58 days ago by homepaddock

942 Assassination of William I of Normandy. 1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud‘s armies in Delhi were defeated by Timur. 1531 – Pope Clement VII established a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal. 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicated Henry VIII. 1577 Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth o ...

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63 days ago by Murtaza Ali

Few modern day bowlers can terroririze opposition batsmen like Jeff Thompson did. The world of cricket is fast getting depleted of its most majestic breed of species: Fast Bowlers. The sport is beginning to forget about its most potent tool that once adorned its armory. It seems an almost ancient ma ...

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64 days ago by downatthirdman

Third Man likes Tony Greig. What you see – all six foot six of him in a world populated by the vertically challenged – is what you get. Tony has enlivened many an evening below stairs at the Great House, his huge frame, similarly oversized hat and immense Scottish brogue filling the Butler’s pantry ...

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91 days ago by Lutters

Andy Flower has been quoted as bemoaning the apparent insistence of the ICC pushing ODIs ahead of Test series today. What would once be a stand-out series of South Africa versus Australia is limited to just 2 games. In this case there are no ODIs but during the last English summer England played 4 t ...

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130 days ago by Som

Not many know that the manuscript of Shoaib Akhtar’s autobiography “ Controversially Yours” contained chapters in which the “Rawalpindi Express” offered radical views on most of cricket’s greatest names, except Ajit Agarkar. Libel-weary publishers, with business to run and family to feed, naturally ...

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177 days ago by Samir Chopra

One of my biggest regrets with regards to the ICL fiasco was that the ICL didn't long last enough to trigger a court case or two. It would have been interesting to see what courts (in any jurisdiction) would have made of the various national boards' actions during that sorry mess. The Indian Monopol ...

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188 days ago by notthefootyshow

Back in January we sounded alarm bells on this site when we penned “ Will Big Bash Save Australian Cricket?” In that article we stated how Cricket Australia believed that the Big Bash League would generate $300million. CEO Cameron Sutherland believing that the BIG Bash League will be bigger than Ker ...

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296 days ago by Nicole@MyIdeaLife

Like many in Australia I tuned in to the ABC’s Paper Giants on Sunday and Monday nights. I was born in the 70s and the footage of red rattlers~, paperboys selling at intersections, 20c tolls on the harbour bridge all brought back so many of my own childhood memories. Add to this the fact my Dad was ...

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