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  1. used2bcool

    India's Tour of Zimbabwe - July 2015

    Zimbabwe really just came unstuck at the absolute wrong times. In the first and third match they allowed India to recover from bad starts and in the second, their top order failed to carry the momentum from restricting the Indian batting after a good start. That middle order looks mighty frail...
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    Ashes 2015 - Australia tour of England July/September 2015

    Classic. Only thing I'd say is that I want Alastair Cook to go back to batting the way he was. It seems to me he's gotten caught up in this idea of aggressive cricket to the extent where he's been pushing and searching for runs, and that's just not his style. Let the aggression flow through...
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    India's tour of Bangladesh - June 2015

    Every time I watch Umesh Yadav I get the feeling that he just doesn't have a plan B. Plan A is bowl fast and hard at the batsman's body. And if that doesn't work, or the pitch is slow, or you need something else for the conditions, he has no answers. His international career is young, and...
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    Cricket Coach 2016 - Coming late 2015!

    That countdown is now at 23 days and change. Any news on features/price/screenshots/anything at all for the new game? EDIT: (06/22/15) Counter is gone! No update on game that I can see.
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    I thought that was just hyperbole or Cook backing his man. Didn't think people seriously thought that there's a better fast bowler in the world than Steyn today.
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    What Happened To India After Lords?

    A switch got flipped somewhere, we woke up one morning before the Rose Bowl and went, "Oh wait, we're not supposed to be doing well in England!" Then everything else fell into place.
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    Where has this Anderson/Steyn discussion come from? Steyn is better by almost every statistical measure. Yet another overseas Test, another lolworthy batting performance, #WhatElseIsNew? Gutsy stuff from Dhoni, and more importantly he's found the right balance between defending and...
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    Cricket Captain 2014

    They used to make a trial version available in the past, but I don't see any options for that this year. Unfortunately that means that I won't get to play it this year, as I feel this game is undeserving of my $26. But there's always next year.
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! We should stop playing Tests outside of India. :facepalm
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    Cricket Captain 2014

    My problem with ICC's lack of player attributes is two-fold: i. It's just not realistic. The modern captain/manager has a bevy of scouts/analysts at his call who would be able to provide information about player attributes. Leaving them out is unrealistic because any captain playing at any...
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    Cricket Captain 2014

    I'll give you that the graphics don't really matter, but for me the hideous graphics that remain in place are just another representation of the greater problem of the core game not having evolved in any meaningful way for the better part of a decade. There's still no new FC structures, no...
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    Cricket Captain 2014

    Well, at least there's a preview now. Looks like the new UI is simply imported from the tablet version, but it is a step in the right direction. The abysmal graphics are the same and there are no new features being advertised, so this becomes an easy decision for me to skip this game.
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    Apparently Jadeja's verdict was overturned as well, so I think the judge decided that no camera = no evidence and chose not to believe the version of one side's players over the other side's players, which seems a safe and logical choice.
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    The DRS Thread - Jan 29 = BCCI Could Implement BCCI-ised DRS for IPL

    I don't agree with Step 2 or 3, and part of Step 5 makes no sense to me. Step 2: If we do away with the predictive element of Hawkeye, then essentially there is little reason to use Hawkeye. If we're asking umpires to make a judgment call about whether the ball will go on to hit the stumps or...
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    Of course not. But we must understand that switching a few bowlers around isn't going to suddenly boost our attack to "consistently match-winning" levels. VenkatSteyn! Love it! I wholeheartedly disagree with the part in bold. Management and captaincy can get the best of out the skill and...
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    Come on Sai, our bowling just isn't there. It's not world class. It might win a match or two, but it can't win consistently. An attack of Bhuvneshwar, Shami, Jadeja/Ashwin, and Pankaj/Ishant/whoever would not scare any County side in England. I agree that Umesh Yadav should at least have been on...
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    Full credit to England, they were thoroughly deserving winners. We've played a hideous game, and it might be the catalyst to see some heads roll. I don't think Dhawan's second innings is enough to save him, and there's no real reason not to play Ashwin anymore. I think Pankaj gets another chance...
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    I dunno, man. True, we've been awful in this Test, with all the ghosts of yesteryear lurking again - incompetent bowling, shoddy fielding, shaky batting in the face of difficult situations, the works - but we've got what it takes to come back from this. Treat this as an aberration, sort out our...
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    India in England Jun-Sept 2014

    I imagine this is last-chance saloon for Dhawan now. If he doesn't make a significant contribution here, I don't see him in the eleven for the next test.
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    Jacques Kallis retires from all international cricket

    An absolute giant of the modern game - one of the greatest allrounders of all time and one of the greatest batsmen of his generation at the same damn time. #Respect
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