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Test Cricket: A World XI from the Moon

8 May 2008 | About Paul 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?

15 April 2008 | About Paul Moon

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

13 April 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

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

8 April 2008 | About Paul Moon

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

31 March 2008 | About Paul Moon

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

17 March 2008 | About Ed Hawkins

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?

3 March 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

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

18 February 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

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

12 February 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

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

4 February 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

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

22 January 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

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

21 January 2008 | About Paul Moon

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

15 January 2008 | About Paul Moon

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

13 January 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

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

11 January 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

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

10 January 2008 | About Paul Moon

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?

18 December 2007 | About Paul Moon

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

10 December 2007 | About Andrew Hughes

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

7 December 2007 | About Paul Moon

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

6 December 2007 | About Andrew Hughes

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

3 December 2007 | About Andrew Hughes

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

30 November 2007 | About Paul Moon

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

20 November 2007 | About Paul Moon

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

19 November 2007 | About Chicken Dinner

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

19 November 2007 | About Andrew Hughes

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

29 October 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

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

23 October 2007 | About Alsy

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?

17 October 2007 | About Paul Moon

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

12 October 2007 | About Alsy

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

10 October 2007 | About Paul Moon

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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