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Test Cricket: A World XI from the Moon
Pablo Luna - moonlighting for Betfair. We indulged Pablo's penchant for discussing his favourite test cricketers. Find his best World XI right here. You can play spot the Englishman, too.... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Cricket Betting, Test Cricket, World XI
Is Chris Gayle the most bizarre appointment as captain ever?
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo has plenty of praise for the talent and flair of Chris Gayle but wonders whether he has any of the other necessary qualities to be a good cricket captain... Read more | Comments (2)
Tags: Chris Gayle, cricket capatins, Michael Vaughan, West Indies ODI Team
Chanderpaul the hero but all the talk is of a certain Mendis
Andrew Hughes wasn't surprised by Chanderpaul's match-winning innings in the 1st ODI against Sri Lanka but is fascinated by Sri Lanka's new "mystery spinner"... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Chanderpaul, cricket betting, Mendis, Sri Lanka cricket
The game's most ill-disciplined players
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo picks out Harbhajan Singh, Shoaib Akhtar and Andrew Symonds as some of the worst offenders when it comes to crossing the line of what is acceptable... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Andrew Symonds, cricket bad boys, cricket betting, Harbhajan Singh
Belter of a wicket at Chennai did Test Cricket no favours
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo praises Virender Sehwag's superb innings but wonders whether cricket fans are happy just to watch the batsmen pile on the runs... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Chennai pitch, Graeme Smith, test match betting, Virender Sehwag innings
Don't bet on Stephen Fleming bowing out in a blaze of glory
The Hawkeye View - Ed Hawkins looks at the stats surrounding batsmen's final Test to tell us why he's not expecting Fleming to fill his boots in the Third Test at Napier... Read more | Comments (2)
Tags: cricket betting, Don Bradman, Napier cricket ground, Stephen Fleming retirement
Have Dravid and Ganguly played their last ODI?
Leather on willow fanatic Andrew Hughes wonders whether India's recent limited-overs successes mean we'll never see Dravid and Ganguly turn out for India in the shorter versions of the game again... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Commonwealth Bank Series, cricket betting, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly
Wicket keeper batsmen captains: The stats show it's your batting that suffers
Andrew Hughes looks at how the likes of Dhoni, Sangakkara and Alec Stewart have coped with wearing the gloves, captaining the side and playing a vital role with the bat... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Alec Stewart, cricket betting, cricket captains, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sangakkara
Whatever they're paying Test cricket umpires, it isn't enough
Cricket addict Andrew Hughes wonders why anyone would want to be a cricket umpire when so much is expected of them for so little reward... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket umpires, Simon Taufel, Steve Bucknor, Test match cricket
India's split captaincy could end in tears for Dhoni
Andrew Hughes considers why teams decide to split the Test and ODI captaincy and the consequences of this ahead of India's ODI match against Sri Lanka... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, Dhoni, India captaincy, India cricket
Current crop of Windies players demonstrate the demise of Caribbean cricket
Cricket-mad Andrew Hughes considers how many of the Windies' current players would have made it into the great team of the late 1970s... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Chanderpaul, cricket betting, Viv Richards, West Indies cricket
No reason why the England selectors shouldn't welcome Saqlain
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo tackles the question of eligibility through residence and considers whether Saqlain is still good enough to play for England in the first place... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, England selectors, Pakistan cricket, Sqalain Mushtaq
The ICC's handling of the Second Test in Sydney was wide of the mark
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair - considers whether it's time for umpire Steve Bucknor to call it a day after the Australia v India debacle...... Read more | Comments (3)
Tags: cricket betting, ICC, Ricky Ponting, Steve Bucknor
Australia haven't exactly covered themselves in glory over the Harbajhan affair
Andrew Hughes give us his take on recent events in the 2nd Test between Australia and India that included sledging, racist allegations, absence of sportsmanship and a suspended umpire... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Australian cricket, cricket betting, Harbhajan Singh, Ridcky Ponting
McCullum and Taylor the only shining lights of a Black Caps team going nowhere
Andrew Hughes explains why New Zealand cricket is in a rather sorry state which it's unsure how to get out of... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Brendan McCullum, cricket betting, New Zealand cricket, Shane Bond
Nothing secret about Bond's intentions to join the Indian Cricket League
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo looks at the achievements of Shane Bond and questions whether he is right to turn his back on New Zealand to join the Indian Cricket League... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, Indian Cricket League, New Zealand cricket, Shane Bond
Where does Pakistan rank amongst the toughest places to tour?
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo talks us through the nicest and the toughest places on the planet to tour... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, Pakistan cricket, Test Match cricket
Big payday for the likes of Lara but Indian Cricket League will fail
Andrew Hughes explains the politics behind the Indian Cricket League and tells us us why it will ultimately fail as a long-term project... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Brian Lara, cricket betting, Indian Cricket League, Indian Premier League
Basketball and rap music are killing West Indies cricket
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo looks at the demise of West Indies cricket.... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Chanderpaul, Clive Lloyd, cricket betting, West Indies cricket
Bell and Hoggard the highlights of a lukewarm England performance
Our cricket man Andrew Hughes rates the individual performances of the England XI that lost the First Test at Kandy... Read more | Comment now
Tags: 1st Test at Kandy, cricket betting, Ian Bell, Test Match cricket
Up to Gayle to lift Windies from stormy times
The man who lives and breathes cricket tells us why the West Indies are in a mess and why Chris Gayle is under presure to save them... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Chris Gayle, cricket betting, West Indies cricket, Zimbabwe ODI Series
No place for Zimbabwe in Test cricket with Streak and co gone
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo looks at the political and social issues that have led to Zimbabwe's demise in world cricket... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, Heath Streak, Zimbabwe cricket
Concentration, determination and temperament - the essentials of Test cricket
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo looks at why great ODI players find it so difficult to make the step up to Test cricket ahead of the India v Pakistan series... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, ODI cricket, Test cricket, Yuvraj Singh
Why Murali is rubbish and Sri Lanka won't win the upcoming Test series
The Betfair Contrarian has been let out of his box again and this time is having his say on England's upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Attapatu, Kevin Pietersen, Muralitharan, Sri Lanka cricket
Shoaib is the epitome of how we like our fast bowlers
Cricket junkie Andrew Hughes on the outstanding speed merchants of the modern game... Read more | Comment now
Tags: fast bowlers, India cricket, Pakistan cricket, Shoaib Akhtar
1.01 Pakistan throw it away
Here's how Pakistan went from being a 1.01 shot to beat South Africa to falling 14 runs short of their total... Read more | Comment now
Stalemates in cricket are getting stale
Pablo Luna- Moonlighting for Betfair - Pablo looks at why the draw in Test cricket has become an increasingly rare occurrance... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, laying the draw, Pablo Luna, Test cricket
Is the game of cricket decided by the toss of a coin?
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo considers the myth behind the importance of winning the toss... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, Pakistan ODI, Steve Waugh, the toss in cricket
Quota, unquote - How the quota system has affected South African cricket
Morgan in the driving seat - Alister Morgan explains how the quota system in SA cricket works and the effect it has had... Read more | Comment now
Tags: Alister Morgan, Cricket betting, Ntini, South African cricket
Catches win matches
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo looks at the importance of fielding in the modern game and who excels at it... Read more | Comment now
Tags: cricket betting, cricket fielding, Pablo Luna, Ricky Ponting
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