The Duniyah Cricket Blog

Over the course of a long career, Sourav Ganguly has amassed more detractors than fans but even they would not accuse the Prince of Kolkata of lacking spunk. Ganguly burst into the international scene as a 24 year old, with a 100 in his debut match at Lords. That knock provided us with a first [...]

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So much has been written about in the past several months with regards to the decision made by our cricketers to honour their lucrative IPL contracts rather than playing for their Country in the hastily arranged tour of England next year which co-insides with the second season of the IPL.
Most of us Lankans here at [...]

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Michael Atherton recently said the Champions Trophy in Pakistan ‘was called off because the players didn’t fancy going.’  Ironically at the same time it seems these same players have made up their minds to compete for Olympic glory in 2020.  Comments praising the Olympics and the credibility of Twenty20 cricket as a sport have been [...]

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Seldom does one experience great pleasure and joy at being proved wrong and I happen to be one to experience such a feeling as Sri Lanka wrapped up an impressive series win over the Indians in the 3rd Test played at the P. Sara Stadium on the 11th. As those of you who read my [...]

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I am a massive fan of Kumar Sangakkara and have followed his development as a world class batsman with great interest over the years. Like many others, I have also read with great interest and admiration the plethora of articles that Sangakkara seems to be writing these days to various publications. The following comment made [...]

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When Virender Sehwag’s IPL Franchise decided to name themselves the Delhi Daredevils, they could not have chosen a more appropriate description of their captain.  Sehwag’s swashbuckling style has made him both a hero and a zero in his career and has infuriated opponents and teammates alike.  One week ago Geoffrey Boycott described him as talented [...]

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This summer when India tour Sri Lanka, there is no doubt that 4 of the most talented spinners in world cricket will be on show.  Sri Lanka have the great Muttiah Muralitharan with over 1000 wickets to his name in international cricket and the man hyped to be his successor, Ajantha Mendis.  India’s spinners (Anil [...]

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Yesterday, the world’s media reported that the result of the controversial Oval Test between England and Pakistan in 2006 is to be changed from an English victory to a draw.  The ICC is expected to make this change at its meeting in Dubai following pressure from the PCB.  A Cricinfo source stated“England and Pakistan [...]

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Last week I attended in London a “summit” organised by the Indian magazine Tehelka, the list of speakers and the title of the summit promised much. However much like anything to do with politics in the subcontinent, it disappointed ultimately as tired cliché after cliché was recycled without respite. Now the seminar was not without [...]

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We have the same debate after every poor performance, they come back with a great performance the next match but the underlying issues are never solved.
The only good decision made by Lawson and Malik is finally to get Malik to open with Butt. This combo MUST be kept for both ODI and Tests. There is [...]

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