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The decisive number in Barbados was not 188. It was 81 for 6.West Indies reached that point in the 21st over, with six wickets gone and only 81 on the board. Amir Jangoo and Gudakesh Motie then gave the innings a different shape. Their seventh-wicket stand added 81 in 106 balls, taking the score to … Continue reading At 81 for 6, West Indies found a match. New Zealand still found a way through it.
India finished on 360. In most ODIs that is the score you write about as a statement chase. At Lord’s, it was 27 short. The match was not decided by a lack of intent from India’s batting. It was decided by the difference between England’s finishing and India’s. England were 324/3 after 46.5 overs; after … Continue reading India did not lose the chase at 360. England won it in 23 balls.
Just about a week back, we had discussed about how players and teams are starting to focus more on white ball cricket and particularly on franchise leagues around the world, which might be the reason for the quality of Test Cricket declining (https://justcricket.home.blog/2021/12/25/is-cricket-a-dying-sport/). There are only 3-4 teams at the moment that are still competitive … Continue reading cricket moving on to a new trend: IS CRICKET A DYING SPORT – Part 2
Congratulations to the Australian cricket team for Winning the 3rd Test match on the 3rd day itself and retaining the Ashes as well. Before we discuss about this moment, lets back up just a few weeks. Pre-series, there was a lot of discussion going on about the lack of preparation for both teams going into … Continue reading Australia retain the ashes as england pushed further into darkness. Whats the way out ?
Kumar Sangakarra, Mahela Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Muralitharan, Heath Streak, Flower brothers, Brain Lara, Chanderpaul, Sarwan …. Remember those days ? With Neo Cricket, Ten Cricket as broadcasters and when watching Test Cricket between any test playing nation was actually interesting … Those were the golden days of cricket.. Checking the Top 10 teams rankings on … Continue reading IS CRICKET A DYING SPORT ?
Match Recap David Warner won the toss and elected to bat first. Deepak Chahar started off brilliantly with the ball to dismiss Bairstow not no score. Manish Pandey got a few boundaries away as Warner was batting conservatively. CSK were on top as they dismissed the SRH top order which is their strength early on. … Continue reading SRH v CSK – Just Cricket’s Commentary
Match Recap Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field first. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow came out to bat slightly conservatively as it was not an easy pitch to bat on and the bowling was very good as well. But they were keen on laying a good platform as the pair added 77 … Continue reading SRH v DC – Just Cricket’s Commentary
Match Recap Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first. After the loss in the previous game, RCB needed a positive start which is what they got from Aaron Finch. He had clear game plans to attack the bowling which he did with a bit of luck. Once Finch fell for 52, Kohli … Continue reading RCB v MI – Just Cricket’s Commentary
Match Recap Steve Smith won the toss and elected to field first which was slightly surprising after they won their first match batting first. Two top class Indian batsman KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal came out to bat for Punjab on a flat pitch with short boundaries and started off very well. Mayank Agarwal in … Continue reading RR v KXIP – Just Cricket’s Commentary
Match Recap‘You should choose to do what you are good at’. Sunrisers Hyderabad did exactly the same in today’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders. They are the first team in 2020 IPL to win the toss and choose to bat first. They have been historically the best team to defend any total and they did … Continue reading KKR v SRH – Just Cricket’s Commentary [By Guest Blogger Dipsankar]