Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 3rd January 2008
The first test of 2008 is just two days old but has already produced some controversial umpiring decisions. Is it time for cricket to move into the 21st century and allow technology a greater role, or does the human element still provide some charm?
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 2nd January 2008
Cricket was originally a game played by English gentlemen, and one of the virtues those gentlemen held in high regard was honesty. However today’s modern cricketers do not seem to have the same level of honesty as those who played the game once had, chosing to stay at the crease rather than walk when they mistakenly given not out.
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 19th December 2007
Australia have chosen to rest star batsman Adam Gilchrist for the final Chappell-Hadlee ODI in Hobart on Thursday. But even without Gilchrist, Australia look to be cruising to an easy victory as the Black Caps’ batsmen look horribly out of form.
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 17th December 2007
After the Twenty20 game in Perth the Black Caps camp subtly raised questions over the legality of Australian tearaway bowler Shaun Tait’s action. While Tait angrily denied these allegations, it would seem the ICC’s own rules leave officials hamstrung for the time being.
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 13th December 2007
The loss in the Twenty/20 international against Australia showed that New Zealand have a long way to go if they are to defend the Chappell-Hadlee trophy. The biggest improvement must come from the batsmen, who struggled in the Australian conditions.
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 12th December 2007
In their last warm up match before the Chappell-Hadlee Series, New Zealand and Australia met in a Twenty/20 international at the WACA Ground in Perth. Amid the party atmosphere at the game, Australia won by 54 runs on the back of a brilliant innings by Andrew Symonds.
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 18th April 2007
Almost a week ago I posted an article to Sportingo saying that the semi finalists were a fore gone conclusion and got quite a bit of flak for it. After today’s win by South Africa, it looks like I was right.
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 11th April 2007
As the Super Eights winds down, the semi finalists are all but determined and is anyone really surprised?
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 28th March 2007
The Super Eights started today with the hosts the West Indies playing Australia. But just as the West Indies were about to start their run chase, the rain came forcing the game to be concluded tomorrow.
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Posted by Hamish McBrearty on 27th March 2007
Cricinfo are running an interesting article on the ICC pulling all World Cup clips off video sharing site YouTube.
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