporter, has called on the public to avoid the bar at Edgbaston this season after the club announced they were banning people from bringing in their own alcohol:
Boycott the bar. That was cricket lover Tim Fell's cry today as he launched a campaign to save the tradition of spectators taking booze to Test and one-day matches.
Now Tim, a member since 1968, has urged fellow cricket followers to protest by boycotting Edgbaston's bars for an entire day's play during an England game this summer.
Full postSpring clean your club
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
The ECB’s NatWest CricketForce project is about to get underway for the fifth year running … and it’s not too late to get your club involved.
CricketForce encourages the game’s enthusiasts to give something back to their local community club by volunteering to undertake major renovations to clubhouses and grounds, as Andrew Strauss and Geraint Jones did last year, when they helped to spruce up Bexley CC in Kent.
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