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  1. Bluey Zarsoff

    Ricky Ponting On The Clarke/katich Incident

    Ricky Ponting has a new book out called "At the Close of Play". In it he provides his account of the now infamous Michael Clarke / Simon Katich incident. From an article in the daily newspaper on Ricky Ponting's book: Michael Clarke's relationship with Lara Bingle put him at odds with his...
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    Coatings On Bats Do Effect Hot Spot Readings

    Hot Spot inventor Warren Brennan has confirmed coatings on bats DO make a difference to Hot Spot readings. Brennan bought a pile of bats with different coatings and conducted tests, and the bats with 2 coatings on them had their reading on Hot Spot "reduced by about 10 fold". "Then when the...
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    Sachin Tendulkar Will Retire After 200 Test Appearance

    Sachin Tendulkar will retire after playing his 200th Test against the West Indies in India, in November. Making Tendulkar the first player to reach the 200-Test mark.
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    Nic Maddinson Chosen For Debut

    Australia has chosen Nic Maddinson for his international debut in Thursday's Twenty20 clash with India in Rajkot. But captain George Bailey says he won't settle on a squad until he can make a proper assessment of the conditions. Unfortunately heavy rain is forecast for the match and might...
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    Hot Spot Won't Be Used In Ashes Series

    Channel 9 has ditched Hot Spot for the upcoming Ashes series.
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    Ashes Tour Fixturing Stuff Up

    Owing to a fixturing stuff up England will play a 2nd string NSW line-up in November: Cricket NSW admits it had already planned to field a second-string team for the tour match against England at the SCG in mid-November, but the visitors won't be able to accuse the hosts of attempting to...
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    Sri Lanka A Vs New Zealand A

    Sri Lanka 'A' piled up 6 declared for 555 (Kaushal Silva 193, Kithuruwan Vithanage 116). But New Zealand 'A' have shown some pluck with 391 in reply. Interesting to see Luke Ronchi make 134 for his newly adopted country (though he was actually born there).
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    England Names Ashes Touring Team & Inc Panesar

    England has named it's 17 man touring parting for the upcoming Ashes series: 1 Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), 2 Joe Root (Yorkshire), 3 Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), 4 Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), 5 Ian Bell (Warwickshire), 6 Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wkt), 7 Matt Prior (Sussex, wkt), 8 Stuart...
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    Nsw Goes Big. Huge!

    NSW went nuts in their 50 over game against WA the other day. 7 for 465 and won by a crazy 252 runs. Rohrer scored 108 off 66 balls. Carters 91 off 70. Henriques 87 off 55. Maddinson 76 off 48. Looks like India A might be on their way to a big score in their match against West Indies A after...
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    Shreesanth & Ankeet Chavan Get Life Bans From Bcci

    Rajasthan Royals & India fast bowler Shreesanth has received a life ban by the BCCI for his involvement in spot-fixing in the IPL in 2013. His Royals team-mate, Mumbai spinner Ankeet Chavan was also banned for life, following the board's disciplinary committee meeting in Delhi on Friday. Good...
  11. Bluey Zarsoff

    G'day From Bluey

    Thought I'd get a few lazy posts up before I bothered with an intro. Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not going to tell you a darn thing about me other than that I'm a cricket fan and used to play the game. But what I will tell you about is where I got my name from: Bluey Zarsoff was a member...
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    What Is The Ideal Length Of A One Day Match?

    50 x 6 ball overs seems too long and people often find the middle overs boring to watch. 20/20 is really too short and is often little more than hit and giggle stuff. What do posters think the ideal duration would be for one day games? I think either 30 or 35 overs would work best. Probably...
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