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    Whats do people think is the maximum age to join a cricket team

    i actually started teaching myself to play at the age of 16-17, and have been playing a little club/school cricket since I was about 19. With no coaching, probably explains why I suck so bad.
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    England whinge about India tour itineray

    Two-test seriesd don't make sense Its about time someone in the BCCI had some sense! I also agree with the point that the international calendar needs to be less cramped, allowing the top players to play domestic cricket as well.
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    If convicted will he ever play international cricket again?

    according to wada rules, the player's identity is not supposed to be released until after testing the "b" sample. this makes it more likely that the scumbag asif will get off free because of this technicality.
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    Most unpopular cricketer from each country?

    definitely not ganguly. maybe someone like sreesanth or harbhajan.
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    Doping scandal in IPL

    I highly doubt that he didn't know what he was doing the first time. Just a bunch of lies that the PCB bought so that he could still play. India probably would have done the same thing. Cricket administrators in the subcontinent are dire.
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    The Future of International Cricket

    tour iteneraries need to be standardized, and all teams should play an equal number of matches in a given year (ie. a cap of 12-15 tests, 15 - 20 ODI's a year). ICC tournaments would be outside this cap. The two test/7 ODI series needs to be scrapped. Pitches need to be produced to produce a...
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    Future of US Cricket

    pretty sure that it folded, haven't heard anything. that's the league that proposed 5 ball overs right? i think they wanted to bring cricket to a more mainstream audience, but the way forward would definitely be to get it on ESPN here in the states. They did televise asia cup matches on...
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    Doping scandal in IPL

    i'm sure some of you are hoping that it's harbhajan
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    Doping scandal in IPL

    Just saw this on Cricinfo: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/current/story/360969.html . Not surprising at all. Just I don't understand how you would have to determine the identity of the player, they should have the identity attached to the specimen if they did it right.
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    Future of US Cricket

    I guess I am reviving this thread because I just read an article on Allen Stanford and twenty20 cricket in Time Magazine (a major news magazine in the US). Here is the article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1821658,00.html I personally think t20 is the only way forward for...
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    Proposals to radically change Test Cricket

    in the short run, I think fast bowlers will get tired faster when bowling 8 or 10 ball overs. But, I think it is because bowlers are used to 6 ball overs and train accordingly. I don't know how higher class bowlers practice (ie. number of balls they bowl before a rest), but if you say practice...
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    Proposals to radically change Test Cricket

    yeah, i guess it works then! the important thing is to allow room for these sort of miracle, come-from-behind victories to occur. In a match over 5 days, the best team is naturally the most likely to win, so i think you can't stack the deck that much more against the other team, since they are...
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    Proposals to radically change Test Cricket

    The proposal to limit the amount of time a team batting 3rd would have likely killed the India vs Australia match in 2001, widely remembered for India following on and winning on the back of Laxman's 281 and Harbhajan's last day heroics. Australia first innings: 445 in 131.5 overs India first...
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    Do you like Andrew Symonds?

    the only good things about symonds are that he is a gun fielder and how he decked that streaker. apart from that, i hate him.
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    ICC $300 Million to lift world standards

    i don't see why there is such an anti-US bias. i mean, sure the national board is crap, but there is a lot of cricket being played at the club level. Personally, I think we need additional funds to further the development of the game. To me, that means new cricket grounds and better...
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    ***Official*** India in Sri Lanka

    good to see yuvraj dropped from the test side - he needs to sort himself out. i'm not convinced with including rohit sharma in the squad, he hasn't done anything in FC cricket. would much rather see someone like Mohammed Kaif or Badri included over him. Let rohit play some FC cricket and...
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    ***Official*** India in Sri Lanka

    I think India have got a few decent options in regards to pace: Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan, Pathan, Ishant Sharma, and to some degree RP Singh. And I haven't even mentioned some of the other fringe bowlers. There's no need for players like Praveen Kumar and Joginder Sharma if you ask me - I think...
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    ***Official*** India in Sri Lanka

    its not that big of a deal as rahul dravid hasn't been playing well. would much rather see laxman at #3 as he's been in good form. If dravid regains his form, then by all means promote him to #3. Can't wait to see BHAJJI back in action!
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    Ishant Sharma...overcoached?!

    also worth noting is the flat pitches used in Asia Cup...that said, India tend to overrate all of their players - fast bowlers especially.
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    Cricket World Cup and it's future.

    i like the idea of drawn out qualifying period. You could stack it so that 12 teams play, such that 11 or so ought to be the best sides.... Each division would have a qualifying tournament that includes the traditional ODI/ test countries, with minnows playing in an earlier tournament to...

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