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England Cricket!

England has just done what we doubted they’d do. That is winning the Ashes after being torn apart 18 months ago down under; 5-0. I’ll be the first to say I was wrong as I thought they’d lose again convincingly 4-1 but gladly I was wrong. If you look at the whole summer in general […]

Australia WIN!

Australia have won the World Cup for a record 5th time by beating co-hosts New Zealand. Australia 186/3 (33.1ovs) (Clarke 74, Smith 56*) BEAT  New Zealand 183 a.o.(45ovs) (Elliott 83, Johnson 3-30, Faulkner 3-36) by 7 wickets What a way to send Michael Clarke into odi retirement, and for Phil Hughes. Starc was absolutely sensational, all […]

Semi-Final 2

Australia 328/7 (50/50 overs) BEAT India 233 a.o. (46.5/50 overs) (Smith 105, Finch 81)                          (MS Dhoni 65,Dhawan 45) Australia won by 95 runs A valiant effort from India was not enough as Australia played an almost perfect game. India had cruised through the […]

Quarter Final No.3

Australia v Pakistan Pakistan 213 a.o. (Hazelwood 4/35) LOSE TO Australia 216/4 (Smith 65, Watson 64*) Australia won by 6 wickets A shoddy all round display from Pakistan ensured that Australia booked their semi-final match against India. In the end it was done with ease but Wahab Riaz delivered one of the most fearsome spells […]

First XI – Cricket World Cup Teams

Group A Australia – Warner, Finch, Watson, Smith, Bailey, Maxwell, Haddin, Marsh, Johnson, Hazelwood, Starc England – Hales, Bell,Root , Ali, Morgan, Buttler, Bopara, Woakes,Broad, Anderson, Finn Sri Lanka – Dilshan,Karunaratne, Sangakarra, Jayawardene, Chandimal, Mathews, Thirimanne, Perera, Malinga, Herath, Lakmal Bangladesh – Tamim, Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur, Shakib, Nasir, Mahmudullah, Mortaza, Razzak, Taskin, Rubel New Zealand – […]

All 14 squads announced and we are ready to go!

Well as we close in on the World Cup, all fourteen countries have sent their fifteen warriors to the battlefield to conquer the world. There are some yet exciting and surprising inclusions. In the other blog post I did about the teams who had confirmed their teams already will also be included in this as […]

Recent Round-Up in the Cricketing World

The death of Phillip Hughes shook us and is still immersed in us but it has vastly affected the great game. The Australians emotional first test was spectacular and I am sure Hughes would have been proud the way they played. DRS controversy rises again as BCCI gain another foothold in the ICC tree, many […]

Cricket Results

New Zealand 275/4 (Williamson 97, Taylor 88*) BEAT Pakistan 207 a.o. (Sohail 65, Henry 5/30) by 68 runs New Zealand capped a hard-fought tour of the UAE with a commanding win in the final match to take the ODI series against Pakistan 3-2. With the test series and the T20 series levelled the Kiwis edged […]

And still the number one odi team in the world is…… Australia!

Australia 275/8 (Watson 82, Peterson 4-32) BEAT South Africa 280/6 (De Kock 107, Cummins 3-54) Australia kept up their demolition style of cricket by showing the world why they are the number one team in the world and will be ranked number one until the world cup early next year. Other than the win, there were […]