Melbourne - Aus won toss, opted to bat
Brisbane - Aus won toss, opted to bat
Lord’s - Eng won toss, opted to bowl
Oval - Eng won toss, opted to bowl
Not only are they staging magical comebacks, this Indian team is making tosses irrelevant - honestly that is quite staggering
Eng won the last series in SL 2-0, on wickets that turned sharply. And lost tosses in both games. So those complaining about the pitch might want to consider that this might have a teeny bit to do with the quality of batsmanship from Rohit, and the ability of the Indian spinners.
From being under-spoken about, over the last decade, analytics is increasingly becoming an abused word in cricket, often reduced to a cliche
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The breakthrough comes, finally - A marathon performance from
@rashidkhan_19
, if ever there was one. Bowling 90+ overs in the desert heat and picking a 10 wicket haul, on a flat flat wicket. Outstanding stuff.
#AfgvsZim
In 2012, the coach of the Sri Lankan team who played that WC final in 2011 was also with KKR, and he told us that the man who took the game away from them was Gautam Gambhir.
Never gets his due for one of the great World Cup knocks under pressure!
Gautam Gambhir, April 2nd, 2011
Sean Williams is such a quality cricketer. Fun fact: His mom was a part of the fabled 1980 Moscow Olympics gold winning Zim women's field hockey team which was hastily cobbled together, and was joint top scorer. One of the biggest cinderella stories in sport.
#AFGvZIM
It’s amazing how someone can be so good and at the same time be so grounded and self-aware. Birthday greetings to the legend that is Kane Williamson. Only respect.
Jadeja’s batting has gone off the charts in the last 4 months, especially his ability to power the ball over mid wicket off the back foot . Number 6/7 is the toughest place to bat and he is consistently producing the goods - Kudos to him.
This is what happens when you lose early wickets in challenging conditions. Even the mighty England is struggling to up the ante. And they are being intelligent in tempering their approach, and not blindly attacking.
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No surprise that golf helps cricketers, and have noticed quite a few golfer cricketers tending to hit big- significant focus on hitting technique and the swing in that sport, which unfortunately doesn’t prevail a lot in cricket.
The festivities begin - Here’s hoping for a safe tournament. A cracker of a game to start. The battle am most looking forward to - the one of the 6’8 debutants. Jansen vs Jamieson.
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