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    *Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium

    Even though Australia may end up losing this test, I have seen enough before lunch to say Australia will likely dominate rest of the series. It's a matter of taking the England bowlers on and it's very easy to score against them. I think Rogers sets a negative tone for Australia with his dogged...
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    *Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium

    Warner will be gutted to have lost his wicket to a very innocuous bowler.
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    *Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium

    Australia should play as if it's their 1st innings because they can easily overhaul this target. There are no gremlins and it's actually getting easier as more overs are played on it.
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    CPL gets no love here ?

    It's actually been dominated by Gayle, Fletcher, Samuels for the most part, KP has had one good knock, Pollard has played couple of good knocks, Vettori and Kallis have been steady without dominating. The big hitting WI all rounder Brathwaite has done well and a couple of the WI fast bowlers...
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    CPL gets no love here ?

    It's been a very good tournament. It comes on bedtime my time and since I get the channels free with broadband it makes for a good viewing on a tablet. I have watched few of the matches in full and falling asleep during a few others (not through boredom). The overseas picks haven't been too...
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    Is Cricinfo in cahoots with ICC?

    Any time I want to publish a comment critical of the ICC it never gets published but all my other comments are. For example, I criticised ICC's decision to reduce the World Cup to 10 teams and suggested that it (ICC) was possibly a corrupt organisation and that the treat of rebel leagues popping...
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    Is Jonty Rhodes the best fielder International Cricket has seen ?

    Guys like Collingwood and Ponting came remotely close. Rhodes truly was on a different level though. There might have been a few in FC cricket that I am not aware of, but of all the cricket I've seen, Rhodes was easily the best. Symonds was brilliant as well as is Andre Russell. Edit: I've...
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    Nice to see couple of Associate players in the CPL

    The Canadian player is of Indian origin but born in Canada while the American was born in America. I think the American is of African-American heritage, not West Indian, which is good to see because the whole idea is to promote the game within the local communities not just among expats and...
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    Nice to see couple of Associate players in the CPL

    I suggested a few months back that each of the Big Bash franchise could provide a place to a player from the associate nations and it's nice to see the CPL has been proactive in this regard. There is an American and a Canadian playing in this year's tournament. It could be an incentive to raise...
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    Caribbean Premier League 2015

    CPL has become my second favourite T20 behind Big Bash. Excellent atmosphere , coupled with some top T20 players on show. I hate the fact that they have a female commmentator for the sake of it, but apart from that it's a good viewing. I also like the fact that squads are consistent from one...
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    I see. But he looked very ordinary. I was listening to Jeremy Coney just prior to the start of the match and he wasn't impressed with his selection.
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    ImpatientLime, Because some guys take slightly longer than others to establish themselves. And let's face it, do you seriously think Buttler would have done any better against Mitchell Johnson in the last Ashes? A few guys have bloated international average(s) while some heavily underperform in...
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    By the way, why did NZ select Mathieson when I see Neesham is fit and playing in the CPL and they probably have one or two other guys (like Bracewell and few other semi regulars) playing either county or club cricket in England?
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    Isn't on the same planet? A guy who averages 43 at Headingly (typically something in it for the bowlers) compared to a Buttler, who averages 34 with most of his cricket played on one of the best batting tracks in the country. I'll give you that Buttler is a potentially a great impact player, in...
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    I think Bairstow is better than Buttler in both keeping and batting. I've just had a closer look at Buttler's stats. Buttler is somewhat overrated for now. His average of 52 in test cricket is only after a handful of matches, aided, in part, by three not outs. This could come down pretty...
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    Bairstow looks a far better wicketkeeper than Buttler and I would suggest a better batsman as well, the latter at least for now. Let Buttler play as a batsman and get the best out of himself. Is he good enough to play as batsman only in the test side? His FC record isn't anything to write home...
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    Some cricket fans are never happy

    It turned out to be a great match in the end. I guess sometimes you have to allow both innings to complete before making judgement.
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    I think McCullum needs to stop taking liberties. I think he should play himself in a tad more. Sure, hit bad balls but try to take into account the quality of bowler, pitch, ball moving around, etc, unless is a very flat surface, I really do think he needs to show a bit more respect. He is the...
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    What happens with someone like Grant Elliot? He is very unlikely to play in the next World Cup considering he is 35 but had a very good World Cup and a decent series here. Do NZ have adequate replacement? I think he will probably play on until he has a few bad games in a row when he will...
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    *Official* New Zealand in England 2015

    Shame this series wasn't live free-to-air because it could have won some new fans to the game in the UK. I watched bits of the test and this series through online streaming (acceptable quality though not the best) but didn't want to pay for weekly NowTV passes having paid for six during the...

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