The Grudge Match
By The Spotter Let’s face it. The Proteas pretty much despise us. They’ve made that quite plain in the media, haven’t they? That flare-up with the Caps at the 2011[…]
Tagged: Cricket World Cup
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MVP Points from Martin Guptill Day
Knock-out time at the World Cup, and a match that will be replayed as often as the opening game of the 1992 Cricket World Cup. The records kept on falling,[…]
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Some tables to purr over.
At the end of every day in the cricket World Cup opta sends out a pdf file bursting at the seams with stats. As the tournament progresses, and the sample[…]
Martin Guptill Day
That New Zealand Cricket Think Tank continues to surprise. The Wellington Regional Stadium, blue skies, back to the scene of the England demolition and everyone was predicting a continuation of[…]
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New Zealand v West Indies trivia preview
At last, New Zealand finds itself with a knockout game at the Cricket World Cup. Some trivia. This will be the fourth time these sides have met at this venue,[…]
Sporting Pictures of the Week :- 20 March
Last Friday in Hamilton. New Zealand v Bangladesh in the Cricket World Cup. The two sets of fans mingling in the ground wearing their respective national colours. As you would[…]
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India v Bangladesh trivia preview
Eight of the last completed 10 One Day Internationals between these teams have been won by the chasing team. However, the most recent clash, at Dhaka in June 2014,[…]
South Africa v Sri Lanka trivia preview
Seven of the last eight One Day Internationals between these teams have been won by the team that batted first. All eight of these matches were played in Sri Lanka.[…]
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The World Cup Going Home Form XI
The group stages are over, and we prepare for the knock-out phase of the World Cup. Because or in spite of ICC’s brain explosion to limit the 2019 World Cup[…]
v Bangladesh. MVP points
The Bangladesh game, more than most, provided the chance for everyone to play their part. For the first time in the competition the opposing team batted out their 50 overs,[…]
