Posted on 17 November 2009 by rahul simhadri | | Tags: cricket, ICC, International Cricket Council, Test cricket
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Can Test match survive in the wake of the growing popularity of T20 format of the game, this is a question asked by many in the recent times.The Marylebone Cricket Club which is the custodian of the laws of cricket conducted a survey in places like South Africa, New Zealand and India [...]
Posted on 02 October 2009 by Jaipal Reddy | | Tags: cricket, football, league
The birth of IPL has its roots from club football premiership leagues across different countries of Europe. The home away concept taken from them and modified the winner deciding factor to semifinals and final playoffs where as in different premier leagues which are played through out the season are decided on points basis.
The shorter format [...]
Posted on 18 August 2009 by rahul simhadri | | Tags: Ball of the Century, cricket, England, Leg break, Mike Gatting, Shane Warne, Stump, Test cricket
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The Ball of the Century, also referred to as the Gatting Ball or simply The Magic Ball, is the nickname given to a delivery bowled by Australia’s Shane Warne to England’s Mike Gatting. The incident occurred on day two of the first Test of the 1993 Ashes series, which took place at Old [...]
Posted on 11 July 2009 by rahul simhadri | | Tags: August, Colombo, cricket, Final, Galle, Grounds, India, International, Lanka, Premadasa, Schedule, Sept, September, series, Stadium, Test, Zealand, Zeland
Sri Lanka announced the schedule for the Sri Lanka, New Zealand, India tri series.New Zeland will first play two tests and a T20 then India will join for the ODI’s
1st Test NZ vs Sri Lanka
August 18 to 22
at Galle International Stadium.
2nd [...]
Posted on 08 July 2009 by rahul simhadri | | Tags: Ashes, ashes 2009, Australia, Brett lee, cricket, England
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Brett Lee who was expected to the spearhead the Australian bowling attack against the English in the Ashes is ruled out for the first two matches as he suffered a tear in the side muscle. Australia will miss his experience as the remaining bowling attack is relatively inexperienced. He is also a doubtful [...]
Posted on 07 June 2009 by rahul simhadri | | Tags: Andre Fletcher, Brett lee, chris gayle, cricket, Gayle, Jerome Taylor, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Sri Lanka
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Gayle said he preferred T20 to Test cricket and yesterday he just showed us ,why ? when he scored 88 off just 50 balls and helped Windies Storm past Aussies. On the other hand despite Aussies repeated insistence of having a good squad and being in best shape Aussies were not comfortable [...]
Posted on 06 June 2009 by rahul simhadri | | Tags: cricket, Drik Nannes, England, Jeroen Smits, kevin pietersen, Lord, Luke Wright, Netherlands, Peter Borren, Ravi Bopara, T20 world cup
England’s worst ever limited overs defeat- that’s what the British press called the England’s 4 wicket defeat against the Netherlands yesterday at Lord’s. The Netherlands skipper Jeroen Smits described as “unbelievable” and “special” their sensational victory over host England in the opening match of the ICC T20 World Cup at Lord’s. “This result speaks for [...]
Posted on 04 April 2009 by sanjay | | Tags: cricket, cricrepublic, Fan Post
CricRepublic.com has a unique place for its readers, viewers and every cricket fan at large. We are in constant pursuit of knowing cricket, cricketers and cricket fans. At CricRepublic, our team sees the website as the heart of any cricket fan around the globe. We always want to portray opinions in this fashion. Hence we [...]
Posted on 28 March 2009 by sanjay | | Tags: cricket, cricrepublic
Cricket is one sport / game that is loved by many. The present day scenario sees cricket as more than a sport. Cricket is the next major religion. Every cricket fan is more than a critic. The sport gets people of all ages together in single spirit.
And for team CricRepublic, It is no different. We [...]