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    Can Tendulkar get 100 international hundreds?

    5 years back it looked highly likely. A year and a half back it looked highly unlikely. Right now it's looking possible but difficult. It would be an awesome achievement and given the uncertain future of test cricket he would perhaps be the only one to achieve it. As of now Tendulkar has 42...
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    The globalization of cricket

    The ICC seems quite serious about promoting cricket around the world even in countries without any serious tradition of the game. The recent discussion about 20/20 at the Olympics is part of that trend. There is no question that the format is quite well-suited to the Olympics and the presence of...
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    The World Cup that England won!

    I admit I have never heard of it before but it was the Rothman's World Cricket Cup in 1966. http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1966/OTHERS+ICC/RWCC/ The format is a bit on the weird side but England won both their games making them champions. Has any other team become world champions...
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    Sydney 1964:why didn't SA go for the win?

    I was browsing old scorecards recently and I came across this match I hadn't seen before. It was last test of the 63-64 series between Australia and South Africa with the series tied at 1-1. South Africa needed just 171 runs but they ended up only 76-0 after 24 8-ball overs (equal to 32 6-ball...
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    Gems of English Cricket

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKN6L5OwiJ0 Something to cheer English cricket fans after their team's latest overseas fiasco. :laugh: Particularly worth seeing are the video clips of Hammond and Hutton after the 50 second mark; I don't think I have seen either before. Hammond in particular is...
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    Wonderful Bradman video clip

    This may have been put up elsewhere but I think it's good enough to deserve its own thread. It's a ten minute compilation of video clips from Bradman's career including a very brief colour clip right at the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSjK_l5PqfA&feature=related At around the 7 minute...
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    Chain of cricketers from 1877 to 2007

    This may have been done before but it would be interesting to construct a chain of test cricketers from the first test ever played in 1877 to 2007. The rule is that the first player must have played the first test ever played. The next player should have played in at least one test with or...
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    Explain this umpiring decision

    I don't know if this video has been posted here but I saw it a few days ago and it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBAMDCv5c9A It's a bit too good to be true though so I am guessing it's from some tv show or ad or something. Still quite amusing...
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    The history of India-Pakistan finals

    Today's game got me thinking about the history of India-Pakistan finals in ODI (and now TT) cricket. IIRC the first one was the World Championship in Australia in 1985 which India won comfortably. Probably the biggest tournament with an India-Pakistan final. Then there was a low-scoring final...
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    The history of innovations in cricket

    For this thread I am thinking of innovations in batting,bowling and fielding rather than things like ODI's ,covered pitches etc. For instance Ranji is generally credited with pioneering the fine glance and perhaps the late cut. It doesn't necessarily have to be the absolute first player to...
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    Best keeper in the world today?

    Who is the best man behind the stumps (ignoring the batting side of the equation)? I don't have much of an idea about this. Gilchrist has a fantastic dismissal rate but that isn't necessarily decisive. I suppose Boucher and Sangakarra are two other candidates. Does anyone who follows this...
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