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Sri Lanka Send South Africa Packing in Champions Trophy Opener

Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago

South Africa might have just talked themselves up a bit too much before this Champions Trophy. For in the opening game of the tourney, they crashed to a 55-run drubbing at the hands of the Sri Lankans, a game in which they never looked like the pre-tournament favorites they were supposed…

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One-Day Cricket Stumbles On

Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago

In my last post, I wrote about the problems the modern one-day international faces in an increasingly busy cricket calendar. The two one-day international series currently underway, the England-Australia post-Ashes jamboree, and the triangular Compaq Cup, starring India, New Zealand and Sri…

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One-Day Cricket Needs Smarter Scheduling

Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

The one-day game, the harbinger of so much change to cricket worldwide, is seriously in need of an overhaul. Ever since the twenty-over version of cricket has occupied center-stage, its position has appeared untenable. Its faults appear to be many: too long, too predictable, and too flaccid in…

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